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... SC K IND gentlemen , will ye be silent a while , And then ye shall all hear anon , A very good ballad of bold Robin Hood , And. Robin Hood and Little John . PRETTY BESSIE AND HER SUITORS . 19 Ballads . ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN.
... SC K IND gentlemen , will ye be silent a while , And then ye shall all hear anon , A very good ballad of bold Robin Hood , And. Robin Hood and Little John . PRETTY BESSIE AND HER SUITORS . 19 Ballads . ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN.
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... pretty Bessie . And though she was of favour most fair , Yet seeing she was but a poor beggar's heir , Of ancient housekeepers despisèd was she , Whose sons came as suitors to pretty Bessie . Wherefore in great sorrow fair Bessie did ...
... pretty Bessie . And though she was of favour most fair , Yet seeing she was but a poor beggar's heir , Of ancient housekeepers despisèd was she , Whose sons came as suitors to pretty Bessie . Wherefore in great sorrow fair Bessie did ...
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Old nursery songs. And every brave gallant that once did her see , [ Bessie . Was straightway enamoured of pretty Great gifts they did send her of silver and gold , And in their songs daily her love was extolled ; Her beauty was blazèd ...
Old nursery songs. And every brave gallant that once did her see , [ Bessie . Was straightway enamoured of pretty Great gifts they did send her of silver and gold , And in their songs daily her love was extolled ; Her beauty was blazèd ...
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... Bessie shall be ; My life is distressèd : oh , hear me , ” quoth he ; 66 66 And grant me thy love , my pretty Bessie . " " Let me be thy husband , " the mer- chant did say ; Thou shalt live in London both gallant and gay : My ships ...
... Bessie shall be ; My life is distressèd : oh , hear me , ” quoth he ; 66 66 And grant me thy love , my pretty Bessie . " " Let me be thy husband , " the mer- chant did say ; Thou shalt live in London both gallant and gay : My ships ...
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Old nursery songs. To every one this answer she made ; Wherefore unto her they joyfully said , - " This thing to fulfil we all do agree ;. PRETTY BESSIE AND HER SUITORS . FIT THE SECOND . F a blind beggar's daughter ,. 5 Ballads .
Old nursery songs. To every one this answer she made ; Wherefore unto her they joyfully said , - " This thing to fulfil we all do agree ;. PRETTY BESSIE AND HER SUITORS . FIT THE SECOND . F a blind beggar's daughter ,. 5 Ballads .
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baby beautiful bells of St Bethnal Green birds blind beggar bold Robin Hood bright carrion crow Cheery Chevy Chase cradle will rock dame Dance o'er Dick Whittington door doth Earl Douglas Earl Percy fairy father Fol de rol Fretillon gallant gay lady girl gold gown Grumble hand heart heigh horse house that Jack ITTLE Jack built Joe Dobson jump'd Kate kill'd the rat Lady Lee laughed Little John Little Robin Redbreast lived Lord maiden maids malt That lay marry master merry mice mother never night noble o'er my Lady old witch old woman Parsley Peacocks pearl pony poor pray pretty Bessie prince Princess Rosetta pussy Pussy-cat queen quoth Robin Goodfellow Rose round Say the bells sing sister slain song stick sweet tell thee thou shalt told toss'd the dog tree unto wife worried the cat
Popular passages
Page 6 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 3 - GOD prosper long our noble king, Our lives and safeties all ; A woful hunting once there did In Chevy-Chase befall. To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 32 - Star. TWINKLE, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are ! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Page 1 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 20 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 24 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 23 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Page 10 - They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground.
Page 27 - THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD Now ponder well, you parents dear, These words which I shall write ; A doleful story you shall hear, In time brought forth to light. A gentleman of good account In Norfolk dwelt of late, Who did in honour far surmount Most men of his estate.
Page 13 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart — A deep and deadly blow : Who never spoke more words than these — " Fight on, my merry men all; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.