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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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Part III.
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Part VI.
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Part VII.
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Part IX.
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266 JOHN THOMSON AND THE TURK
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267 THE HEIR OF LINNE
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268 THE TWA KNIGHTS
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269 LADY DIAMOND
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270 THE EARL OF MAR'S DAUGHTER
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271 THE LORD OF LORN AND THE FALSE STEWARD
  
Lord of Learne
  
A pretty ballad of the Lord of Lorn and the Fals Steward
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272 THE SUFFOLK MIRACLE
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273 KING EDWARD THE FOURTH AND A TANNER OF TAMWORTH
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274 OUR GOODMAN
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275 GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR
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276 THE FRIAR IN THE WELL
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277 THE WIFE WRAPT IN WETHER'S SKIN
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278 THE FARMER'S CURST WIFE
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279 THE JOLLY BEGGAR
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280 THE BEGGAR-LADDIE
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281 THE KEACH I THE CREEL
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282 JOCK THE LEG AND THE MERRY MERCHANT
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283 THE CRAFTY FARMER
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284 JOHN DORY
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285 THE GEORGE ALOE AND THE SWEEPSTAKE
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286 THE SWEET TRINITY (THE GOLDEN VANITY)
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287 CAPTAIN WARD AND THE RAINBOW
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288 THE YOUNG EARL OF ESSEX'S VICTORY OVER THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY
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289 THE MERMAID
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290 THE WYLIE WIFE OF THE HIE TOUN HIE
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291 CHILD OWLET
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292 THE WEST-COUNTRY DAMOSEL'S COMPLAINT
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293 JOHN OF HAZELGREEN
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294 DUGALL QUIN
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295 THE BROWN GIRL
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296 WALTER LESLY
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297 EARL ROTHES
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298 YOUNG PEGGY
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299 TROOPER AND MAID
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300 BLANCHEFLOUR AND JELLYFLORICE
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301 THE QUEEN OF SCOTLAND
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302 YOUNG BEARWELL
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303 THE HOLY NUNNERY
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304 YOUNG RONALD
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305 THE OUTLAW MURRAY

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SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST—G

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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, III, 183, ed. 1833, the last three stanzas.

[OMITTED]

1

‘But plait a wand o bonny birk,
And lay it on my breast,
And shed a tear upon my grave,
And wish my saul gude rest.

2

‘And fair Margret, and rare Margret,
And Margret o veritie,
Gin eer ye love another man,
Neer love him as ye did me.’

3

Then up and crew the milk-white cock,
And up and crew the grey;
The lover vanishd in the air,
And she gaed weeping away.
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