George Wharton Edwards Merry Poems
- 1. Robin Hood And Allen-a-dale
Come listen to me, you gallants so free,
All you that love mirth for to hear,
And I will tell you of a bold outlaw,
That lived in Nottinghamshire.
... - 2. Hugh Of Lincoln
SHOWING THE CRUELTY OF A JEW'S DAUGHTER
Four and twenty bonny boys
... - 3. Barbara Allen's Cruelty
All in the merry month of May,
When green buds they were swelling,
Young Jemmy Grove on his death-bed lay
For love o' Barbara Allen.
... - 4. Chevy Chace
God prosper long our noble king,
Our liffes and safetyes all;
A woefull hunting once there did
In Chevy-Chace befall.
... - 5. Sir Patrick Spens
The king sits in Dunfermline town,
Drinking the blude-red wine;
"O whare will I get a skeely skipper,
To sail this new ship of mine?"
... - 6. The Nut-brown Maid
Be it right, or wrong, these men among
On women do complain;
Affirming this, how that it is
A labour spent in vain
... - 7. Flodden Field
King Jamie hath made a vow,
Keepe it well if he may:
That he will be at lovely London
Upon Saint James his day.
... - 8. Fair Margaret And Sweet William
As it fell out on a long summer's day,
Two lovers they sat on a hill;
They sat together that long summer's day,
And could not talk their fill.
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