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The Golden Ball
THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS—H
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a. Baring-Gould's Appendix to Henderson's Notes on the Folk Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders, 1866, p. 333, Yorkshire. b. Notes and Queries, Sixth Series, X, 354, 1884.
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‘Stop, stop! [OMITTED][OMITTED]
I think I see my mother coming,
[OMITTED]
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‘Oh mother, hast brought my golden ball,And come to set me free?
[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
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‘I've neither brought thy golden ball,Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.’
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‘Stop, stop! [OMITTED][OMITTED]
I think I see my father coming,
[OMITTED]
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‘O father, hast brought my golden ball,And come to set me free?
[OMITTED]
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‘I've neither brought thy golden ball,Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.’
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‘Stop, stop! [OMITTED][OMITTED]
I see my sweet-heart coming,
[OMITTED]
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‘Sweet-heart, hast brought my golden ball,And come to set me free?
[OMITTED]
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‘Aye, I have brought thy golden ball,And come to set thee free;
I have not come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.’
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