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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

Part I.

II.

III.

IV.

83.

84.

84 BONNY BARBARA ALLAN

85.

86.

87.

88.

89.

90.

91.

91 FAIR MARY OF WALLINGTON

92.

92 BONNY BEE HOM

93.

93 LAMKIN

94.

94 YOUNG WATERS

95.

95 THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS

96.

97.

98.

99.

100.

100 WILLIE O WINSBURY

101.

101 WILLIE O DOUGLAS DALE

102.

102 WILLIE AND EARL RICHARD'S DAUGHTER

103.

103 ROSE THE RED AND WHITE LILY

104.

104 PRINCE HEATHEN

105.

105 THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON

106.

106 THE FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVING-MEN

107.

107 WILL STEWART AND JOHN

108.

108 CHRISTOPHER WHITE

109.

109 TOM POTTS

110.

110 THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER

The Beautifull Shepherdesse of Arcadia

Shepherd's Dochter

Earl Richard

THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER—D

Earl Richard, the Queen's Brother

Earl Lithgow

Jo Janet

The Shepherd's Daughter

THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER—I

Earl Richard

The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter

THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER—L

Earl Richmond

THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER—N

THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER—O

THE KNIGHT AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER—P

111.

111 CROW AND PIE

112.

112 THE BAFFLED KNIGHT

113.

113 THE GREAT SILKIE OF SULE SKERRY

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VII.

VIII.

IX.

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350

THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS—A

[_]

Communicated to Percy, April 7, 1770, by the Rev. P. Parsons, of Wey, from oral tradition.

[OMITTED]

1

‘O good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge,
Peace for a little while!
Methinks I see my own father,
Come riding by the stile.

2

‘Oh father, oh father, a little of your gold,
And likewise of your fee!
To keep my body from yonder grave,
And my neck from the gallows-tree.’

3

‘None of my gold now you shall have,
Nor likewise of my fee;
For I am come to see you hangd,
And hanged you shall be.’

4

‘Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge,
Peace for a little while!
Methinks I see my own mother,
Come riding by the stile.

5

‘Oh mother, oh mother, a little of your gold,
And likewise of your fee,
To keep my body from yonder grave,
And my neck from the gallows-tree!’

6

‘None of my gold now shall you have,
Nor likewise of my fee;
For I am come to see you hangd,
And hanged you shall be.’

7

‘Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge,
Peace for a little while!
Methinks I see my own brother,
Come riding by the stile.

8

‘Oh brother, oh brother, a little of your gold,
And likewise of your fee,
To keep my body from yonder grave,
And my neck from the gallows-tree!’

9

‘None of my gold now shall you have,
Nor likewise of my fee;
For I am come to see you hangd,
And hanged you shall be.’

10

‘Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge,
Peace for a little while!
Methinks I see my own sister,
Come riding by the stile.

11

‘Oh sister, oh sister, a little of your gold,
And likewise of your fee,
To keep my body from yonder grave,
And my neck from the gallows-tree!’

12

‘None of my gold now shall you have,
Nor likewise of my fee;
For I am come to see you hangd,
And hanged you shall be.’

13

‘Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge,
Peace for a little while!
Methinks I see my own true-love,
Come riding by the stile.

14

‘Oh true-love, oh true-love, a little of your gold,
And likewise of your fee,

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To save my body from yonder grave,
And my neck from the gallows-tree.’

15

‘Some of my gold now you shall have,
And likewise of my fee,
For I am come to see you saved,
And saved you shall be.’