Old Ballads: Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date, Volume 1R. H. Evans, 1810 - Ballads, English |
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babe behold black letter copy bonny ivy tree brave broom capon changed her mind city of London city of York Cripple daddy's ewes dear death delight ditty doth Egestus eyes fair fair lady faith can keep farewell fear gallant give gold golden shows grief growne a gentleman hand Harpalus hath changed hear Hungary jealousy Jockie is growne King Knoes lady lass let her choose little barley-corn liv'd live Lodwick London lose my breath lov'd lover LULLABY SONG maid maiden married merry milk minc'd pies mother gave ne'er night north country oh poor Colly Pandosto pleasant Plum-pudding poison'd pretty pride of Leycestershire prince prov'd Queen quoth roast-beef scorn Shackley-hay Sheldra shepherd shew sigh Sing oh poor song sore sorrows sweet St thee thou thow tune tunn'd turtle dove Twill unto weep wife willow women-kind yellow hose young
Popular passages
Page 248 - Altair, then I was really there, or at an equal remoteness from the life which I had left behind, dwindled and twinkling with as fine a ray to my nearest neighbor, and to be seen only in moonless nights by him. Such was that part of creation where I had squatted; 'There was a shepherd that did live, And held his thoughts as high As were the mounts whereon his flocks Did hourly feed him by.
Page 148 - All travellers, as they do pass on their way, At gentlemen's halls are invited to stay, Themselves to refresh, and their horses to rest, Since that he must be Old Christmas's guest ; Nay, the poor shall not want, but have for relief, Plum-pudding, goose, capon, minced pies, and roastbeef.
Page 241 - By by lully lullay, Lully lullay thou littell tyne child, By by lully lullay. O sisters too, how may we do, For to preserve this day This pore yongling, for whom we do singe By by lully lullay. Herod the king, in his raging, Chargid he hath this day; His men of might, in his owne sight, All yonge children to slay. That wo is me, pore child for thee, And ever morne and say; For thi parting, nether say nor sing, By by lully lullay.
Page 144 - By the moon we sport and play, With the night begins our day : As we dance the dew doth fall, Trip it, little urchins all. Lightly as the little bee, Two by two, and three by three, And about go we, and about go we.
Page 237 - Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain, Saint Hugh be our good speed : 111 is the weather that bringeth no gain, Nor helps good hearts in need.
Page 17 - The birds sang sweet in the midst of the day ; I dreamed fast of mirth and play ; In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. Methought I walked still to and fro, And from her company I could not go ; But when I waked, it was not so : In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure.
Page 332 - And everything that I can name, Or may in fancy come. The substance of the sights I saw In silence pass they shall, Because I lack the skill to draw The order of them all; But Venus shall not pass my pen, Whose maidens in disdain Did feed upon the hearts of men That Cupid's bow had slain. And that blind boy was all in blood, Be-bathed up to the ears, And like a conqueror he stood, And scorned lover's tears. "I have...
Page 246 - ONCE did my thoughts both ebb and flow, As passion did them move ; Once did I hope, straight fear again,— And then I was in love. Once did I waking spend the night, And tell how many minutes move.
Page 235 - But O, I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo; See where she sitteth; come away, my joy: Come away, I prithee, I do not like the cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy.