The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Edited by Francis James Child. |
I. |
1. |
2. |
3. |
4. |
5. |
6. |
7. |
8. |
9. |
10. |
11. |
12. |
13. |
14. |
15. |
16. |
17. |
18. |
19. |
20. |
21. |
22. |
23. |
24. |
25. |
26. |
27. |
28. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads | ||
KATHARINE JAFFARY—L
[_]
Macmath MS., p. 72, communicated January 13, 1883, by Dr Robert Trotter, as remembered from the recitation of his father, Dr Robert Trotter, of Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire.
1
They askëd him and speirëd him,And unto him did say,
‘O saw ye ocht o an armed band,
As ye cam on your way?’
2
He jested them and jeerëd them,And thus to them did say,
‘O I saw nocht but a fairy troop,
As I rode on my way.’
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads | ||