Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... . C. WALKING in a meadowe greene , fayre flowers for to gather , where p [ r ] imrose rankes did stand on bankes to welcome comers thither , Walking out , 4 I heard a lass ask for " Once more 3 WALKING IN A MEADOW GREN.
... . C. WALKING in a meadowe greene , fayre flowers for to gather , where p [ r ] imrose rankes did stand on bankes to welcome comers thither , Walking out , 4 I heard a lass ask for " Once more 3 WALKING IN A MEADOW GREN.
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... ask for " Once more . " " She was under a lad , and cried " Once more . He was dull , 8 12 16 but still she said 20 " Once more . " 24 He tried and failed , 28 but still she cried " Once more . 99 She helped him 32 36 WALKING IN A ...
... ask for " Once more . " " She was under a lad , and cried " Once more . He was dull , 8 12 16 but still she said 20 " Once more . " 24 He tried and failed , 28 but still she cried " Once more . 99 She helped him 32 36 WALKING IN A ...
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... asks her husband to send him away . The husband will not , there dwelt a man in my countrye 8 which in his life had wiues 3 , 12 a blessing full of Ioye ! By the first wife a sonne he had , 2 which was a prettye sturdye ladde , a good ...
... asks her husband to send him away . The husband will not , there dwelt a man in my countrye 8 which in his life had wiues 3 , 12 a blessing full of Ioye ! By the first wife a sonne he had , 2 which was a prettye sturdye ladde , a good ...
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... him is so untempting that he cannot eat it . 9 Forward he drew.-P. 10 amidst . - P . 11 And then his.-P. 12 it up from.-P. 13 no will to.-P. 14 And that.-P. B An old man comes his way , and asks for FRYAR AND BOYE . 11.
... him is so untempting that he cannot eat it . 9 Forward he drew.-P. 10 amidst . - P . 11 And then his.-P. 12 it up from.-P. 13 no will to.-P. 14 And that.-P. B An old man comes his way , and asks for FRYAR AND BOYE . 11.
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... asks for food . The boy offers what he has . The old man eats and is happy , then bids the boy choose three presents . He chooses 1. a bow . The old man promises him a right good one , 64 And as the boy sate on a hill , there came an ...
... asks for food . The boy offers what he has . The old man eats and is happy , then bids the boy choose three presents . He chooses 1. a bow . The old man promises him a right good one , 64 And as the boy sate on a hill , there came an ...
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