Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland: Hitherto Unpublished, with Explanatory Notes, Bind 2W. & D. Laing, and J. Stevenson, 1828 - 352 sider |
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... mony ane o ' the corn , And mony ane talks o ' gude Robin Hood , Kens little whar he was born . He was gotten in a earl's ha ' , And in a lady's bower ; And born into gude greenwood , Thro ' mony cauld winter's shower . His father was ...
... mony ane o ' the corn , And mony ane talks o ' gude Robin Hood , Kens little whar he was born . He was gotten in a earl's ha ' , And in a lady's bower ; And born into gude greenwood , Thro ' mony cauld winter's shower . His father was ...
Side 4
... a motherless babe , Is mair than I do know . He looked east , he looked west , To see what he could see ; Then spied the Earl o ' Huntingdon , And mony a man him wi ' . Then Archibald fled from the earl's face , Among the.
... a motherless babe , Is mair than I do know . He looked east , he looked west , To see what he could see ; Then spied the Earl o ' Huntingdon , And mony a man him wi ' . Then Archibald fled from the earl's face , Among the.
Side 13
... mony a heaving sinking sea , Strikes sair on my ship's stern . Where will I get a little wee boy Will take my helm in hand , Till I gang up to my tapmast , And see for some dry land . O , waken , waken your drunken men , As they lye ...
... mony a heaving sinking sea , Strikes sair on my ship's stern . Where will I get a little wee boy Will take my helm in hand , Till I gang up to my tapmast , And see for some dry land . O , waken , waken your drunken men , As they lye ...
Side 14
Hitherto Unpublished, with Explanatory Notes Peter Buchan. But mony a bonny feather bed Lyes floating on the faem . And the comely cog o ' Normanshore , She never will gang hame . The comely cog o ' Nicklingame Came sailing by his hand ...
Hitherto Unpublished, with Explanatory Notes Peter Buchan. But mony a bonny feather bed Lyes floating on the faem . And the comely cog o ' Normanshore , She never will gang hame . The comely cog o ' Nicklingame Came sailing by his hand ...
Side 59
... bridegroom she did meet , For whom she'd nae desire . She looked ower her left shoulder , The tear blinded her e'e ; But looking ower her right shoulder , A blythe sight then saw she . There she saw Lord William's son And mony a man 59.
... bridegroom she did meet , For whom she'd nae desire . She looked ower her left shoulder , The tear blinded her e'e ; But looking ower her right shoulder , A blythe sight then saw she . There she saw Lord William's son And mony a man 59.
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