. Songs and ballads of the West : a collection made from the mouths of the people. *=a: f * ^ ^ ^^^ ^3fc 11 swear thdt I will —* r win not t-U her ;n! But n--ver t--ll her wtfn. m s .^ 13^ ^ i ~~zr- p i ; . 215. jV? ICl I RODE MY LITTLE I rode my littl-^ horS, from London toA n I Cdm-?, I rod into th-^ country, to seek niyselt d ddm--. And if I meet a pretty maid, be sure Ill kiss her then,- And swear that TaIK marry h-r — but will not tell her wh-n! 2 I found a bixom widow, with many tonb of goli, I livd upun her fortune, as long as it would hold. Of pounds I took five hundre
. Songs and ballads of the West : a collection made from the mouths of the people. *=a: f * ^ ^ ^^^ ^3fc 11 swear thdt I will —* r win not t-U her ;n! But n--ver t--ll her wtfn. m s .^ 13^ ^ i ~~zr- p i ; . 215. jV? ICl I RODE MY LITTLE I rode my littl-^ horS, from London toA n I Cdm-?, I rod into th-^ country, to seek niyselt d ddm--. And if I meet a pretty maid, be sure Ill kiss her then,- And swear that TaIK marry h-r — but will not tell her wh-n! 2 I found a bixom widow, with many tonb of goli, I livd upun her fortune, as long as it would hold. Of pounds I took five hundred, bettrud- my horse, and th--n , 1 promised I would marTy h-r but never told her wh-nl 3 A vintner had a daught--r, the Golden Sun his sign,1 turned at his tavern , I drank his choicest wine;I drank out all his cellar, bestrode my horse, and then,1 said the Id marry, but never told him wh-ni 4 Th- guineas are expended, the win- is also spent;The widow and the maiden, they languish and if they come to se-k me, Ill pack them back promises of marriage, — but n-ver te4l them wh^n. 5 My little horse I mounted , the world that I might see, I found a pretty maid-n as poor as poor coul i
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