The book of British ballads . ap the het lead on her cheek, And drap it on her chin,And drap it on her rose-red lips, And she will speak again ;For much a lady young will do, To her true love to win. The experiment failed, however; the lady young breathed none again, and herbier was made of ceder wood. The following stanzas conclude Motherwells copy ofthe ballad ; and those who will take the trouble to compare them with the close ofMr. Buchans copy, will have little doubt that they received touches from the practisedand accomplished hand of the editor of the Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern. The
The book of British ballads . ap the het lead on her cheek, And drap it on her chin,And drap it on her rose-red lips, And she will speak again ;For much a lady young will do, To her true love to win. The experiment failed, however; the lady young breathed none again, and herbier was made of ceder wood. The following stanzas conclude Motherwells copy ofthe ballad ; and those who will take the trouble to compare them with the close ofMr. Buchans copy, will have little doubt that they received touches from the practisedand accomplished hand of the editor of the Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern. The corpse of the fairest lady in all England having been laid in the fourth kirkof fair Scotland, the lover — He rent the sheet upon her face, A little aboon her chin ;With lilly white cheek and lemin eyne, She lookt and laughd to him. Give me a chive of your bread, my love, A bottle of your wine ;For I have fasted for your love, These weary lang days nine ;Theres not a steed in your stable, But would have been dead ere Gae hame, gae hame, my seven brothers, Gae hame and blaw the horn ;For you can say in the south of England,Your sister gave you a scorn. I came not here to fair Scotland, To lye amang the meal;But I came here to fair ScotlandTo wear the silks so well. I came not here to fair Scotland To lye amang the dead ;But I came here to fair ScotlandTo wear the gold so red.
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