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" And then your grace need not make any doubt, But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about. "
English and Scottish Ballads - Page 320
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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...he.' Derry down, &c. ' And the next question thou mayest not flout, ' How long I shall be riding the world about }' ' You must rise with the sun, and ride with the same, ' Until the next morning he rises again ; ' And then I am sure, you will make no doubt, ' But in twenty-four hours you'll ride...
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The Legendary Cabinet: A Collection of British National Ballads, Ancient and ...

John Docwra Parry - Ballads, English - 1829 - 460 pages
...Bittel , I did not think I had been worth so little : Now secondly tell me, without any doubt, How soon I may ride this whole world about. You must rise with...ride with the same, Until the next morning he riseth again, And then your Grace need not make any doubt, But in twenty-four hours you will ride it about....
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Ancient Songs and Ballads, from the Reign of King Henry the Second ..., Volume 2

Joseph Ritson - English poetry - 1829 - 346 pages
...next question thou mayest not flout, How long I shall be riding the world about." QDerry down, &c.] " You must rise with the sun and ride with the same Until the next morning he rises again ; And then I am sure, you will make no doubt, But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about."...
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The Poetry of the Codex Vercellensis, Part 2

English poetry - 1843 - 588 pages
...is found in the well-known ballad of the King and the Abbot of Canterbury [Percy Rel. vol. ip 347] : Now secondly tell me, without any doubt, how soone...need not make any doubt, but in twenty-four hours you '11 ride it about. The King he laughed, and swore by St. Jone, I did not think it could be gone...
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Ballads and Metrical Tales

Ballads, English - 1845 - 258 pages
...The king he laughed, and vowed by St. Bittel,1 He did not think he had been worth so littel ! — " Now secondly tell me, without any doubt, How soone...morning he riseth againe ; And then your grace need not to make any doubt, But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about." The king he laughed, and vowed by...
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The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe

James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...hue. The king he laughed, and swore by St Bittel, I did not think I had been worth so littel ! — Now secondly tell me, without any doubt, How soone I may ride this whole world about. Yon must rise with the sun, and ride with the same, Until the next morning he riseth againe ; And then...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 2

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1857 - 442 pages
...and swore by St. Bittel 2 , 85 I did not think I had been worth so littel! —Now secondly tell mee, without any doubt, How soone I may ride this whole...the same, Until the next morning he riseth againe; 90 And then your grace need not make any doubt, But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about." The...
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Amusing poetry, ed. by S. Brooks

Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 pages
...The king he laughed, and vowed by St. Bittel, He did not think he had been worth so littel ! — " Now secondly tell me, without any doubt, How soone I may ride this whole world about ?" " Tou must rise with the sun, and ride with the same, Until the next morning he riseth againe ;...
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English and Scottish ballads, selected and ed. by F.J. Child, Volume 8

Francis James Child - 1858 - 340 pages
...hee." The king he laughed, and swore by St. Bittel, M " I did not think I had been worth so littel! —Now secondly tell me, without any doubt, How soone...with the same Until the next morning he riseth againe ; so And then your grace need riot make any doubt But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about." The...
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Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy. Repr ..., Page 111, Volume 2

English poetry - 1858 - 336 pages
...The king he laughed, and swore by St. Bittel,1 85 'I did not think I had been worth so littel! — Now secondly tell me, without any doubt, How soone I may ride this whole world about.' 1 Meaning probably St. Botolph. ' You must rise with the sun, and ride with the same, Until the next...
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