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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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Part I.
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Part II.
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Part III.
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Part IV.
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Part V.
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Part VI.
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Part VII.
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Part VIII.
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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
  
The Heir of Lin
  
The Heir of Linne; or, The Weary Heir of Linne; or, The Laird o 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
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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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Sister, dear Sister

THE TWA SISTERS—T

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Allingham's Ballad Book, p. xxxiii. From Ireland.

‘Sister, dear sister, where shall we go play?’
Cold blows the wind, and the wind blows low
‘We shall go to the salt sea's brim.’
And the wind blows cheerily around us, high ho
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