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On the 15th October , * Thurot with his small squadron , favoured by a hazy night ,
got out of Dunkirk , and after touching at Ostend , sailed the next evening for
Gottenburg , where they arrived on the 26th , and after procuring supplies of ...
On the 15th October , * Thurot with his small squadron , favoured by a hazy night ,
got out of Dunkirk , and after touching at Ostend , sailed the next evening for
Gottenburg , where they arrived on the 26th , and after procuring supplies of ...
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For the English will be here to - night , the wind bloweth fair . " In the version now
printed of nearly the entire ballad , Mr . Mac Skimin ' s MS . is followed , except in
the third verse , which is given , as more probably the original , for the reasons ...
For the English will be here to - night , the wind bloweth fair . " In the version now
printed of nearly the entire ballad , Mr . Mac Skimin ' s MS . is followed , except in
the third verse , which is given , as more probably the original , for the reasons ...
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As Thurot in his cabin lay , he dreamed a dream , That his grandsire ' s voice
came to him and called him by his name : Saying , Thurot you ' re to blame for
lying so long here , For the English will be in this night , the wind it bloweth fair .
As Thurot in his cabin lay , he dreamed a dream , That his grandsire ' s voice
came to him and called him by his name : Saying , Thurot you ' re to blame for
lying so long here , For the English will be in this night , the wind it bloweth fair .
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Contents
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POPULAR SONGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF | |
Songs relating to the Bantry Bay Invasion 1 The Shan Van Vocht 43 | 43 |
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ... Volume 21 of Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy society |
| Author | Percy society |
| Publisher | Percy society, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
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