The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)
General
The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)
Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
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=A.=
2^4. on 3.
5^4. agee.
9^2. to mee.
10^4. to learne the speeches of all strange lands.
13^2. 100^{li}_{:}.
16^3. ? mams _in MS._ Furnivall.
19^2. brimn.
19^4. thime.
22^3. euen alacke.
24^3. _a long_ s _in the MS. between_ me _and_ off. =F.=
25^2. thats.
25^4. golden swaine. =B.= seam.
35^3. tenting.
36^3. falst.
37^2. 500^{li}_{:}: pay [there]. _Cf._ 43^2, 105^2.
43^4. 500^{l}_{:}.
46^3. rum.
_47^{1, 2}, 48^{1, 2}, make a stanza in the MS., and 52^{3, 4}, 53,
are written together. 47-53 have been arranged upon the supposition
that two verses (about the boy’s mourning) have dropped out after
47^{1, 2}._
48^{1, 2}. _A tag after_ d _in_ maids, hands _may not mean_ s. =F.=
53^4. _One stroke too many for_ oune _in MS._ =F.=
54^1. _One stroke too many for_ bony, _or too few for_ bonny, _in the
MS._ =F.=
60^4. I-wis.
61^1. thou was.
_63^{1, 2}, 64, are written together in the MS._
64^1. he spake.
65^4. 100: 3.
67^2. 12.
69^4. the knee. _Cf. 68^4, 75^4._
70^4. his child. _Cf. 76^4._
74^4. euer. _Either_ ieuer _in MS. or the letter before_ e _crossed
out_. =F.=
_75^{1, 2} are written with 74, 75^{3, 4} with 76^{1, 2}, in the MS._
75^1. to thy.
76^5. _Cf. 70^5._
77^1. to thee.
77^3. beene aboue: 12.
79^2. soe _may be_ true: _half the line is pared away_. =F.=
80^4, 81^4, 82^2. 3.
90^2. 500.
92^2. knees.
92^4. _Perhaps_ did see.
93^2. chime.
93^4. wiine.
95^3. daubt.
98^3. they. _The_ y _is in a modern hand_. =F.=
100^2. hiye.
106^4. 500.
107^4. mine. _One stroke too few in the MS._ =F.=
109^1. They: for sent.
109^3. 2. And _for_ & _always_.
=B.= The tune is Green Sleeves.
=a.= Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson.
=b.= Printed by and for A. M[ilbourne], and sold by the booksellers of
London.
=c.= Printed for J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger.
=a, b, c.=
1^3. =b, c.= sent his son.
2^1. =b, c.= learning _wanting_.
2^3. =b, c.= And thus.
2^4. =c.= To him.
3^2. =b, c.= with my.
4^3. =a.= Lord of Lord.
5^2. =b.= he thought to asswage.
5^4. =b.= so tender of.
6^2. =a.= of his (?) gold. =b=, =c=. of the best gold.
7^2. =c.= on his.
7^4. =b.= give to.
8^1. =b=, =c=. my son.
8^2. =c.= I the give.
9^2. =b.= if that well liked.
9^{3,4}. =b=, =c=. _Wanting._
10^1. =b=, =c=. all the.
11^3. =b.= to France.
12^2. =b=, =c=. have none.
12^3. =b.= said he.
13^3. =b=, =c=. as _wanting_.
13^4. =b=, =c=. while he.
14^1. =b.= false to.
14^2. =b.= may God justly punish me indeed. =c.= the like.
15^2. =b=, =c=. to an.
16^1. =b=, =c=. run. =b.= river.
16^2. =b.= the water.
17^4. =b.= eer else.
19^2. =b=, =c=. as white.
19^4. =b.= princess’s.
20^1. =b=, =c=. him on.
20^2. =a.= thee.
20^4. =a.= love lodely: =b.= keep them on a love lovely: =c.= love
lovely.
21^1. =b=, =c=. child said.
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