The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 5, Issue 2Francis James Child Houghton, Mifflin, 1898 - Ballads, English |
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... probably also the Gaelic ballad , are derived directly from Welsh tradition , independently of the Old French versions , which , however , he thinks also go back ulti- mately to Wales ( p . 310 ) . I am indebted to Dr F. N. Robinson for ...
... probably also the Gaelic ballad , are derived directly from Welsh tradition , independently of the Old French versions , which , however , he thinks also go back ulti- mately to Wales ( p . 310 ) . I am indebted to Dr F. N. Robinson for ...
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... probably answer as well . THE DUKE OF BEDFORD . 1 Six lords went a - hunting down by the seaside , And they spied a dead body washed away by the tide . 2 Said one to the other , ' As I've heard them say , ' Tis the famous Duke of ...
... probably answer as well . THE DUKE OF BEDFORD . 1 Six lords went a - hunting down by the seaside , And they spied a dead body washed away by the tide . 2 Said one to the other , ' As I've heard them say , ' Tis the famous Duke of ...
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... probably meant for Twin , the dot of i being omitted . 200. The Gypsy Laddie . P. 61 ff . , V , 252. The three stanzas which follow are given in H. A. Kennedy's " Professor Blackie : his Say- ings and Doings , London , 1895 " as they ...
... probably meant for Twin , the dot of i being omitted . 200. The Gypsy Laddie . P. 61 ff . , V , 252. The three stanzas which follow are given in H. A. Kennedy's " Professor Blackie : his Say- ings and Doings , London , 1895 " as they ...
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... probably be asur . at . reade must rise at , II , 53 , 34 , 35 ; take councell at , III , 405 , 17 , 23 ; take leaue att , III , 357 , 42 : from . ask at , beg at , spear at , I , 497 , L 5-8 , M 2-5 ; III , 161 , 32 ; 330 , 15 ; IV ...
... probably be asur . at . reade must rise at , II , 53 , 34 , 35 ; take councell at , III , 405 , 17 , 23 ; take leaue att , III , 357 , 42 : from . ask at , beg at , spear at , I , 497 , L 5-8 , M 2-5 ; III , 161 , 32 ; 330 , 15 ; IV ...
Page 313
... probably the royal bone of I , 466 , 10. See roelle bone . bane - fire , II , 146 , 23 ; 331 , 17 : bonfire . bang , II , 438 , 4 : may be any implement for banging ; it is sometimes stick , here strap ( in should be wi ) . bang , IV ...
... probably the royal bone of I , 466 , 10. See roelle bone . bane - fire , II , 146 , 23 ; 331 , 17 : bonfire . bang , II , 438 , 4 : may be any implement for banging ; it is sometimes stick , here strap ( in should be wi ) . bang , IV ...
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