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English and Scottish Ballads Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the English and Scottish Ballads novel. A total of 329 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : English and Scottish Ballads.Volume I.by Various.PREFACE.These volumes have been compile
English and Scottish Ballads.Volume I.by Various.PREFACE.These volumes have been compiled from the numerous collections of Ballads printed since the beginning of the last century. They contain all but two or three of the _ancient_ ballads of England and S
- 29 _Aye as the gowans grow gay_; "And ye shall be the eight o' them," 35 _The first morning in May_."O sit down a while, lay your head on my knee,"_Aye as the gowans grow gay_; "That we may hae some rest before that I die,"
- 28 He's taken the lady on him behind, Spared neither the gra.s.s nor corn, Till they came to the wood of Amonshaw, 15 Where again their loves were sworn.And they have lived in that wood Full many a year and day, And were supported from time to time, By
- 27 It fell upo' another day, This guid lord he thought lang, 70 And he is to the hunting gane, Took wi' him his dog and gun.Wi' bow and arrow by his side, He's aff, single, alane; And left his seven children to stay 75 Wi' their mith
- 26 Then he has staid in bower wi' her 65 For sax lang years and ane, Till sax young sons to him she bare, And the seventh she's brought hame.But aye as ever a child was born, He carried them away, 70 And brought them to his mither's care, As f
- 25 And he has loosed her left foot shee, And latten that ladye lighter be; And now he has gotten a bonny son, 95 And meikle grace be him upon.57. _Billy Blind_--A familiar genius, or propitious spirit, somewhat similar to the _Brownie_.67-74. Inserted from J
- 24 "Or does the wind blow in your glove, Or runs your mind on another love?""Nor blows the wind within my glove, Nor runs my mind on another love;""But I not maid nor maiden am, 35 For I'm wi' bairn to another man."&qu
- 23 Sweet w.i.l.l.y was a widow's son, And at her stirrup he did run; 10 And she was clad in the finest pall, But aye she let the tears down fall."O is your saddle set awrye?Or rides your steed for you ower high?Or are you mourning, in your tide, 15
- 22 Says, "Lie you there, dove Isabel, And all my sorrows lie with thee; 10 Till Kemp Owyne come ower the sea, And borrow you with kisses three, Let all the warld do what they will, Oh borrowed shall you never be."Her breath grew strang, her hair gr
- 21 "O wyte na me, now, my master dear, I garr'd a' my young hawks sing, 50 And still I cried, Waken, gude master, For now is the hour and time."-- "Then be it sae, my wager gane!'T will skaith frae meikle ill; For gif I had foun
- 20 "If that piece of courtisie I do to thee, Another thou must do to me. 20 "I have an aiker of good ley land, Which lyeth low by yon sea strand; "It's ye maun till't wi' your touting horn, And ye maun saw't wi' the pe
- 19 They shaped him in her arms at last, 215 A mother-naked man: She wrapt him in her green mantle, And sae her true love wan!Up then spake the Queen o' Fairies, Out o' a bush o' broom-- 220 "She that has borrow'd young Tamlane, Has g
- 18 Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree. 20 And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But away was himsell.She hadna
- 17 Thomas sayde than with heuy chere; 215 "Lufly lady, nowe late me bee; Ffor certis, lady, I hafe bene here Noghte bot the s.p.a.ce of dayes three."Ffor sothe, Thomas, als I the telle, Thou hase bene here thre yere and more; 220 Bot langere here t
- 16 'Scho led seuen grew houndis in a leeshe;'And seuen raches by hir they rone; Scho bare a horne abowte hir halse; And vnder hir belte full many a flone. 40 Thomas laye and sawe that syghte, Vnder nethe ane semly tree; He sayd, "yone es Marye
- 15 The king's daughter at length, by lot, Was doomed to work his woe; 130 From her fair hands a fatal shot, Out of a golden bow, Must put a period to the strife; At which grief did her seize.She of her father begg'd his life 135 Upon her bended kne
- 14 And when she was attired so, According to her mother's mind, Unto the stake then did she go, 105 To which her tender limbs they bind; And being bound to stake a thrall, She bade farewell unto them all."Farewell, my father dear," quoth she,
- 13 And afterwards I offered upp 85 The use of weapons solemnlye At Winchester, whereas I fought, In sight of manye farr and nye.'But first,' neare Winsor, I did slaye A bore of pa.s.sing might and strength; 90 Whose like in England never was For hu
- 12 "His name is Lancelot du Lake, He slew my brother dear; Him I suspect of all the rest; 95 I would I had him here.""Thy wish thou hast, but yet unknown; I am Lancelot du Lake!Now knight of Arthur's Table Round, King Ban's son of Be
- 11 One winter there I made abode, Then word to mee was brought, Howe Mordred had oppressed the crowne, What treason he had wrought Att home in Brittaine with my queene: 65 Therfore I came with speede To Brittaine backe, with all my power, To quitt that trait
- 10 To see this good knight here be slaine, All for his love in helping mee!" 100 He put his speare into his reste, And to Sir Mordred loud gan crye; "Nowe sette thyself upon thy guarde, For, traitor, nowe thy death is nye."Sir Mordred lifted u
- 9 "Well, cozen Gawaine," sayes Sir Kay, "Thy chance is fallen arright; 195 For thou hast gotten one of the fairest maids, I euer saw with my sight.""It is my fortune," said Sir Gawaine; "For my vnckle Arthurs sake, I am gl
- 8 King Arthur then held vp his hand, According thene as was the law; He tooke his leaue of the baron there, And homword can he draw.And when he came to merry Carlile, 20 To his chamber he is gone; And ther came to him his cozen, Sir Gawaine, As he did make
- 7 And bad them take no greffe, Bot all with loue and with leffe, Euery man ...[L135] with other; 135 Ffor after mete, without distans, The c.o.c.kwolds schuld together danse, Euery man with hys brother.Than began a n.o.bull game: The c.o.c.kwolds together c
- 6 Shee is a b.i.t.c.h and a witch, And a wh.o.r.e bold: King, in thine owne hall Thou art a cuckold." 150 The little boy stoode Looking out a dore; 'And there as he was lookinge He was ware of a wyld bore.'He was ware of a wyld bore, 155 Wold
- 5 "Niederlandische Volkslieder. Gesammelt und erlautert von Hoffmann von Fallersleben." 2d ed. Hannover, 1856.BOOK I.THE BOY AND THE MANTLE.No incident is more common in romantic fiction, than the employment of some magical contrivance as a test o
- 4 "A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with other Ancient and Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this celebrated Yeoman," &c. By John Mathew Gutch. 2 vols. London. 1847."Sir Hugh of Lincoln: or an Examination of a curious tradition respecting the
- 3 Vol. I. "Old Ballads, from Early Printed Copies of the Utmost Rarity."By J. Payne Collier. 1840."A Collection of Songs and Ballads relative to the London Prentices and Trades, and to the Affairs of London generally, during the 14th, 15th, a
- 2 Smith." 6 vols. 1820-24.*"The British Minstrel, a Selection of Ballads, Ancient and Modern; with Notes, Biographical and Critical. By John Struthers." Glasgow, 1821."Scarce Ancient Ballads, many never before published." Aberdeen.
- 1 English and Scottish Ballads.Volume I.by Various.PREFACE.These volumes have been compiled from the numerous collections of Ballads printed since the beginning of the last century. They contain all but two or three of the _ancient_ ballads of England and S