Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... True Tam - a - Line ' s awa ' . Stay still , true Tam - a - Line , she says , Till I pay you your fee ; His father wants not lands nor rents , He'll ask nae fee frae thee . Gin I had kent yestreen , yestreen , What I ken weel the day ...
... True Tam - a - Line ' s awa ' . Stay still , true Tam - a - Line , she says , Till I pay you your fee ; His father wants not lands nor rents , He'll ask nae fee frae thee . Gin I had kent yestreen , yestreen , What I ken weel the day ...
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... true , and vera true , But yours had a fause ringin ' . But open , open , love Gregory , Open and lat me in ; Your young son is i ' my arms , He'll be dead ere in I win . Had awa ' ye ill woman , Had far awa ' frae me ; Ye're but some ...
... true , and vera true , But yours had a fause ringin ' . But open , open , love Gregory , Open and lat me in ; Your young son is i ' my arms , He'll be dead ere in I win . Had awa ' ye ill woman , Had far awa ' frae me ; Ye're but some ...
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... true my trusty bow , An ' stout steel never fail ; Avenge me noo on a ' my foes , Wha have my life i ' bale , bale , Wha have my life i ' bale . Then Johnnie kill'd six foresters , An ' woundit the 80 SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL VERSIONS.
... true my trusty bow , An ' stout steel never fail ; Avenge me noo on a ' my foes , Wha have my life i ' bale , bale , Wha have my life i ' bale . Then Johnnie kill'd six foresters , An ' woundit the 80 SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL VERSIONS.
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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