Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... Merry Drollery Complete , " Part 2 , 1661 and 1670 , also in " Wit and Drollery , Jovial Poems , " 1656 , p . 35. The tune is printed under the title of the burden " O doe not , doe not kill me yet , " in J. J. Starter's " Boertigheden ...
... Merry Drollery Complete , " Part 2 , 1661 and 1670 , also in " Wit and Drollery , Jovial Poems , " 1656 , p . 35. The tune is printed under the title of the burden " O doe not , doe not kill me yet , " in J. J. Starter's " Boertigheden ...
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... merry was I , & c . - P . 5 Though ne'er so little . - P . 6 I had all that I wish.-P. shalt thou have.-P. s that whoso - ever . - P . 9 will I give.-P. and gives it him . He chooses 2. a pipe . The old man promises him a very charming ...
... merry was I , & c . - P . 5 Though ne'er so little . - P . 6 I had all that I wish.-P. shalt thou have.-P. s that whoso - ever . - P . 9 will I give.-P. and gives it him . He chooses 2. a pipe . The old man promises him a very charming ...
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... merry toye , pipe freelye when thou will ! " " ffather , " the boy said , " verelye you shall haue mirth enoughe & glee till you bidd me bee still . " With that his pipe he quicklye sent , 344 & pipt , the whilest in verament each ...
... merry toye , pipe freelye when thou will ! " " ffather , " the boy said , " verelye you shall haue mirth enoughe & glee till you bidd me bee still . " With that his pipe he quicklye sent , 344 & pipt , the whilest in verament each ...
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... merry pin , i . e . a merry humour , half intoxicated . Halliwell's Gloss . - F . • MS . pared away , read by Percy . - F . [ page 104. ] Half a stanza seems wanting here and in Pr . Copy.-P. 5 frere . - P . 7 fone , i . e . foes.-P ...
... merry pin , i . e . a merry humour , half intoxicated . Halliwell's Gloss . - F . • MS . pared away , read by Percy . - F . [ page 104. ] Half a stanza seems wanting here and in Pr . Copy.-P. 5 frere . - P . 7 fone , i . e . foes.-P ...
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... merry Iest , wishing to euerye honest man . all happinesse & rest . take heede of hot furmitree ! take heed of hot furmitree ! the people down stairs ; Panche is discovered all over honey and cream ; and they see who the culprit is ...
... merry Iest , wishing to euerye honest man . all happinesse & rest . take heede of hot furmitree ! take heed of hot furmitree ! the people down stairs ; Panche is discovered all over honey and cream ; and they see who the culprit is ...
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BALLADS and ROMANCES belly BOKES Cambridge cannott Cock Lorell codlings Colchester Castle cold copy Cupid dad ont dance delight devill doth Dulcina edited euery F. J. Furnivall father ffinis ffins ffor ffrom ffull FITZEDWARD HALL FLORIS AND BLANCHEFLOUR Folio frere.-P friar fryar fryer furmitree gaue ging &c giue Grandam boy hart hath haue heere hey &c heyda heye HUMOROUS SONGS Iacke Jack Jonson's kisse leaue lett Lillumwham &c litle liue LOOSE and HUMOROUS loue louers maid Masques mayd meate melio shance merry neuer night Officiall Panche Percy Folio Percy's Phillips.-F PIERS PLOWMAN pipe pleasure Poems printed quoth shee sate sayd shee cryes shee wold shold stanza sweet take heede &c tell thee thou Tom Longe tune vnder vnto vpon W. W. Skeat wench Wheatley wiffe woman yett
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