For the Wednesday throughout the mid-day We grabbed a walk-in the profession, It absolutely was to create my personal curage dwon, But still I became compelled to give: To have truth be told there I confronted with an effective bobtail'd lass, But I will has actually enacted their particular from the, And i also be sure to grabbed her from the hand, An i lead their unique with the kye. The fresh new pettycoat that she got into Was developed of blanket blue, New smock is while the black colored given that charcole, Trust in me this is correct; But enticing words, often tempt more youthful wild birds, That from its colony would fly, And you can I'll most likely never believ't try the 1st time That she had come trapped throughout the kye. Good council, a man, We offer, To you, young man, We promote, Never ever simply take that have an effective bob-tail'd lass Provided you have one hour to live. You'd beter need one that's right and you may tall, In the event she getting never thus worst, To own We never ever is thus disgraced in my lifetime When i is from this bob-tail'd whoore.
Out-of Farmer’s ‘Merry Songs’, there regarding James Maidment’s ‘Ane Pleasant Garland away from Sweet Fragrant Flowers’, 1835, to what is becoming NLS MS Adv. 19.step one.thirteen f. 42.
Part 3, English Tunes
It was a great maide of my countre Once the she came by the a beneficial hathorne-tre Because full of vegetation, since the will be seen, She merveld so you can se new tre so grene
The latest tre housemaid answere by-and-by: “We have a good causse so you’re able to growe triumphantly; The fresh new swetest dew you to definitely ever before feel sene Doth fall for the me and you may kepe my personal grene.
“Yea ,” lokale singelchat quothe this new maid, “however, in which thou growe, Thou stande during the hande for each blowe, Of any people to possess to be noticed; I mervaile you to definitely thou growe therefore grene.”
“No matter if many-one take herbs of me personally, & manye an excellent branche out-of my tre, You will find such as store, it wyll never be sene, For much more & my tredges growe grene.”
“But how, in addition they chaunce to cut the downe And you will bring thie braunches inside towne? After that usually it never ever not be sene To expand againe very freshe & grene.”
“Thoughe which you manage, yt ys zero boote, Withoute it slashed us to the roote; 2nd yere againe I will be sene To help you bude my twigs freshe and you will grene.”
“While, reasonable maide, canne not get it done; To own yf you let youre maidhode goe, After that usually yt never no more be sene When i with my braunches can also be growe grene.”
The maide with this begane to blushe, And you will became her in the hathorne bushe. She consider herdelffe so effectuer & clene, Her bewtie styll perform ever before growe grene.”
Exactly what which have she harde so it wonderful dowbte, She moved styll upcoming every aboute; Suspecting nonetheless just what she’d wene, Their particular maidheade missing would never get noticed.
With several a good sighe she ran her waye, To se howe she maide their particular notice very gay, To walke, so you can se, and to getting sene, An so out-confronted new hathorne grene
Along with all that yt place their unique into the feare In order to talke which have companye anye where, Having feare to lose the matter that shuld be sene So you can build given that were the latest hathorn grene.
However, next never ever I am able to here In the faire mayden any where, You to actually she was a student in tree sene, So you can talke againe of hathorne grene. G. Poete [Peele?]
The latest big date of the is mostly about like L. Lloyd’s song said lower than. Text of BL MS Pure cotton Vesp. A good.25, through K. Boeddeker’s post ‘Englische Lieder und Balladen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert’, Jahrbuch fur romanische und auch englische Sprache , N. F. II, 1875. Expurgated and partial for the Chappell’s PMOT. Brand new big date with the ballad is probable months sooner than L. Lloyd’s song significantly more than. A classic variation gathered versus tune, in the 1825, was “The new Hawthorn Eco-friendly”, p. cuatro in the Elizabeth. B. Lyle’s Andrew Crafurd’s Collection of Ballads and you will Audio 1975. A terrible antique veresion that i believe is actually learned of Chappell’s PMOT, was “The new Hawthorn Bush”, p. fifteen in the Fred Hammer’s Garners Gay , EFDSS, 1968.