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quadgram | frequency |
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robin hood and the | 97 |
is said to have | 79 |
the north of scotland | 68 |
of the north of | 65 |
of the scottish border | 64 |
minstrelsy of the scottish | 62 |
ballads of the north | 61 |
at the end of | 57 |
the bonny milldams of | 56 |
by the bonny milldams | 56 |
bonny milldams of binnorie | 56 |
as fast as he | 56 |
seems to have been | 55 |
from the recitation of | 52 |
said to have been | 47 |
at the head of | 45 |
the end of the | 39 |
he came to the | 39 |
when he came to | 38 |
a hey lillelu and | 37 |
with a hey lillelu | 37 |
and the brume blooms | 37 |
and the birk and | 37 |
to have been the | 37 |
the birk and the | 37 |
the brume blooms bonnie | 37 |
birk and the brume | 37 |
and a how lo | 37 |
lillelu and a how | 37 |
a how lo lan | 37 |
hey lillelu and a | 37 |
in the course of | 36 |
of the th century | 35 |
come over the strand | 34 |
the banks of the | 34 |
of the earl of | 34 |
under the title of | 33 |
then out it speaks | 32 |
the rose and the | 31 |
the name of the | 31 |
and a lily gay | 30 |
of robin hood and | 30 |
the heir of linne | 29 |
collection of old ballads | 29 |
by the bonny mill | 29 |
on the banks of | 29 |
of the laird of | 29 |
for the sake of | 29 |
a collection of old | 28 |
primrose spreads so sweetly | 28 |
the primrose spreads so | 28 |
as the primrose spreads | 28 |
an angry man was | 27 |
fast as he could | 27 |
they came to the | 27 |
angry man was he | 26 |
at the same time | 25 |
to be found in | 25 |
they cam to the | 25 |
on the bonnie banks | 24 |
sir james the rose | 24 |
when they cam to | 24 |
tirled at the pin | 24 |
letter copy in the | 24 |
gin it were day | 23 |
o the greene willow | 23 |
in the collection of | 23 |
to the earl of | 22 |
will i get a | 22 |
the middle of the | 22 |
in the reign of | 22 |
these were the words | 22 |
the earl of mar | 22 |
of the house of | 22 |
to the tune of | 22 |
when they came to | 22 |
the hero of the | 22 |
of the sixteenth century | 22 |
the rest of the | 22 |
the young laird of | 21 |
an ill death may | 21 |
down from the recitation | 21 |
the complaynt of scotland | 21 |
of the name of | 21 |
o haud your tongue | 21 |
the door of the | 21 |
the top of the | 21 |
fair flower of northumberland | 20 |
on the th of | 20 |
flowers of the forest | 20 |
rose and the lindie | 20 |
the recitation of an | 20 |
ye leave to your | 20 |
will ye leave to | 20 |
what will ye leave | 20 |
the beginning of the | 20 |
appears to have been | 20 |
from an old black | 20 |
the fair flower of | 20 |
the reader will find | 19 |
and when he came | 19 |
the flowers of the | 19 |
as the rose was | 19 |
the rose was so | 19 |
come tell to me | 19 |
and the lindie o | 19 |
of the duke of | 19 |
of an old woman | 19 |
a part of the | 19 |
with the high and | 19 |
at the battle of | 19 |
the hands of the | 19 |
high and the lily | 19 |
and the lily oh | 19 |
rose was so sweetly | 19 |
was so sweetly blown | 19 |
till he came to | 19 |
the high and the | 19 |
as well as the | 19 |
was first printed in | 18 |
gay and the grinding | 18 |
the earl of angus | 18 |
it fell ance upon | 18 |
greensleeves was all my | 18 |
the gay and the | 18 |
in the complaynt of | 18 |
in the pepys collection | 18 |
the text is from | 18 |
i will give thee | 18 |
when she came to | 18 |
fell ance upon a | 18 |
be found in the | 18 |
the story of the | 18 |
is to be found | 18 |
when he cam to | 17 |
me in your arms | 17 |
alane by the green | 17 |
the battle of otterbourne | 17 |
sir hugh le blond | 17 |
in the british museum | 17 |
of the battle of | 17 |
the date of the | 17 |
by the green burn | 17 |
green burn sidie o | 17 |
and there he saw | 17 |
the green burn sidie | 17 |
taken down from the | 17 |
recitation of an old | 17 |
on the other hand | 17 |
ance upon a day | 17 |
young laird of logie | 17 |
out it speaks the | 17 |
is one of the | 16 |
from minstrelsy of the | 16 |
up and spake the | 16 |
was one of the | 16 |
then up and spake | 16 |
sir hugh in the | 16 |
of the family of | 16 |
for the love of | 16 |
the lord of corasse | 16 |
were the words said | 16 |
in the battle of | 16 |
in the midst of | 16 |
wind well thy horn | 16 |
and the king of | 16 |
the haws of cromdale | 16 |
by the name of | 16 |
but when he came | 15 |
into the hands of | 15 |
to have been a | 15 |
versions of ancient ballads | 15 |
the collection of anthony | 15 |
the battle of otterburn | 15 |
hunting of the cheviot | 15 |
my merry men all | 15 |
came before the king | 15 |
johnston stands fair upon | 15 |
and when they came | 15 |
and songs of the | 15 |
it fell about the | 15 |
in the border minstrelsy | 15 |
there was not a | 15 |
the head of the | 15 |
added closing quotation mark | 15 |
for he was a | 15 |
said bold robin hood | 15 |
the title of the | 15 |
in the castle of | 15 |
until they cam to | 15 |
in the parish of | 15 |
out and spake the | 15 |
merry son of mine | 15 |
then up and spak | 15 |
the first part of | 15 |
the king of france | 15 |
the braes of yarrow | 15 |
right and round about | 15 |
her by the milk | 15 |
was all my joie | 15 |
the king of scotland | 14 |
alluded to in the | 14 |
on the other side | 14 |
i may not stay | 14 |
stands fair upon tay | 14 |
hugh in the grime | 14 |
the souters of selkirk | 14 |
saint johnston stands fair | 14 |
saddle to me the | 14 |
lord thomas and fair | 14 |
the death of the | 14 |
proper saint johnston stands | 14 |
is supposed to have | 14 |
of sir patrick spence | 14 |
of the seventeenth century | 14 |
my faith and troth | 14 |
the subject of the | 14 |
out and spak the | 14 |
so proper saint johnston | 14 |
in a collection of | 14 |
sword by his side | 14 |
o dear mother mine | 14 |
when she cam to | 14 |
in the list of | 14 |
on the top of | 14 |
bell and mary gray | 14 |
the time of the | 14 |
my men and me | 14 |
to the duke of | 14 |
may be seen in | 14 |
the name of a | 13 |
until they came to | 13 |
by the faith of | 13 |
scottish traditional versions of | 13 |
as the gowans grow | 13 |
is said to be | 13 |
the first morning in | 13 |
over his left shoulder | 13 |
the death of his | 13 |
traditional versions of ancient | 13 |
kirk of fair scotland | 13 |
of the lands of | 13 |
the tale of the | 13 |
where will i get | 13 |
with all my heart | 13 |
the author of the | 13 |
aye as the gowans | 13 |
first morning in may | 13 |
the recitation of a | 13 |
mankynde i love but | 13 |
as soon as he | 13 |
fell low down on | 13 |
the raid of the | 13 |
he cam to the | 13 |
the faith of my | 13 |
the reign of edward | 13 |
she came to the | 13 |
the gowans grow gay | 13 |
her in his arms | 13 |
as fast as she | 13 |
life and death of | 13 |
win hose and shoon | 13 |
the course of the | 13 |
she cam to the | 13 |
in the ballad of | 13 |
the heire of linne | 13 |
hood and the beggar | 13 |
i love but you | 13 |
the field of battle | 13 |
was a man of | 13 |
copy of this ballad | 13 |
of the king of | 12 |
the union of the | 12 |
the hunting of the | 12 |
the lass of lochroyan | 12 |
copy in the collection | 12 |
copy of the ballad | 12 |
the side of the | 12 |
in the shape of | 12 |
i make myn avowe | 12 |
lang time to stay | 12 |
to the merry green | 12 |
the appendix to this | 12 |
love but you alone | 12 |
of the following ballad | 12 |
raid of the reidswire | 12 |
the peasantry of england | 12 |
for a long time | 12 |
for in my mynde | 12 |
mentioned in the ballad | 12 |
and let me in | 12 |
the greenwud sae bonnie | 12 |
by the greenwud sae | 12 |
all mankynde i love | 12 |
by the earl of | 12 |
the laird of buccleuch | 12 |
but when they cam | 12 |
your faith and troth | 12 |
i hae killed my | 12 |
till they came to | 12 |
i wish i were | 12 |
at the foot of | 12 |
and the earl of | 12 |
dear gin it were | 12 |
pills to purge melancholy | 12 |
the child of elle | 12 |
in the appendix to | 12 |
up and spak the | 12 |
doun by the greenwud | 12 |
as fast as they | 12 |
for soth as i | 12 |
o wow for day | 12 |
and dear gin it | 12 |
of all mankynde i | 12 |
as i yow saye | 12 |
look for me never | 11 |
i make a vow | 11 |
for the good horse | 11 |
of the peasantry of | 11 |
the other side of | 11 |
on the same subject | 11 |
is given in the | 11 |
hood and little john | 11 |
o hold your tongue | 11 |
and when he saw | 11 |
to the battle of | 11 |
to the house of | 11 |
the subject of this | 11 |
in the days of | 11 |
then out and spak | 11 |
i hear ye lie | 11 |
of the west marches | 11 |
come down to us | 11 |
i am come to | 11 |
and mass was sung | 11 |
young man of rosengord | 11 |
faith of my body | 11 |
on the borders of | 11 |
in the form of | 11 |
he said to himself | 11 |
neither eat nor drink | 11 |
union of the crowns | 11 |
me my faith and | 11 |
the service of the | 11 |
to one of the | 11 |
in the hands of | 11 |
for the first time | 11 |
for the purpose of | 11 |
o hald your tongue | 11 |
of the scottish ballads | 11 |
garland of golden roses | 11 |
in the first edition | 11 |
her by the middle | 11 |
on account of the | 11 |
make myn avowe to | 11 |
deep wound and a | 11 |
at the sight of | 11 |
to come to the | 11 |
sick at the heart | 11 |
or look for me | 11 |
the battle of bothwell | 11 |
in the following ballad | 11 |
myn avowe to god | 11 |
of england and scotland | 11 |
at a place called | 11 |
is found in the | 11 |
and is said to | 11 |
version of this ballad | 11 |
a deep wound and | 11 |
in the time of | 11 |
was not this a | 11 |
the thistle of scotland | 11 |
my handsome young man | 10 |
then out and spake | 10 |
my ain true love | 10 |
robin hood and little | 10 |
beheld baith dale and | 10 |
the king of scots | 10 |
from a collection of | 10 |
i am so ill | 10 |
this a brave bonny | 10 |
on the english side | 10 |
the earl of arran | 10 |
if this be true | 10 |
make my bed soon | 10 |
is mentioned in the | 10 |
when bells were rung | 10 |
the power of the | 10 |
to the history of | 10 |
o they rade on | 10 |
and when he cam | 10 |
seem to have been | 10 |
of the middle ages | 10 |
where hae ye been | 10 |
the th and th | 10 |
may you look for | 10 |
there can be no | 10 |
soth as i yow | 10 |
and i fain wad | 10 |
the ballad which follows | 10 |
that dyed on a | 10 |
robin hood and his | 10 |
a fragment of this | 10 |
is by no means | 10 |
sae fair and free | 10 |
as i have said | 10 |
the day began to | 10 |
fast as he may | 10 |
and these were the | 10 |
and the fair lilie | 10 |
come ye here to | 10 |
reliques of ancient poetry | 10 |
on the scottish side | 10 |
english and scottish ballads | 10 |
and like to die | 10 |
long may you look | 10 |
popular ballads and songs | 10 |
a mile but barely | 10 |
sweet willie and fair | 10 |
the earl of murray | 10 |
and then bespake him | 10 |
my love and me | 10 |
the tear blinded his | 10 |
the first edition of | 10 |
of the ballad is | 10 |
word is gane to | 10 |
the light of the | 10 |
my own true love | 10 |
flowers in the valley | 10 |
the full title is | 10 |
bonny earl of murray | 10 |
will be found in | 10 |
wound and a sair | 10 |
hero of the ballad | 10 |
one of the most | 10 |
the english and scottish | 10 |
of the reign of | 10 |
appendix to this volume | 10 |
during the reign of | 10 |
the trumpeter of fyvie | 10 |
upon the haws of | 10 |
the battle of harlaw | 10 |
fine flowers in the | 10 |
the king and the | 10 |
my jollie young man | 10 |
him right and round | 10 |
in consequence of the | 10 |
is taken from the | 10 |
from a copy in | 10 |
the hero of this | 10 |
on fair kirconnell lee | 10 |
i fain wad lie | 10 |
songs of the peasantry | 10 |
the minstrelsy of the | 10 |
not this a brave | 10 |
you look for me | 10 |
fell in love with | 10 |
under the grene wode | 10 |
and out and spake | 10 |
fast as she could | 10 |
the day is come | 10 |
rose and the fair | 10 |
what shall i do | 10 |
the earl of bothwell | 10 |
in the field of | 9 |
in the name of | 9 |
had it not been | 9 |
of the parish of | 9 |
of sir patrick spens | 9 |
with the earl of | 9 |
and they are on | 9 |
baith dale and down | 9 |
sail upon the sea | 9 |
in the neighbourhood of | 9 |
by chreest and st | 9 |
garland of good will | 9 |
ballad is given from | 9 |
under the eildon tree | 9 |
o wae be to | 9 |
the end of each | 9 |
in the history of | 9 |
that he had been | 9 |
as appears from the | 9 |
offence i must die | 9 |
in the case of | 9 |
presented at the end | 9 |
i wish i had | 9 |
by one of the | 9 |
hood and the stranger | 9 |
greene willow shall be | 9 |
even as fast as | 9 |
of this ballad was | 9 |
the spirit of the | 9 |
set his bent bow | 9 |
for the most part | 9 |
not a man in | 9 |
seems to be the | 9 |
for mine offence i | 9 |
telfer of the fair | 9 |
bow to his breast | 9 |
tell me how to | 9 |
o stay at hame | 9 |
as he may drie | 9 |
by the light of | 9 |
with the rest of | 9 |
written a braid letter | 9 |
bent bow to his | 9 |
whan they cam to | 9 |
fain wad lie doun | 9 |
ony room at your | 9 |
as if they had | 9 |
have ye na heard | 9 |
the reliques of ancient | 9 |
the reign of henry | 9 |
wouldst not love me | 9 |
with that of the | 9 |
me how to woo | 9 |
of one of the | 9 |
the editor has been | 9 |
copy in the pepys | 9 |
horn to his mouth | 9 |
supposed to have been | 9 |
shall be my garland | 9 |
an account of the | 9 |
the greene willow shall | 9 |
they are on to | 9 |
of the present ballad | 9 |
of ancient english poetry | 9 |
and when they cam | 9 |
the origin of the | 9 |
the editor of the | 9 |
ye my heart was | 9 |
the reign of james | 9 |
up then spake the | 9 |
if ye will hearken | 9 |
mak my bed sune | 9 |
son in her arms | 9 |
yet thou wouldst not | 9 |
mine offence i must | 9 |
thou wouldst not love | 9 |
fain wald lie down | 9 |
i grantit nevir a | 9 |
willow shall be my | 9 |
a copy of this | 9 |
down on her knee | 9 |
were playing at the | 9 |
and yet thou wouldst | 9 |
many a long day | 9 |
in the tale of | 9 |
to the castle of | 9 |
to have been composed | 9 |
my gay goss hawk | 9 |
the form of a | 9 |
then said the king | 9 |
the lads of wamphray | 9 |
and an angry man | 9 |
and fare ye weel | 9 |
the foot of the | 9 |
and sent it to | 9 |
beginning of the th | 9 |
will ye go to | 9 |
any room at your | 9 |
of the middle marches | 9 |
warden of the west | 9 |
to see what he | 9 |
down on his knee | 9 |
for meat and fee | 9 |
which seems to have | 9 |
the list of border | 9 |
and five and five | 9 |
the merry green wood | 9 |
the fatal battle of | 9 |
were come and gane | 9 |
the head of a | 9 |
her back to the | 9 |
light of the moon | 9 |
the words said hee | 9 |
has written a braid | 9 |
first printed in the | 9 |
of the forest are | 9 |
the lord of linne | 9 |
the spot where the | 9 |
his bent bow to | 9 |
in the service of | 9 |
the bonny earl of | 9 |
where that he lay | 9 |
word is to the | 9 |
of this ballad is | 9 |
the inhabitants of the | 9 |
young son in her | 9 |
reliques of ancient english | 9 |
jamie telfer of the | 9 |
the daughter of the | 9 |
typeface is represented by | 9 |
of the fair dodhead | 9 |
they wad kill baith | 8 |
out then spak her | 8 |
is that of the | 8 |
baith thee and me | 8 |
denote the pages in | 8 |
death of parcy reed | 8 |
a gay gold ring | 8 |
it seems to have | 8 |
been retained as in | 8 |
the earl of douglas | 8 |
in which they occur | 8 |
open the door to | 8 |
my ain gude lord | 8 |
was he aware of | 8 |
to have been an | 8 |
in notes and queries | 8 |
the present copy is | 8 |
then out it spak | 8 |
rose the red and | 8 |
to see what she | 8 |
and there she saw | 8 |
of the percy society | 8 |
of the castle of | 8 |
of the border widow | 8 |
up and crew the | 8 |
that part of the | 8 |
i the fair flower | 8 |
the dowie houms of | 8 |
wife and children three | 8 |
was lord of nine | 8 |
the blood ran down | 8 |
the words of the | 8 |
when he saw the | 8 |
my lord of salisbury | 8 |
the eyes of the | 8 |
to the hunting gane | 8 |
lament of the border | 8 |
of the east marches | 8 |
will ye gae to | 8 |
thee at a feud | 8 |
sir hugh of the | 8 |
for many a long | 8 |
as in the original | 8 |
the king sits in | 8 |
crown garland of golden | 8 |
gif he refuses to | 8 |
it is to be | 8 |
haud thee at a | 8 |
the text of the | 8 |
on the dowie houms | 8 |
list of border clans | 8 |
whan she cam to | 8 |
and the old man | 8 |
crosiers haud thee at | 8 |
dowie houms of yarrow | 8 |
then said little john | 8 |
are to be found | 8 |
kill baith thee and | 8 |
to act of congress | 8 |
and i the fair | 8 |
and thou shalt have | 8 |
under the command of | 8 |
how to woo thee | 8 |
the crosiers haud thee | 8 |
is supposed to be | 8 |
his bow and swam | 8 |
pages in which they | 8 |
the same as the | 8 |
an ill deid may | 8 |
in the north of | 8 |
known to have been | 8 |
edited by francis james | 8 |
given in the appendix | 8 |
the ballad of the | 8 |
the battle of flodden | 8 |
of westmoreland and cumberland | 8 |
recitation of a lady | 8 |
the recitation of mrs | 8 |
ballad is taken from | 8 |
as one of the | 8 |
in a may morning | 8 |
were where helen lies | 8 |
hood and the monk | 8 |
dowie dens of yarrow | 8 |
by francis james child | 8 |
it is the bluid | 8 |
one of them was | 8 |
to the fair dodhead | 8 |
when ye come to | 8 |
turn me in your | 8 |
and it was not | 8 |
wad kill baith thee | 8 |
to the door of | 8 |
the pages in which | 8 |
ye go to the | 8 |
in the middle of | 8 |
after words denote the | 8 |
it not been for | 8 |
in the presence of | 8 |
and they wad kill | 8 |
the king of the | 8 |
stereotyped and printed by | 8 |
have been made to | 8 |
to be the same | 8 |
there he saw a | 8 |
end of each ballad | 8 |
other side of the | 8 |
to the laird of | 8 |
placed after words denote | 8 |
of the last century | 8 |
and an ill death | 8 |
what is your will | 8 |
from the edition of | 8 |
his landis and he | 8 |
clym of the clough | 8 |
he tirled at the | 8 |
one of his own | 8 |
the erle of foiz | 8 |
he is on to | 8 |
the bishop of hereford | 8 |
the district court of | 8 |
and tirled at the | 8 |
hood and the potter | 8 |
baith his landis and | 8 |
my father and mother | 8 |
she held him fast | 8 |
as well as in | 8 |
the scene of the | 8 |
according to act of | 8 |
words denote the pages | 8 |
refuses to do that | 8 |
conquess baith his landis | 8 |
cum to the crag | 8 |
listed at the end | 8 |
the old tower of | 8 |
of the olden time | 8 |
the sound of the | 8 |
the mouth of the | 8 |
office of the district | 8 |
end of the book | 8 |
and woe is me | 8 |
said that weary wight | 8 |
the green leaves they | 8 |
i were where helen | 8 |
and by the grass | 8 |
low down on her | 8 |
lord of nine castles | 8 |
to the king of | 8 |
a harried man i | 8 |
and when she saw | 8 |
he came to his | 8 |
for my true love | 8 |
to be a man | 8 |
the crown garland of | 8 |
the queen of the | 8 |
retained as in the | 8 |
and printed by h | 8 |
sang of the outlaw | 8 |
said robin hood then | 8 |
his merry men all | 8 |
father was lord of | 8 |
now haud your tongue | 8 |
the bells be rung | 8 |
what care i for | 8 |
and fain wald lie | 8 |
and i wat a | 8 |
weel may ye save | 8 |
of the ancient family | 8 |
the baron of brackley | 8 |
in the reliques of | 8 |
history of westmoreland and | 8 |
by dere worthy god | 8 |
the grene wode tre | 8 |
of the district court | 8 |
a fairer maid than | 8 |
are said to have | 8 |
as he could gang | 8 |
figures placed after words | 8 |
ballad was first printed | 8 |
you save and see | 8 |
i think it is | 8 |
i am going to | 8 |
added opening quotation mark | 8 |
entered according to act | 8 |
subject of this ballad | 8 |
of the outlaw murray | 8 |
the ancient family of | 8 |
he refuses to do | 8 |
it is possible that | 8 |
as long as i | 7 |
to which they were | 7 |
when he heard the | 7 |
the seat of the | 7 |
down by his side | 7 |
the wind blew loud | 7 |
by the hand of | 7 |
i hae been at | 7 |
love whiles is easie | 7 |
of wharton and stuart | 7 |
a league but barely | 7 |
the kyng of spayne | 7 |
the men of the | 7 |
a collection of songs | 7 |
the authenticity of the | 7 |
you leave to your | 7 |
is alluded to in | 7 |
the sang of the | 7 |
but i wad gie | 7 |
the fire of frendraught | 7 |
a little wee boy | 7 |
then he put on | 7 |
the bridge of dee | 7 |
thy wife and children | 7 |
that ever i saw | 7 |
that he could not | 7 |
bessie bell and mary | 7 |
the end of this | 7 |
to the custom of | 7 |
as well as of | 7 |
up and spak her | 7 |
made available by the | 7 |
queen had four maries | 7 |
in the court of | 7 |
it fell on a | 7 |
but hold me fast | 7 |
on account of his | 7 |
and i were away | 7 |
fell about the martinmas | 7 |
the production of a | 7 |
cast kevils them amang | 7 |
generously made available by | 7 |
little did my mother | 7 |
the first of these | 7 |
at this time of | 7 |
from the king of | 7 |
and that it was | 7 |
upon the banks of | 7 |
the red and white | 7 |
loud as i hear | 7 |
if thou be a | 7 |
mentioned in the complaynt | 7 |
lie in your bed | 7 |
the north of england | 7 |
of the barony of | 7 |
there ony room at | 7 |
but wae be to | 7 |
the tanner of tamworth | 7 |
bent his bow and | 7 |
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his wife and children | 7 |
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sall learn your turtle | 6 |
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o where hae ye | 6 |
daughter of the laird | 6 |
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one of the few | 6 |
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thou silly blind harper | 6 |
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me love for love | 6 |
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book of ancient ballad | 6 |
my lord of buccleuch | 6 |
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the lowlands of holland | 6 |
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christ you save and | 6 |
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my lord of scroope | 6 |
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a brave bonny lasse | 6 |
for the gude horse | 6 |
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the king of england | 6 |
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the town of aberdeen | 6 |
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his horn to his | 6 |
laird of young logie | 6 |
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a copy of the | 6 |
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battle of pentland hills | 6 |
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son of the laird | 6 |
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come tell unto me | 6 |
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my father nor mother | 6 |
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editor of the reliques | 6 |
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version of the same | 6 |
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will bake my bridal | 6 |
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you in my arms | 5 |
the turnament of totenham | 5 |
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that knave that a | 5 |
the like i never | 5 |
willie of the kirkhill | 5 |
head a cap of | 5 |
the sheriff of nottingham | 5 |
the truth of my | 5 |
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a green aik tree | 5 |
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care and all his | 5 |
the gentlemen of the | 5 |
length and breadth of | 5 |
the tales of wonder | 5 |
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set his horn to | 5 |
the honour of knighthood | 5 |
thou shalt be my | 5 |
after the battle of | 5 |
near the junction of | 5 |
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set him on his | 5 |
the door to me | 5 |
hood and the valiant | 5 |
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grant me my life | 5 |
in the same way | 5 |
the laird of the | 5 |
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the day of the | 5 |
had not sailed a | 5 |
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the one of them | 5 |
if you have bonnie | 5 |
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low on his knee | 5 |
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to sir patrick spence | 5 |
but love be bonny | 5 |
coming down by the | 5 |
to open and let | 5 |
and thrown him in | 5 |
as it fell out | 5 |
volume of the percy | 5 |
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gin my love were | 5 |
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minority of james v | 5 |
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that i maun die | 5 |
to have been in | 5 |
far ayont the sea | 5 |
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another version of the | 5 |
come to the merry | 5 |
and to the gate | 5 |
the wee wee man | 5 |
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the hearts of the | 5 |
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to save his life | 5 |
this ballad is published | 5 |
the lands of fyvie | 5 |
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to me the black | 5 |
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a daughter of the | 5 |
his head a cap | 5 |
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richt and round about | 5 |
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banks of the ettrick | 5 |
king malcolm and sir | 5 |
mermaid in the sea | 5 |
pointing hand figures placed | 5 |
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and i will keep | 5 |
in the sixteenth century | 5 |
a hundred years before | 5 |
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land in ettricke foreste | 5 |
that there was a | 5 |
warden of the marches | 5 |
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with might and main | 5 |
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of the th and | 5 |
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quhat wul ze leive | 5 |
my heart for evermair | 5 |
book of scottish ballads | 5 |
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it mermaid in the | 5 |
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the dead of night | 5 |
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published in the reliques | 5 |
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the castle of carlisle | 5 |
of sir hugh of | 5 |
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a tall young man | 5 |
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the maid of colonsay | 5 |
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by whom he was | 5 |
sweet william and may | 5 |
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going to edinburgh town | 5 |
the little wee boy | 5 |
it is here given | 5 |
like i never saw | 5 |
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about the reign of | 5 |
and the name of | 5 |
to die this day | 5 |
my three ky frae | 5 |
the king of cornwall | 5 |
let neither my father | 5 |
hood and the curtall | 5 |
knight of the burning | 5 |
mentioned in this ballad | 5 |
the name of scott | 5 |
the day was dawing | 5 |
by the mouth of | 5 |
must sail the faem | 5 |
they seem to have | 5 |
in the fair dodhead | 5 |
gotten for my reward | 5 |
it was first printed | 5 |
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the king of elfland | 5 |
eldest to the youngest | 5 |
is indicated by underscores | 5 |
main body of the | 5 |
to the stable door | 5 |
and syne he sang | 5 |
her hand in her | 5 |
the early part of | 5 |
the life of the | 5 |
ancestor of the present | 5 |
the castle of hermitage | 5 |
wae be to you | 5 |
to the king himsell | 5 |
have been one of | 5 |
i have no more | 5 |
we are told that | 5 |
warwolf in the wood | 5 |
grantit nevir a traytors | 5 |
hang upon a tree | 5 |
the tane of us | 5 |
and let him in | 5 |
maunna stay with thee | 5 |
of the earls of | 5 |
king sits in dunfermline | 5 |
drank till the day | 5 |
has been suggested that | 5 |
when thou comest to | 5 |
and some of them | 5 |
will gae to the | 5 |
it to sir patrick | 5 |
the marriage of sir | 5 |
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mention is made of | 5 |
for seven long years | 5 |
at her bower window | 5 |
dialect and inconsistent spellings | 5 |
him by the hand | 5 |
in sir patrick spence | 5 |
then bespake him noble | 5 |
represented by upper case | 5 |
o where is now | 5 |
the queen of elfland | 5 |
seven sons were seven | 5 |
the king and queen | 5 |
letter to my love | 5 |
but if it be | 5 |
of the burning pestle | 5 |
riding down by the | 5 |
he has tied them | 5 |
to the text have | 5 |
a song i will | 5 |
on the battle of | 5 |
of them in the | 5 |
wandering prince of troy | 5 |
daurna turn and fight | 5 |
date of the ballad | 5 |
to the lord of | 5 |
yod on ay mounday | 5 |
came out of the | 5 |
mile but barely three | 5 |
three ky frae me | 5 |
the marquis of huntly | 5 |
o here am i | 5 |
with a few of | 5 |
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the north side of | 5 |
did not seem to | 5 |
a sair pain we | 5 |
and in a moment | 5 |
it was well known | 5 |
i will tell you | 5 |
ye gae to the | 5 |
william and may margaret | 5 |
with all their might | 5 |
and the tanner of | 5 |
fell in the battle | 5 |
a loud laugh laughed | 5 |
but as they were | 5 |
side of the liddel | 5 |
gin my seven sons | 5 |
and she the fair | 5 |
in the great hall | 5 |
on your wedding day | 5 |
supposed to be the | 5 |
the earl of surrey | 5 |
were it not for | 5 |
that thou hast done | 5 |
y yod on ay | 5 |
and set it on | 5 |
down by the eildon | 5 |
between robin hood and | 5 |
the execution of the | 5 |
the left wing of | 5 |
of your weeping let | 5 |
there they lighted down | 5 |
put on your armour | 5 |
down upon his knee | 5 |
the green wood tree | 5 |
and the valiant knight | 5 |
put her hand in | 5 |
the white bread and | 5 |
on your armour so | 5 |
the ruins of the | 5 |
the laird of mangerton | 5 |
communicated to me by | 5 |
spellings have been retained | 5 |
may nae langer in | 5 |
appear to have been | 5 |
but as soon as | 5 |
whan he came to | 5 |
his young son in | 5 |
and an ill deid | 5 |
whan they came to | 5 |
hero of this ballad | 5 |
grene sae gaye to | 5 |
father nor mother get | 5 |
there was an old | 5 |
if it had been | 5 |
on both sides of | 5 |
twenty punds for the | 5 |
fair were playing at | 5 |
comely to be seen | 5 |
the th of may | 5 |
it shall not be | 5 |
and they waded through | 5 |
new book of old | 5 |
and the bishop of | 5 |
to the north of | 5 |
death may she die | 5 |
the lords and nobles | 5 |
and mak a widowe | 5 |
come to the silver | 5 |
of the thirteenth century | 5 |
the mouth of a | 5 |
could not see her | 5 |
reference to ballad line | 5 |
i mak a vow | 5 |
sicht sune mayst thou | 5 |
where is now my | 5 |
the length and breadth | 5 |
nor mother get wit | 5 |
in the south of | 5 |
the ballad may have | 5 |
o four and twenty | 5 |
aye she drank the | 5 |
that there was not | 5 |
quoth bold robin hood | 5 |
and inconsistent spellings have | 5 |
the laird of knottington | 5 |
a part of his | 5 |
a little abune their | 5 |
the truth of the | 5 |
with all his might | 5 |
he will not still | 5 |
is given from tradition | 5 |
and a ladye bright | 5 |
in the gesta romanorum | 5 |
a writer in the | 5 |
this ballad was printed | 5 |
took her in his | 5 |
ye may gang to | 5 |
granted it shall be | 5 |
it be my fortune | 5 |
and came to the | 5 |
of them in colour | 5 |
and we will on | 5 |
by ida rentoul outhwaite | 5 |
the earl of northumberland | 5 |
if you are a | 5 |
was fought on the | 5 |
is represented by upper | 5 |
historical and romantic ballads | 5 |
edited by robert bell | 5 |
book of old ballads | 5 |
sayd the heire of | 5 |
up and bar the | 5 |
may gang to the | 5 |
and one or two | 5 |
inconsistent spellings have been | 5 |
referred to in the | 5 |
laid him on a | 5 |
he is an auld | 5 |
changes have been made | 5 |
the mention of the | 5 |
th and th centuries | 5 |
until the day i | 5 |
sisters sat in a | 5 |
never wish to see | 5 |
and on they rade | 5 |
edward hight his name | 5 |
as i was walking | 5 |
ill deid may ye | 5 |
the preservation of the | 5 |
he was in the | 5 |
ladders lang and hie | 5 |
lord salton and auchanachie | 5 |
latter half of the | 5 |
thomas and fair ellinor | 5 |
the minority of james | 5 |
his harp intill his | 5 |
and if i be | 5 |
and he that had | 5 |
then out it spake | 5 |
the gate of the | 5 |
a full grete othe | 5 |
battle was fought on | 5 |
and another in the | 5 |
is here given from | 5 |
him she did say | 5 |
what i shall say | 5 |
and it may be | 5 |
and the abbot of | 5 |
was at that time | 5 |
in a great measure | 5 |
a fragment of the | 5 |
catch you in my | 5 |
ze leive to zour | 5 |
as they rode on | 5 |
to ballad line numbers | 5 |
is mine by right | 5 |
it is well known | 5 |
to be regarded as | 5 |
leave at lord and | 5 |
nae mair come near | 5 |
and whan he came | 5 |
not a knight in | 5 |
birth of robin hood | 5 |
room at your side | 5 |
in the vicinity of | 5 |
the arrival of the | 5 |
middle of the sixteenth | 5 |
with reference to ballad | 5 |
to see me more | 5 |
the text have been | 5 |
wants that knave that | 5 |
her bonny young son | 5 |
line numbers are presented | 5 |
and aye she drank | 5 |
it was taken down | 5 |
at a graceless face | 5 |
now word is gane | 5 |
she the fair flower | 5 |
i have no money | 5 |
willie and may margaret | 5 |
on the field of | 5 |
took place on the | 5 |
and made a heavy | 5 |
the object of his | 5 |
gaed up the tolbooth | 5 |
the names of the | 5 |
i gang to the | 5 |
said the fause nurse | 5 |
of the second part | 5 |
go to the highlands | 5 |
o gin my love | 5 |
the west of scotland | 5 |
to refer to the | 5 |
ill death may she | 5 |
fourth and the tanner | 5 |
the field of flodden | 5 |
a manuscript in the | 5 |
an imperfect copy of | 5 |
the ballads of the | 5 |
bow in his hand | 5 |
the ballad of robin | 5 |
nae langer in cumberland | 5 |
and his merry men | 5 |
he seems to have | 5 |
riding to the town | 5 |
the memory of the | 5 |
looked over his left | 5 |
with right good will | 5 |
to the bonny broom | 5 |
the next line that | 5 |
up and spak an | 5 |
king has written a | 5 |
they had not sailed | 5 |
the opposite side of | 5 |
the presence of the | 5 |
of the douglas tragedy | 5 |
him all at once | 5 |
malcolm and sir colvin | 5 |
the editor is informed | 5 |
collection of scottish songs | 5 |
by the eildon tree | 5 |
which is said to | 5 |
the eldest to the | 5 |
knave that a king | 5 |
that this ballad is | 5 |
him down upon the | 5 |
of the death of | 5 |
by the side of | 5 |
the tradition of the | 5 |
as far as the | 5 |
the return of the | 5 |
and laid it on | 5 |
i cam in by | 5 |
untill he came to | 5 |
o fare ye weel | 5 |
a little to the | 5 |
bespake him the greene | 5 |
from the percy folio | 5 |
is a hunting gone | 5 |
the first stroke that | 5 |
took place at the | 5 |
it was the young | 5 |
of thy harping let | 5 |
would you give to | 5 |
get up and bar | 5 |
he laid his hand | 5 |
he lighted at the | 5 |
the might of our | 5 |
sae gaye to see | 5 |
the love i bear | 5 |
the night is mirk | 5 |
brought him to the | 5 |
on the part of | 5 |
there is a knight | 5 |
symbols from the ascii | 5 |
and away to the | 5 |
the land is mine | 5 |
grace at a graceless | 5 |
horn hung down by | 5 |
sall wed another may | 5 |
then up and gat | 5 |
was taken down from | 5 |
that it was not | 5 |
welcome hame to me | 5 |
and wae is me | 5 |
whan he cam to | 5 |
a collection of ancient | 5 |
the fifteenth day of | 5 |
as i cam in | 5 |
or are ye the | 5 |
the nature of the | 5 |
in the hope that | 5 |
ladies fair were playing | 5 |
the earl of wemyss | 5 |
of the old ballad | 5 |
in the wan water | 5 |
she came before the | 5 |
and o wow for | 5 |
i trust to god | 5 |
to serve for meat | 5 |
that the hero of | 5 |
hood and queen katherine | 5 |
wow but his heart | 5 |
kissed her rosy lips | 5 |
room at my head | 5 |
of scottish ballad poetry | 5 |
tane of us shall | 5 |
handed down by tradition | 5 |
served the lang tables | 5 |
put on the old | 5 |
not begin with thee | 5 |
on the st of | 5 |
sune mayst thou be | 5 |
it is said that | 5 |
a sight of you | 5 |
the tune of robin | 5 |
turned her round about | 5 |
she has put it | 5 |
is the name of | 5 |
notes with reference to | 5 |
was it mermaid in | 5 |
so often mentioned in | 5 |
the first line that | 5 |
says orange to him | 5 |
down the other side | 5 |
then on the morn | 5 |
and i will tell | 5 |
lands i was to | 5 |
numbers are presented at | 5 |
to hang him up | 5 |
robin hood and guy | 5 |
been listed at the | 5 |
the sake of the | 5 |
john and the abbot | 5 |
o hold thy hand | 5 |
then forth is gone | 5 |
towards the end of | 5 |
come to your bed | 5 |
my seven sons were | 5 |
took place in the | 5 |
the auld beggar man | 5 |
that never struck in | 5 |
will not be lang | 5 |
not so much as | 5 |
the shame speed the | 5 |
my sicht sune mayst | 5 |
it is very possible | 5 |
and his two companions | 5 |
the gipsy laddie o | 5 |
and sae ready was | 5 |
fast as he cold | 5 |
the best in all | 5 |
by sir david dalrymple | 5 |
as early as the | 5 |
the tear blinded her | 5 |
i tell yow in | 5 |
nithsdale and galloway song | 5 |
a knight and a | 5 |
and spake the popinjay | 5 |
a flight of arrows | 5 |
this ballad is a | 5 |
in the beginning of | 5 |
to speak to me | 5 |
under the name of | 5 |
the battle of sheriff | 5 |
the walls of the | 5 |
i came frae hame | 5 |
there was a knight | 5 |
at the top of | 5 |
hood and guy of | 5 |
have been printed in | 5 |
old robin of portingale | 5 |
well as in the | 5 |
one of the ancient | 5 |
till of late years | 5 |
cam to the biddes | 5 |
o little did my | 5 |
the south side of | 5 |
and a body of | 5 |
me of my life | 5 |
and spak an eldern | 5 |
the person of james | 5 |
i maunna stay with | 5 |
in the middle ages | 5 |
to the land of | 5 |
and a part of | 5 |
the castle of newark | 5 |
horn of king arthur | 5 |
the fair burd ellen | 5 |
o still my bairn | 5 |
i will give to | 5 |
could not have been | 5 |
that died for me | 5 |
from the field of | 5 |
i will do for | 5 |
and carried him to | 5 |
till by it came | 5 |
he fell low down | 5 |
i daurna turn and | 5 |
gin love be bonny | 5 |
eve of st john | 5 |
in a short time | 5 |
i will go to | 5 |
in gude green wood | 5 |
in the direction of | 5 |
the wardenry of the | 5 |
the next day at | 5 |
according to the custom | 5 |
back against an aik | 5 |
of the ballad was | 5 |
her ain true love | 5 |
sight for to see | 5 |
left in the fair | 5 |
he gaed to his | 5 |
about the middle of | 5 |
of the king and | 5 |
when she gaed up | 5 |
deid may ye die | 5 |
to the wan water | 5 |
young hastings the groom | 5 |
of all my land | 5 |
children in the wood | 5 |
ballad is found in | 5 |
punds for the good | 5 |
took her by the | 5 |
wish to see me | 5 |
were twa lovers dear | 5 |
what would you give | 5 |
it may not be | 5 |
and the curtall fryer | 5 |
the lord of easter | 5 |
i never loved a | 5 |
a cap of steel | 5 |
lord john and rothiemay | 5 |
himself on a dapple | 5 |
earl brand and the | 5 |
i wad gie my | 5 |
faith and troth ye | 5 |
castle of the thrieve | 5 |
days of long ago | 5 |
him out of the | 5 |
when in and came | 5 |
the house of douglas | 5 |
being a collection of | 5 |
taen his harp intill | 5 |
she was aware of | 5 |
missing closing quotation mark | 5 |
he has loupen on | 5 |
of the church of | 5 |
your armour so bright | 5 |
in the introduction to | 5 |
found in the appendix | 5 |
he drew his sword | 5 |
the music of the | 5 |
during the minority of | 5 |
did my mother think | 5 |
on to gude greenwood | 5 |
taken down from recitation | 5 |
and you shall be | 5 |
and most part of | 5 |
on a dapple grey | 5 |
if it be my | 5 |
has come down to | 5 |
that i must die | 4 |
i wat they had | 4 |
they came on to | 4 |
my house shall feast | 4 |
his hands behind his | 4 |
king alfred and the | 4 |
these horses but barely | 4 |
bespake him noble king | 4 |
like a mad man | 4 |
forty miles off aberdeen | 4 |
wot and little gude | 4 |
pray you speak to | 4 |
the ballad of king | 4 |
me there till the | 4 |
copies obtained from recitation | 4 |
in the british bibliographer | 4 |
there he found a | 4 |
i charge ye all | 4 |
courted the eldest with | 4 |
shewing how robin hood | 4 |
sir oluf and the | 4 |
in one of which | 4 |
the abbot of canterbury | 4 |
beggar of bednall green | 4 |
burned at a stake | 4 |
not end this quarrel | 4 |
the tower of repentance | 4 |
the th of july | 4 |
day she cradled me | 4 |
about the lammas tide | 4 |
why come ye to | 4 |
the court of the | 4 |
the king at me | 4 |
for to be a | 4 |
had the art to | 4 |
of the scottish nation | 4 |
were there but three | 4 |
but my foe to | 4 |
loosed her left foot | 4 |
the wild boar of | 4 |
to the man that | 4 |
pounds of good red | 4 |
none of you be | 4 |
ther was never a | 4 |
ill death may thou | 4 |
carried off by the | 4 |
not far from the | 4 |
think it is my | 4 |
if she be dead | 4 |
betwixt the johnstones and | 4 |
thou was aye gude | 4 |
ails the king at | 4 |
as weel as me | 4 |
wae be to the | 4 |
as that of a | 4 |
nearly the same incidents | 4 |
was buried in the | 4 |
and he has sent | 4 |
it on the sea | 4 |
were engaged in the | 4 |
the tears blinded her | 4 |
tell her to come | 4 |
set it on the | 4 |
bold pedlar and robin | 4 |
of the county of | 4 |
lord gregory come hame | 4 |
is a copy of | 4 |
the bridle off my | 4 |
for my reward the | 4 |
a health to the | 4 |
on the opposite side | 4 |
dick of the cow | 4 |
she served the lang | 4 |
to speak a word | 4 |
it is curious that | 4 |
three hundred tun of | 4 |
and to the nobil | 4 |
a word in jest | 4 |
kirk on the green | 4 |
this battle was fought | 4 |
are crowing a merry | 4 |
will i say to | 4 |
wish i were where | 4 |
wadna watch and waken | 4 |
horn and his two | 4 |
na mair for me | 4 |
o that i were | 4 |
golden bands an about | 4 |
there was marching upon | 4 |
what news hast thou | 4 |
him out of his | 4 |
to the tolbooth door | 4 |
his ladye in purple | 4 |
ye will hearken unto | 4 |
selected from each copy | 4 |
and cried weel hie | 4 |
the close of the | 4 |
oluf and the elf | 4 |
reign of edward i | 4 |
carry a message to | 4 |
a little way from | 4 |
and his men were | 4 |
of presbytery of penpont | 4 |
scotland new come home | 4 |
bugelet horn hung down | 4 |
has loosed her left | 4 |
stythe i winna rise | 4 |
there is a curious | 4 |
in connection with the | 4 |
when days were gane | 4 |
that wadna watch and | 4 |
a rich wedding for | 4 |
the king has gifted | 4 |
it will be seen | 4 |
wood as fast as | 4 |
now let us all | 4 |
says the old man | 4 |
he lifted up the | 4 |
hand wale the tree | 4 |
her father and mother | 4 |
cheshire and lancashire both | 4 |
in most of the | 4 |
of his yellow hair | 4 |
the sea grew rough | 4 |
o will ye gae | 4 |
that i have done | 4 |
god be with thee | 4 |
this mony a year | 4 |
on the border side | 4 |
sir lancelot du lake | 4 |
then robin hood he | 4 |
current among the vulgar | 4 |
if you be a | 4 |
o forty miles off | 4 |
and ye maun learn | 4 |
tears fell from her | 4 |
soon as he had | 4 |
have ridden that wan | 4 |
it will be observed | 4 |
grave of sir patrick | 4 |
then he began to | 4 |
gar warn the water | 4 |
faith and troth again | 4 |
the th of the | 4 |
and wha will glove | 4 |
a horse ran masterless | 4 |
from across the sea | 4 |
and several of the | 4 |
and speak with me | 4 |
became of your bloodhounds | 4 |
was walking along the | 4 |
ill death may ye | 4 |
bairns and your wife | 4 |
the honour of the | 4 |
mare has gotten a | 4 |
from the time of | 4 |
with bold robin hood | 4 |
done me grete envye | 4 |
suld burst in three | 4 |
moon in her arm | 4 |
fifty siller bells and | 4 |
the keen lord scroope | 4 |
i pray you speak | 4 |
a week but barely | 4 |
he has tane her | 4 |
do not end this | 4 |
truth of my body | 4 |
gaed beside the well | 4 |
and you may swear | 4 |
it tuke na on | 4 |
given from the recitation | 4 |
the wandering young gentlewoman | 4 |
axe in his hand | 4 |
at the castle gate | 4 |
of a broken heart | 4 |
if that be true | 4 |
in the wilds of | 4 |
a handsome young man | 4 |
at an early period | 4 |
till on her wedding | 4 |
a man in all | 4 |
might of our ladye | 4 |
as they were a | 4 |
has wedded a gay | 4 |
parts of the country | 4 |
her bour to shine | 4 |
from the same source | 4 |
of little musgrave and | 4 |
pedlar and robin hood | 4 |
it is hoped the | 4 |
nearly the same as | 4 |
head was like a | 4 |
and for the love | 4 |
as thou art a | 4 |
willie and fair maisry | 4 |
i carena for your | 4 |
the castle of edinburgh | 4 |
wae be to thee | 4 |
misdeeds they were sae | 4 |
merit have been selected | 4 |
tane the steel cap | 4 |
text is from the | 4 |
and ye were away | 4 |
he was condemned to | 4 |
a pointing hand symbol | 4 |
in one of his | 4 |
this and the following | 4 |
be the faith and | 4 |
it is said to | 4 |
lady isabel and the | 4 |
and that he had | 4 |
saint james his day | 4 |
since it is so | 4 |
brought him ower the | 4 |
the countess of dunbar | 4 |
robin did on the | 4 |
that they have been | 4 |
from head to foot | 4 |
as i hear ye | 4 |
he will do waur | 4 |
cocks are crowing a | 4 |
rising in the north | 4 |
the town of selkirk | 4 |
then she began to | 4 |
some pastime for to | 4 |
i come na here | 4 |
hanged thou shalt be | 4 |
the key of the | 4 |
him down the ladder | 4 |
part of the original | 4 |
he and his ladye | 4 |
at the back of | 4 |
knew that he was | 4 |
will have none of | 4 |
it will pardoned be | 4 |
tuke na on her | 4 |
heart suld burst in | 4 |
of his friends were | 4 |
lord of high degree | 4 |
the truce of border | 4 |
who fell in the | 4 |
come and speak with | 4 |
along the banks of | 4 |
to him and his | 4 |
edition of the ballad | 4 |
and one of them | 4 |
in her green mantle | 4 |
of the chief men | 4 |
by charles kirkpatrick sharpe | 4 |
in the second part | 4 |
they shaped him in | 4 |
to see this ball | 4 |
that sir patrick red | 4 |
by whom he had | 4 |
fast as he might | 4 |
down upon the lead | 4 |
the neck of the | 4 |
and i will not | 4 |
in the palace of | 4 |
o had thy tongue | 4 |
that ran beneath that | 4 |
water to wash his | 4 |
or a collection of | 4 |
preface to the ballad | 4 |
at the sound of | 4 |
and up and crew | 4 |
ween my legs have | 4 |
great part of the | 4 |
there was right dowie | 4 |
ballads of robin hood | 4 |
but his misdeeds they | 4 |
that the king of | 4 |
see for he stands | 4 |
to bold robin hood | 4 |
you shall have his | 4 |
thou be a man | 4 |
left him into kirkland | 4 |
said the young man | 4 |
that he had no | 4 |
out over the sea | 4 |
the cause of their | 4 |
that he had done | 4 |
little way from the | 4 |
from the collection of | 4 |