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Popular British ballads, ancient and modern
Popular British ballads ancient and modern Author:Reginald Brimley Johnson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PAGE THE TWA SISTERS— Headpiece ......... 8 Heres either a mermaid or a s-wan . . . . . I o Tailpiece ......... II THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT— ... more »The fattest harts in all Cheviot ...... 13 Bright sivords on basnets tight . . . . . 18 Tailpiece ......... 25 THE BLIND BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BEDNALL GREEN 26 SIR ANDREW BARTON— Headpiece ......... 38 Go fetch me doivn my armour of proof (j. 47) ... 48 Tailpiece ......... 5J LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET— Headpiece ......... 5 As gin she had keen a bride ...... 55 He had a rose into his hand . . . . . . 56 And fell dead by her side . . . . . . . 57 Tailpiece .......... 60 WILLIAM AND MARJORIE— Q there the grave did open up . . . . . . 62 THE GIPSY LADDIE— And she came tripping doun the stair . . . . . 65 WALY, WALY, BUT LOVE BE BONNY ... 67 HEADPIECE TO GLASGERION 70 FAIR MARGARET 75 TAILPIECE TO FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM 79 HEADPIECE TO THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD . 84 TAILPIECE TO THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD . 90 SIR PATRICK SPENCE 94 HEADPIECE TO CHILD WATERS .... 96 HEADPIECE TO EARL RICHARD .... 103 TAILPIECE TO EARL RICHARD . . . . 113 ADAM BELL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGH, AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLE— Headpiece ......... 11A The meat that ive must sup withal . . . , . 132 Tailpiece ......... 143 THE BRAVE EARL BRAND— Headpiece ......... 144 O'er her left shoulder the lady looted then . . . . 146 And that one came behind his back . . . . . 147 THE NUTBROWN MAID 148 TAILPIECE TO THE NUTBROWN MAID . . . 161 HEADPIECE TO ROBIN HOOD, AND GUY OF GISBORNE 162 HEADPIECE TO CAPTAIN CAR . . . . ,78 THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE . . . . ,89 LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT . . . 197 TAILPIECE TO FAIR JANET 204 ...« less