Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... [ Page 93 of MS . ] PERHAPS the following may have been suggested by the ballad of " The Two Leicestershire Lovers ; to the tune of And yet methinks I love thee , " a copy of which is in the Roxburghe Col- lection , I. 412. The subject of ...
... [ Page 93 of MS . ] PERHAPS the following may have been suggested by the ballad of " The Two Leicestershire Lovers ; to the tune of And yet methinks I love thee , " a copy of which is in the Roxburghe Col- lection , I. 412. The subject of ...
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... [ Page 95 of MS . ] ' O Iolly Robin , hold thy hande ! I am not tyde in 2 Cupids bande ; I pray thee leaue thy foolinge , heyda ! by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! what ? doe you meane to be soe bold ? I must cry out ! I cannot ...
... [ Page 95 of MS . ] ' O Iolly Robin , hold thy hande ! I am not tyde in 2 Cupids bande ; I pray thee leaue thy foolinge , heyda ! by my faith & troth I cannot : heyda , fie ! what ? doe you meane to be soe bold ? I must cry out ! I cannot ...
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... [ Page 96 of MS . ] 66 THIS song is printed in " 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 ...
... [ Page 96 of MS . ] 66 THIS song is printed in " 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 ...
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... [ page 97. ] May God bless us ! p . 209 , col . 1. E. E. Text Soc . 1867.-F. 2 Collated with a copy in Pepys library , 12 ° , Vol . No. 358. Lettered , Wallace . - P . This song is very different and much su- perior to the common printed ...
... [ page 97. ] May God bless us ! p . 209 , col . 1. E. E. Text Soc . 1867.-F. 2 Collated with a copy in Pepys library , 12 ° , Vol . No. 358. Lettered , Wallace . - P . This song is very different and much su- perior to the common printed ...
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... [ page 98. ] " Sonne , " he sayd , " thou hast giuen meate to me , ' 80 & I will giue 3 things to thee , 10 what ere thou wilt intreat . " Then sayd the boy , " tis best , I trow , 11 that 84 yee bestow on me 12 a bowe with which I burds ...
... [ page 98. ] " Sonne , " he sayd , " thou hast giuen meate to me , ' 80 & I will giue 3 things to thee , 10 what ere thou wilt intreat . " Then sayd the boy , " tis best , I trow , 11 that 84 yee bestow on me 12 a bowe with which I burds ...
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