Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... wife , There's a man by our dochter's bed , bed ; There's a man by our dochter's bed . The auld wife she gat owre the bed , To see if the thing was true ; But what the wrack took the auld wife's fit ? For into the creel she flew , flew ...
... wife , There's a man by our dochter's bed , bed ; There's a man by our dochter's bed . The auld wife she gat owre the bed , To see if the thing was true ; But what the wrack took the auld wife's fit ? For into the creel she flew , flew ...
Page 150
... wife she arose , And made them all fine , in the best of their clothes ; The good man with his good wife , and children small , They all went to dine at the nobleman's hall . But when they came there , as truth does report , All things ...
... wife she arose , And made them all fine , in the best of their clothes ; The good man with his good wife , and children small , They all went to dine at the nobleman's hall . But when they came there , as truth does report , All things ...
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... wife . XXV . Did Wichet and his Wife . THIS song still retains its popularity in the North of England , and , when sung with humour , never fails to elicit roars of laugh- ter . A Scotch version may be found in Herd's Collection , 1769 ...
... wife . XXV . Did Wichet and his Wife . THIS song still retains its popularity in the North of England , and , when sung with humour , never fails to elicit roars of laugh- ter . A Scotch version may be found in Herd's Collection , 1769 ...
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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