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Page 127
You should not have told any body , For thieves they are ganging many : If they
were to light upon you They would rob you of every penny . O ! never mind , says
the old man , Thieves I fear on no side ; My money is safe in my bags , In the ...
You should not have told any body , For thieves they are ganging many : If they
were to light upon you They would rob you of every penny . O ! never mind , says
the old man , Thieves I fear on no side ; My money is safe in my bags , In the ...
Page 130
And when that he got hame , And told his old wife what he'd done ; She rose and
she donned her clothes , And about the house did run . She sung , and she
danced , and sung , And she sung with a merry devotion , If ever our daughter
gets ...
And when that he got hame , And told his old wife what he'd done ; She rose and
she donned her clothes , And about the house did run . She sung , and she
danced , and sung , And she sung with a merry devotion , If ever our daughter
gets ...
Page 223
My gardener he stood by , he told me to take great care , For in the middle of a
red rose - bud there grows a sharp thorn there ; I told him I'd take no care till I did
feel the smart , And often I plucked at the red rose - bud till I pierced it to the heart
.
My gardener he stood by , he told me to take great care , For in the middle of a
red rose - bud there grows a sharp thorn there ; I told him I'd take no care till I did
feel the smart , And often I plucked at the red rose - bud till I pierced it to the heart
.
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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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