English and Scottish Ballads, Volum 4

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Francis James Child
Little, Brown, 1864
 

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Pàgina 135 - Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld, And fades awa
Pàgina 194 - Met you not with my true love By the way as you came? How shall I know your true love, That have met many a one, As I went to the holy land, That have come, that have gone?
Pàgina 122 - But wha will bake my bridal bread, Or brew my bridal ale ; And wha will welcome my brisk bride, That I bring o'er the dale...
Pàgina 135 - Or wherefore should I kame my hair ? For my true love has me forsook, And says he'll never love me mair.
Pàgina 161 - One penny, one penny, kind sir, she sayd, Will ease me of much paine. Before I give you one penny, sweet-heart, Praye tell me where you were borne. At Islington, kind sir, sayd shee, Where I have had many a scorne.
Pàgina 173 - And at those wars went over to fight, Many a brave duke, a lord, and a knight, And with them young Monford of courage so free, But then was not born my pretty Bessee. And there did young Monford with a blow on the face Lose both his eyes in a very short space ; His life had been gone away with his sight, Had not a young woman gone forth in the night. Among the...
Pàgina 138 - Love wont to gae! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa...
Pàgina 253 - For he viewed the fashions of that land ; Their way of worship viewed he ; But to Mahound, or Termagant, Would Beichan never bend a knee. So...
Pàgina 164 - With tears she lamented her sad destiny, So sad and so heavy was pretty Bessee. She kept on her journey until it was day, And went unto Rumford along the highway; And at the King's Arms entertained was she, So fair and well favoured was pretty Bessee.
Pàgina 178 - But tell me first what thou canst do ; Thou shalt be fitted thereunto. 'Wilt thou be usher of my hall, To wait upon my nobles all ? Or wilt thou be taster of my wine. To wait on me when I do dine? 'Or wilt thou be my chamberlain, To make my bed both soft and fine? so Or wilt thou be one of my guard ? And I will give thee thy reward.

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