English and Scottish Ballads, Band 8Francis James Child Little, Brown, 1860 |
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Ancient Armstrong baith Barnwell black-letter bonny lass brave Captain Wedderburn's Courtship Catskin copy Craignargat Cumbernauld daughter dear doth doun dragon drank fair father fause knicht fell frae gallant gane Geordie George Wharton Gight gold gude hand Harl hath heart heire of Linne hireman chiel horse John Dory jovial hunter king knight land live lord madame maid maun merry mony Musgrave nane ne'er never noble o'er Old Ballads Percy Percy Society Percy's Reliques pound pray quoth Reedisdale Reliques Richard Whittington Richie Richie Storie Ritson's Roxburghe Ballads Samson sayd scho shee shew sing Songs sonnes squire story sweet tanner tell thair thee thou hast Thou shalt thy horn trow unto wee boy weel Whittington wife Wind well thy wold Worthy prince wyfe Ye'll yetts young
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Seite 10 - And then your grace need not make any doubt But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about. The king he laughed, and swore by St. Jone, I did not think it could be gone so soone ! — Now from the third question thou must not shrinke, But tell me here truly what I do thinke.
Seite 56 - They did lay him to sleep the drink out of his crown. In the morning when day, then admiring he lay, For to see the rich chamber both gaudy and gay. Now he lay something late, in his rich bed of state, Till at last knights and squires they on him did wait...
Seite 7 - Now three weeks space to thee will I give. And that is the longest time thou hast to live; For if thou dost not answer my questions three, Thy lands and thy livings are forfeit to mee.
Seite 6 - The following is chiefly printed from an ancient black-letter copy to "the tune of Deny down." AN ancient story He tell you anon Of a notable prince, that was called King John ; And he ruled England with maine and with might, For he did great wrong, and maintein'd little right.
Seite 258 - There was an old farmer in Sussex did dwell, And he had a bad wife, as many knew well.
Seite 43 - quoth our king merrilye; " In faith, I take it now very unkind : I thought thou wouldst pledge me in ale and wine heartily." Quoth Dicke, " You are like to stay till I have din'd : You feed us with twatling dishes soe small ; Zounds, a blacke-pudding is better than all.
Seite 9 - fore our fader the pope." " Now, welcome, sire abbot," the king he did say, " Tis well thou'rt come back to keepe thy day : For and if thou canst answer my questions three, Thy life and thy living both saved shall bee.
Seite 8 - How soone he may ride this whole world about ; And at the third question I must not shrinke, But tell him there truly what he does thinke.
Seite 257 - BELL'S Edition, revised. With Preliminary Essay by the Rev. WW SKEAT, MA 4 vols. y. 6d. each. EARLY BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE PEASANTRY OF ENGLAND.
Seite 63 - He had never a penny left in his purse, Never a penny left but three, And one was brass, another was lead, And another it was white money.