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... appears to me to be throughout imitative ; but what weighs with me most , is this — that the ballad is so defective in dramatic construction , that I cannot understand how it could have passed into , or been main- tained by , tradition ...
... appears to me to be throughout imitative ; but what weighs with me most , is this — that the ballad is so defective in dramatic construction , that I cannot understand how it could have passed into , or been main- tained by , tradition ...
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... appear ; But now I see that cruel he Cares neither for his babe nor me . Balow , my boy , lie still and sleep , It grieves me sair to hear thee weep . Farewell , farewell , thou falsest youth That ever kiss'd a woman's mouth ; Let never ...
... appear ; But now I see that cruel he Cares neither for his babe nor me . Balow , my boy , lie still and sleep , It grieves me sair to hear thee weep . Farewell , farewell , thou falsest youth That ever kiss'd a woman's mouth ; Let never ...
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... appear'd the fatal block , And syne the axe to heid him ; And Geordie comin ' down the stair , And bands o ' airn upon him . But tho ' he was chain'd wi ' fetters strang , O ' airn and steel sae heavy , There wasna ane in a ' the court ...
... appear'd the fatal block , And syne the axe to heid him ; And Geordie comin ' down the stair , And bands o ' airn upon him . But tho ' he was chain'd wi ' fetters strang , O ' airn and steel sae heavy , There wasna ane in a ' the court ...
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... appears in the same work . Messrs Kinloch , Motherwell , and Buchan , have given versions , all from recitation ... appear to be superfluous or interpolated . 66 LADY Maisry came frae out her bower , And on her watch - tower stood ...
... appears in the same work . Messrs Kinloch , Motherwell , and Buchan , have given versions , all from recitation ... appear to be superfluous or interpolated . 66 LADY Maisry came frae out her bower , And on her watch - tower stood ...
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... appears , from the Act of the Scottish Parliament , which was passed in 1555 , for the purpose of suppressing the popular amusements , that , in each burgh , it was customary for the magistrates to elect a Robin Hood . " And gif ony ...
... appears , from the Act of the Scottish Parliament , which was passed in 1555 , for the purpose of suppressing the popular amusements , that , in each burgh , it was customary for the magistrates to elect a Robin Hood . " And gif ony ...
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amang Andrew Lammie auld bairn baith ballad billie Billy Blin blaw blude Border Minstrelsy bower Captain Ogilvie castle Cromdale daughter dear doun e'er Earl Edinburgh Ettrick Forrest fair Annet Fair Janet fair ladie father fause Fause Foodrage fell frae Frendraught Fyvie gane gang Gilderoy gin ye Glenlogie Gordon gowd Græme green gude hadna hame hand heir of Linne hill Johnston King knee knight lads lady ladye Laird Lammikin land lass Lord mair Maisry marry maun Montrose mony mother Motherwell nane ne'er never noble nut-brown bride o'er Octavo Outlaw Outlaw Murray ower owre rade recitation Richie Storie ride sall says Scotland Scottish Sir Walter Scott sister spak stanzas steed suld Syne ta'en thee There's thou true-love unto wadna weel Willie ye maun ye'll yett young young Benjie
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Page 256 - ADIEU, madame, my mother dear, But and my sisters three ! Adieu, fair Robert of Orchardstane ! My heart is wae for thee. Adieu the lily and the rose, The primrose, fair to see ! Adieu, my ladye, and only joy ! For I may not stay with thee.
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Page 331 - Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother a lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he lov'd keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry...