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.
1
‘Stop, stop! [OMITTED]
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I think I see my mother coming,
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2
‘Oh mother, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
3
‘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.’
4
‘Stop, stop! [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
I think I see my father coming,
[OMITTED]
5
‘O father, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
6
‘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.’
7
‘Stop, stop! [OMITTED]
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I see my sweet-heart coming,
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8
‘Sweet-heart, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
[OMITTED]
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9
‘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.’
