The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 5, Issue 2Francis James Child Houghton, Mifflin, 1898 - Ballads, English |
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... cloth of gold : Lord Herbert of Cherbury , Life and Raigne of King Henry the Eighth , 1649 , p . 513. When Thomas Cavendish went up the Thames in 1589 , his seamen and soldiers were clothed in silk , his sails were of damask , " his top ...
... cloth of gold : Lord Herbert of Cherbury , Life and Raigne of King Henry the Eighth , 1649 , p . 513. When Thomas Cavendish went up the Thames in 1589 , his seamen and soldiers were clothed in silk , his sails were of damask , " his top ...
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... clothes , And my face he will never see . ' 5And it's what wilt thou do with thy pretty little wife , my son ? • Come tell it unto me . ' ' I will dress her up in lad [ d ] ie's clothes , And she will sail along with me . ' 6 And it's ...
... clothes , And my face he will never see . ' 5And it's what wilt thou do with thy pretty little wife , my son ? • Come tell it unto me . ' ' I will dress her up in lad [ d ] ie's clothes , And she will sail along with me . ' 6 And it's ...
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... cloth was spread , And on it put bread and wine : ' Come sit you down , my three little babes , And eat and drink of mine . ' 6 ' We will neither eat your bread , dear mother , Nor we'll neither drink your wine ; For to our Saviour we ...
... cloth was spread , And on it put bread and wine : ' Come sit you down , my three little babes , And eat and drink of mine . ' 6 ' We will neither eat your bread , dear mother , Nor we'll neither drink your wine ; For to our Saviour we ...
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... cloth , which had been fished out of the drawer , spread over it . " 1 Sweet William he married a wife , Gentle Jenny cried rosemaree To be the sweet comfort of his life . As the dew flies over the mulberry tree . 2 Jenny couldnt in the ...
... cloth , which had been fished out of the drawer , spread over it . " 1 Sweet William he married a wife , Gentle Jenny cried rosemaree To be the sweet comfort of his life . As the dew flies over the mulberry tree . 2 Jenny couldnt in the ...
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... cloth worn round the waist , obliquely across the breast and left shoulder , and partly depending backwards , ut in bello gestatur . " belyfe , straightway . See beliue . belyue . See beliue . bemean , V , 163 , 4 : bemoan ...
... cloth worn round the waist , obliquely across the breast and left shoulder , and partly depending backwards , ut in bello gestatur . " belyfe , straightway . See beliue . belyue . See beliue . bemean , V , 163 , 4 : bemoan ...
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