The Ballads & Songs of Derbyshire: With Illustrative Notes, and Examples of the Original Music, Etc, Band 1

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Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt
Bemrose, 1867 - 307 Seiten
 

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Seite 87 - The name of a coward," quoth Robin, "I scorn, Wherefore my long bow I'll lay by ; And now, for thy sake, a staff will I take, The truth of thy manhood to try.
Seite 16 - Here is a book of Reason, keep it well, As you will have the love of me ; Neither to any creature do it tell, Nor let no liveing lord it see, Except it be to the Lord Stanley, The which I love full heartiley : All the matter to him show you may, For he and his thy help must be ; As soon as the truth to him is shown Unto your words he will agree ; For their shall never son of my body be gotten That shall be crowned after me, But you shall be queen and wear the crown, So doth expresse the prophecye...
Seite 83 - And kiss'd her full sweetly behind : And so may your worships. But we went to dinner, With Thomas and Mary, and Nan ; They all drank a health to Clorinda, and told her, Bold Robin Hood was a fine man.
Seite 63 - Then after an hour they went to a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too ; — until they were due, The lasses kept the stakes.
Seite 77 - As shall make you both merry and glad. When Little John came, to gambols they went, Both gentlemen, yeomen, and clown ; And what do you think? Why, as true as I live, Bold Robin Hood put them all down.
Seite 90 - They all with a shout made the elements ring, So soon as the office was o'er ; To feasting they went, with true merriment, And tippl'd strong liquor gillore.
Seite 78 - Then come hither, Little John, said Robin Hood, Come hither my page unto me. Go fetch me my bow, my longest long bow, And broad arrows one, two, or three, For when 'tis fair weather we'll into Sherwood, Some merry pastime to see.
Seite 62 - Willie has gotten his Jill, And Johnny has got his Joan, To jig it, jig it, jig it, Jig it up and down. 'Strike up,' says Wat; 'Agreed,' says Kate, 'And I prithee, fiddler, play;
Seite 88 - I prithee, good fellow, O where art thou now ? " The stranger, in laughter, he cry'd. Quoth bold Robin Hood, " Good faith, in the flood, And floating along with the tide.
Seite 225 - To leave my love breeds all my woe, The which will bring my life's decay. " Love is a knot none can unknit, Fancy a liking of the heart, Him whom I love I can't forget, Tho' from his presence I must part.

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