The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts

So this is the end of Tiranti my son,
          So this is the end of my sweet little one:
          His grandmother poisoned him with an old dead snake,
          And he left her a halter to hang by the neck.

   #d.#

        1^1, _etc._ Tyrante.

        1^3. O I've been to my uncle's, _etc._

        1^4. and fain wad lie doun.

        2^3. eels and fresh butter.

        3==#a# 4.

        3^3. black stripëd with yellow.

        4==#a# 7.

        4^1. What'll ye will to your mither?

        4^3. My gold and my silver.

        5==#a# 6.

        5^1 What'll ye will to your father?

        5^3. My coach and my horses.

        6==#a# 8.

        6^1. What'll you will to your uncle?

        _3, 5 of #a# are wanting._

   #e.#

        1^4. For I'm sick at heart, and faint [fain] to lie down.

        3==#a# 7.

        3^1. What will you leave your mother?

        3^3. A box full of jewels.

        4^1. What will you leave your sister?

        4^3. A box of fine clothing.

        5==#a# 8.

        5^3. A rope to hang her with.

        6==#a# 5.

        6^1 Where shall I make it?

        _3, 4 of #a# are wanting._

   #f.#

        _This copy was derived from the singing of the lady who
        communicated #e#, and they naturally agree closely._

        1^4, fain to lie down. #f# 3==e 4 : #f# 4==e 3.

   #g.#

        1^4. For I'm sick at the heart, and I faint to lie down.

        2^1. What did you get at your grandmother's?

        2^3. I got eels stewed in butter.

        3==#a# 8.

        3^1. What will you leave ...

        4^1. What will you leave to your brother?

        4^3. A full suit of mourning.

        5==#a# 7.

        5^1. leave to your mother.

        5^3. A carriage and fine horses.

        6==#a# 5.

        _3, 4 of #a# are wanting._

#K.#

   #a#, #b#, #c# are printed, in the publications in which
        they occur, in four-line stanzas._

   #b.#

        _Omits 4._

        6^1. the little doggie.

        6^2. as I do, mammie, noo.

   #c.#

        1^1, my bonnie wee crooden doo: _and always_.

        1^2. at my step-mither's.

          2.
          And what did scho gie you to eat  ...
          Scho gied to me a wee fishie....

        3^1. An what did she catch the fishie in ...

        _4 is wanting_.

#L.#

        _Written in the MS., and printed by Buchan, in stanzas of
        4 lines._

#M.#

        _Printed by Chambers in stanzas of 4 lines, the last
        repeated._

#N.#

        _The second line of each stanza is written as two in the
        MS._

#O.#

        _The stanza, being written with short lines in the
        manuscript, is of seven lines, including the repetitions._

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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts

So this is the end of Tiranti my son,
          So this is the end of my sweet little one:
          His grandmother poisoned him with an old dead snake,
          And he left her a halter to hang by the neck.

   #d.#

        1^1, _etc._ Tyrante.

        1^3. O I've been to my uncle's, _etc._

        1^4. and fain wad lie doun.

        2^3. eels and fresh butter.

        3==#a# 4.

        3^3. black stripëd with yellow.

        4==#a# 7.

        4^1. What'll ye will to your mither?

        4^3. My gold and my silver.

        5==#a# 6.

        5^1 What'll ye will to your father?

        5^3. My coach and my horses.

        6==#a# 8.

        6^1. What'll you will to your uncle?

        _3, 5 of #a# are wanting._

   #e.#

        1^4. For I'm sick at heart, and faint [fain] to lie down.

        3==#a# 7.

        3^1. What will you leave your mother?

        3^3. A box full of jewels.

        4^1. What will you leave your sister?

        4^3. A box of fine clothing.

        5==#a# 8.

        5^3. A rope to hang her with.

        6==#a# 5.

        6^1 Where shall I make it?

        _3, 4 of #a# are wanting._

   #f.#

        _This copy was derived from the singing of the lady who
        communicated #e#, and they naturally agree closely._

        1^4, fain to lie down. #f# 3==e 4 : #f# 4==e 3.

   #g.#

        1^4. For I'm sick at the heart, and I faint to lie down.

        2^1. What did you get at your grandmother's?

        2^3. I got eels stewed in butter.

        3==#a# 8.

        3^1. What will you leave ...

        4^1. What will you leave to your brother?

        4^3. A full suit of mourning.

        5==#a# 7.

        5^1. leave to your mother.

        5^3. A carriage and fine horses.

        6==#a# 5.

        _3, 4 of #a# are wanting._

#K.#

   #a#, #b#, #c# are printed, in the publications in which
        they occur, in four-line stanzas._

   #b.#

        _Omits 4._

        6^1. the little doggie.

        6^2. as I do, mammie, noo.

   #c.#

        1^1, my bonnie wee crooden doo: _and always_.

        1^2. at my step-mither's.

          2.
          And what did scho gie you to eat  ...
          Scho gied to me a wee fishie....

        3^1. An what did she catch the fishie in ...

        _4 is wanting_.

#L.#

        _Written in the MS., and printed by Buchan, in stanzas of
        4 lines._

#M.#

        _Printed by Chambers in stanzas of 4 lines, the last
        repeated._

#N.#

        _The second line of each stanza is written as two in the
        MS._

#O.#

        _The stanza, being written with short lines in the
        manuscript, is of seven lines, including the repetitions._

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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

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