Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... maids , & c . He eats it all , asks for some Derby ale , and drinks it up . 1 W. omits was.-F. 2 Vynegur is good to salt purpose & torrentyne , Salt sturgeon , salt swyrd- fysche , savery & fyne . John Russell . Boke of Nurture . Sawce ...
... maids , & c . He eats it all , asks for some Derby ale , and drinks it up . 1 W. omits was.-F. 2 Vynegur is good to salt purpose & torrentyne , Salt sturgeon , salt swyrd- fysche , savery & fyne . John Russell . Boke of Nurture . Sawce ...
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... Maids disgract , I am not first nor shalbe last . Is this your love ? to undo a silly maid ? How wrong of that woman to put me in here ! What noise is that ? No matter . Babies tell their own stories . 12 16 20 20 24 camot in MS.-F ...
... Maids disgract , I am not first nor shalbe last . Is this your love ? to undo a silly maid ? How wrong of that woman to put me in here ! What noise is that ? No matter . Babies tell their own stories . 12 16 20 20 24 camot in MS.-F ...
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... ha ! fyee , fye ! itt comes yett still ! itt comes , I , I ! doe what you will ! my breath doth passe , my blood doth trickle ! was euer lasse in such a pickle ? ffins . A maid & a younge man . [ Page 197 50 DOE YOU MEANE .
... ha ! fyee , fye ! itt comes yett still ! itt comes , I , I ! doe what you will ! my breath doth passe , my blood doth trickle ! was euer lasse in such a pickle ? ffins . A maid & a younge man . [ Page 197 50 DOE YOU MEANE .
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... maid that loued a long time were tane in a frenzye ithe Midsommer prime ; the maid shee lay drooping , hye ; the man he lay whopping , hey , the man he lay whopping hoe . Thus talking & walking thé came to a place A man and a maid came ...
... maid that loued a long time were tane in a frenzye ithe Midsommer prime ; the maid shee lay drooping , hye ; the man he lay whopping , hey , the man he lay whopping hoe . Thus talking & walking thé came to a place A man and a maid came ...
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... MAID AND A YOUNGE MAN . He thought Mickle shame to lye soe longe ; he gott vp againe & grew very strong ; the Mayd shee Lay , & c . The trees & the woods did wring about , & euery leafe began to showte , & there was such , & c . A ...
... MAID AND A YOUNGE MAN . He thought Mickle shame to lye soe longe ; he gott vp againe & grew very strong ; the Mayd shee Lay , & c . The trees & the woods did wring about , & euery leafe began to showte , & there was such , & c . A ...
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Page 39 - After him succeeded, by the general council, one Cock Lorrell, the most notorious knave that ever lived.' . . By trade he was a tinker, often carrying a pan and hammer for shew ; but when he came to a good booty, he would cast his profession into a ditch, and play the padder.
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