Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... once a very popular song , as appears from a parody of it inserted ( as a solemn piece of music ) in Hemming's Flora springing Is ever bringing Dame Venus ease.2 Oh see the Arbour where that she with melting kisses distilling blisses ...
... once a very popular song , as appears from a parody of it inserted ( as a solemn piece of music ) in Hemming's Flora springing Is ever bringing Dame Venus ease.2 Oh see the Arbour where that she with melting kisses distilling blisses ...
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... once in bedd with Mars by all the godds was 1 where once.-P. seene . lling 2 With pleasure's essence . - P . [ half a page missing . ] 3 they.-P. MS . cheesly . - F . 5 the.-P. Walking in a Meadow gren . [ Page 93 of 2 SEE THE BWILDINGE .
... once in bedd with Mars by all the godds was 1 where once.-P. seene . lling 2 With pleasure's essence . - P . [ half a page missing . ] 3 they.-P. MS . cheesly . - F . 5 the.-P. Walking in a Meadow gren . [ Page 93 of 2 SEE THE BWILDINGE .
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... - W . 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.
... - W . 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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... 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 MEADOW GREN . I ...
... 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 MEADOW GREN . I ...
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... once more , & none can mend it ! " Adew , adew , sweet hart , " quoth hee , 66 " for in faith I must be gone . " nay , then you doe me wronge , " quoth shee , to leaue me thus alone . " Away he went when all was spent , wherat shee was ...
... once more , & none can mend it ! " Adew , adew , sweet hart , " quoth hee , 66 " for in faith I must be gone . " nay , then you doe me wronge , " quoth shee , to leaue me thus alone . " Away he went when all was spent , wherat shee was ...
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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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Page 32 - Psalmes, or Songs of Sion, turned into the language, and set to the tunes of a strange land...