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What's the first thing in flower , she said , That springs in muir or dale ? What's the
neist bird that sings , she says , Unto the nightingale ? Or what is the finest thing ,
she says , That king or queen can wile ? The primrose is the first in flower , That ...
What's the first thing in flower , she said , That springs in muir or dale ? What's the
neist bird that sings , she says , Unto the nightingale ? Or what is the finest thing ,
she says , That king or queen can wile ? The primrose is the first in flower , That ...
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... For I'm o'er low to be Ladye Drum , An ' your leman I'd scorn be , O. But hie you
to my father dear , Keeps sheip on yonder hill , 0 ; To ony thing he bids me do I'm
always at his will , O. He's gane to her father dear , Keeps sheip on yonder hill ...
... For I'm o'er low to be Ladye Drum , An ' your leman I'd scorn be , O. But hie you
to my father dear , Keeps sheip on yonder hill , 0 ; To ony thing he bids me do I'm
always at his will , O. He's gane to her father dear , Keeps sheip on yonder hill ...
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The auld man he gat owre the bed , To see if the thing was true ; But she's ta'en
the bonny clerk in her arms , And covered him owre wi ' blue , blue ; And covered
him owre wi ' blue . O ! where are ye gaun now , father ? she says , And where ...
The auld man he gat owre the bed , To see if the thing was true ; But she's ta'en
the bonny clerk in her arms , And covered him owre wi ' blue , blue ; And covered
him owre wi ' blue . O ! where are ye gaun now , father ? she says , And where ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 17 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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