The Scottish BalladsRobert Chambers W. Tait, 1829 - 399 страница |
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... tree . « What news , what news , ye weel - faured May ? What news hae ye to me ? What news , what news , ye weel - faured May , What news in the south countrie ? ” “ O see ye , sir , yon hostler - house That stands on yonder plain ...
... tree . « What news , what news , ye weel - faured May ? What news hae ye to me ? What news , what news , ye weel - faured May , What news in the south countrie ? ” “ O see ye , sir , yon hostler - house That stands on yonder plain ...
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... hanged them , bot mercie , † Up hich upon a grain . + * Gate . Without mercy . A forked branch of a tree is so called in Scotland - as also any other object in nature of a fork - shape . Now he is on to the North Inch gone , 3 12.
... hanged them , bot mercie , † Up hich upon a grain . + * Gate . Without mercy . A forked branch of a tree is so called in Scotland - as also any other object in nature of a fork - shape . Now he is on to the North Inch gone , 3 12.
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... tree to tree ; But there is neither bread nor kale To fend § my men and me . Flesh and skin . † Otterbourne is a small vale in the parish of Elsdon , Northumberland , near the old Watling - street road . Roebucks were to be found upon ...
... tree to tree ; But there is neither bread nor kale To fend § my men and me . Flesh and skin . † Otterbourne is a small vale in the parish of Elsdon , Northumberland , near the old Watling - street road . Roebucks were to be found upon ...
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... Otterbourne Sall be thy morning fee : But if it be false , my little boy , And a lie thou tells to me , * The encampment was on a grassy plain , near the river Reed . B 2 On the highest tree in Otterbourne Sune hangit shalt thou 17.
... Otterbourne Sall be thy morning fee : But if it be false , my little boy , And a lie thou tells to me , * The encampment was on a grassy plain , near the river Reed . B 2 On the highest tree in Otterbourne Sune hangit shalt thou 17.
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Robert Chambers. On the highest tree in Otterbourne Sune hangit shalt thou be . But I hae dreimed a drearie dreim : - Beyond the Isle o ' Skye , I saw a deid man win a fight ; And I think that man was I. " He belted on his gude ...
Robert Chambers. On the highest tree in Otterbourne Sune hangit shalt thou be . But I hae dreimed a drearie dreim : - Beyond the Isle o ' Skye , I saw a deid man win a fight ; And I think that man was I. " He belted on his gude ...
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