Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... town was built with stone and lime ; But sure the walls were clay : And they are fallen for aught I see ; And since the houses are got free , The town is run away . Oh ! Cæsar , if thou there didst reign , While our house stands come ...
... town was built with stone and lime ; But sure the walls were clay : And they are fallen for aught I see ; And since the houses are got free , The town is run away . Oh ! Cæsar , if thou there didst reign , While our house stands come ...
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... town , To trot you fourteen miles an hour , I'll bet you fifty crown ; He is such a one to bend his knees , and tuck his haunches in , And throw the dust in people's face , and think it not a sin . For to ride away , trot away , Ri , fa ...
... town , To trot you fourteen miles an hour , I'll bet you fifty crown ; He is such a one to bend his knees , and tuck his haunches in , And throw the dust in people's face , and think it not a sin . For to ride away , trot away , Ri , fa ...
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... Town - gate . ] The high - road through a town or village . Ibid . 1. 20. - But ' twor Tommy opinion . ] i . e . Tommy's opinion . In the Yorkshire dialect , where the possessive case is followed by the relative substantive , it is ...
... Town - gate . ] The high - road through a town or village . Ibid . 1. 20. - But ' twor Tommy opinion . ] i . e . Tommy's opinion . In the Yorkshire dialect , where the possessive case is followed by the relative substantive , it is ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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