Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... tune to which King used to sing it , is the same as that of The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood . The ballad is old , and can be traced to the sixteenth century . It is evidently the ballad alluded to in An excellent Medley , to the tune of ...
... tune to which King used to sing it , is the same as that of The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood . The ballad is old , and can be traced to the sixteenth century . It is evidently the ballad alluded to in An excellent Medley , to the tune of ...
Page 148
... tune of The Two English Travellers . THIS pleasing ballad is entitled in the modern copies , The Noble- man and Thrasher ; or the Generous Gift . It is very popular at the present day . There is a copy preserved in the Roxburgh ...
... tune of The Two English Travellers . THIS pleasing ballad is entitled in the modern copies , The Noble- man and Thrasher ; or the Generous Gift . It is very popular at the present day . There is a copy preserved in the Roxburgh ...
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... tune , the first - figure dance at Mr. Young's ball , May 1671. The tune may be found in Chappell's National En- glish Airs . The last verse in our copy is modern , and , we believe , was written by a comic song - writer , who , a few ...
... tune , the first - figure dance at Mr. Young's ball , May 1671. The tune may be found in Chappell's National En- glish Airs . The last verse in our copy is modern , and , we believe , was written by a comic song - writer , who , a few ...
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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