Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 89
... verse , and one in the Danish Ballad , is very striking.— " He hewed him kipples , he hewed him bawks , Wi ' mickle moil and haste ; Syne speer'd the elf in the knock that bade , ' Wha's hacking here sae fast ? " " Elfin Grey ...
... verse , and one in the Danish Ballad , is very striking.— " He hewed him kipples , he hewed him bawks , Wi ' mickle moil and haste ; Syne speer'd the elf in the knock that bade , ' Wha's hacking here sae fast ? " " Elfin Grey ...
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... verses were copied by John Clare , the Northamp- tonshire peasant , from a M.S. on the fly - leaves of an old book in the possession of a poor man , and entitled " The World's best Wealth ; a Collection of choice Councils in Verse and ...
... verses were copied by John Clare , the Northamp- tonshire peasant , from a M.S. on the fly - leaves of an old book in the possession of a poor man , and entitled " The World's best Wealth ; a Collection of choice Councils in Verse and ...
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... verse , which is obtained , as is also the title , from a modern broadside , from whence , also , one or two verbal corrections are made , of too trifling a nature to particularize . The tune to which King used to sing it , is the same ...
... verse , which is obtained , as is also the title , from a modern broadside , from whence , also , one or two verbal corrections are made , of too trifling a nature to particularize . The tune to which King used to sing it , is the same ...
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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