The Roxburghe ballads . Within the town of Walton fair a lovely Lass did dwell,Both carding, spinning, knitting yarn, she could do all full well,This maid she many suitors had, some were good, and some were , la, la, la, la, la, la. Above the rest, one there hard by did bear her such good will,That when he feard to be denyd, himself they thought hed kill:She took no notice of his grief, he dayly went without relief. Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la. 8 * Shackley Hay, the tune-name, leads us direct to A most excellent Song ofthe Love of Young Palmus and Faire Sheldra, beginning, Young Pa
The Roxburghe ballads . Within the town of Walton fair a lovely Lass did dwell,Both carding, spinning, knitting yarn, she could do all full well,This maid she many suitors had, some were good, and some were , la, la, la, la, la, la. Above the rest, one there hard by did bear her such good will,That when he feard to be denyd, himself they thought hed kill:She took no notice of his grief, he dayly went without relief. Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la. 8 * Shackley Hay, the tune-name, leads us direct to A most excellent Song ofthe Love of Young Palmus and Faire Sheldra, beginning, Young Palmus was a Ferry-man, whom Sheldra faire did love, At Shackley, where her sheep did graze, she there his thoughts did prove ; But he unkindly stole away, and left his love at Shacklep-hay, So loud at Shackley did she cry, the words resound at Shackley Hay The ballad (Roxb. Coll., I. 436, 472) is reprinted in W. Chappells Roxb. Bds.,iii. 6 ; also, nine stanzas with music, in his Popular Music, p. 368. It was-entered to W
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