With the Wednesday on day I got a walk in the fresh occupation, It actually was to take my personal curage dwon, But nonetheless I was obligated to produce: To own truth be told there I exposed to good bobtail'd lass, But I should have passed their because of the, And that i kindly got her because of the hands, A we direct their particular to the kye. The pettycoat you to she had to your Was created of blanket bluish, The new smock are since black as the charcole, Trust in me it was correct; But tempting conditions, have a tendency to lure younger wild birds, Those of its colony would travel, And you can I'll most likely never believ't is the 1st time You to definitely she had come trapped regarding the kye. An excellent council, good guy, I render, For you, young man, We promote, Never ever get that have a beneficial bob-tail'd lass So long as you've an hour to reside. You'd beter just take one that is right and you can extreme, Even when she be never ever very worst, Having I never ever is very disgraced during my lifetime Whenever i was from this bob-tail'd whoore.
From Farmer’s ‘Merry Songs’, so there away from James Maidment’s ‘Ane Lovely Garland out of Nice Fragrant Flowers’, 1835, as to what is NLS MS Adv. 19.1.thirteen f. 42.
Point 3, English Sounds
It actually was a maide of my countre Given that she showed up by the an effective hathorne-tre Just like the full of flowers, just like the might be viewed, She merveld to se this new tre therefore grene
The latest tre maid answere by-and-by: «We have a good causse so you’re able to growe triumphantly; The fresh swetest dew you to actually ever getting sene Doth slide to your me personally and kepe my personal grene.
«Yea ,» quothe the brand new maid, «however, where thou growe, Thou stande within hande for each colombia brudebureau blowe, Of every guy for to be seen; We mervaile that thou growe thus grene.»
«Even when many one capture vegetation of me personally, & manye a great branche off my tre, I have such as for example shop, it wyll not be sene, For lots more & my personal tredges growe grene.»
«But exactly how, and chaunce to chop new downe And bring thie braunches inside towne? Next tend to they never don’t become sene To grow againe so freshe & grene.»
«Thoughe that you do, yt ys no boote, Withoute they clipped me to brand new roote; Next yere againe I will be sene To help you bude my twigs freshe and grene.»
«And also you, reasonable maide, canne maybe not do so; Getting yf your assist you are maidhode goe, Up coming tend to yt never not any longer end up being sene As i that have my personal braunches can also be growe grene.»
The fresh new maide with that begane to help you blushe, And turned into their own on hathorne bushe. She imagine herdelffe thus faire & clene, Their unique bewtie styll manage actually growe grene.»
What which have she harde so it marvelous dowbte, She stepped styll then all the aboute; Suspecting however just what she’d wene, Their maidheade lost cannot get noticed.
With lots of an excellent sighe she went their waye, In order to se howe she maide their thinking so gay, So you can walke, in order to se, and to getting sene, A keen so out-faced the fresh new hathorne grene
And all of that yt lay their unique into the feare So you can talke with companye anye where, Getting feare to reduce the matter that shuld getting sene To help you develop given that had been the latest hathorn grene.
However, after that never I will here Regarding the effectuer mayden any place, You to definitely previously she was at tree sene, So you can talke againe of hathorne grene. Grams. Poete [Peele?]
New day regarding the is focused on exactly like L. Lloyd’s song stated lower than. Text message off BL MS Cotton fiber Vesp. An excellent.25, through K. Boeddeker’s blog post ‘Englische Lieder und auch Balladen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert’, Jahrbuch fur romanische und auch englische Sprache , Letter. F. II, 1875. Expurgated and unfinished from inside the Chappell’s PMOT. The brand new day from the ballad is likely period sooner than L. Lloyd’s tune above. A vintage variation amassed in the place of track, in the 1825, are «Brand new Hawthorn Environmentally friendly», p. cuatro into the Age. B. Lyle’s Andrew Crafurd’s Line of Ballads and you may Tunes 1975. A poor antique veresion that i think is discovered of Chappell’s PMOT, try «The brand new Hawthorn Plant», p. fifteen in the Fred Hammer’s Garners Gay , EFDSS, 1968.