The Roxburghe ballads . no other mans Pillow case. The regulation of the country post must have been excellent in those days, if,without superscription on her letter, except to him who wears the Willow-Green, her answer by return reached him. George Colmans Landlady of France,1809, was provident in such cases, Adieu, my soul, says she, If you write,pray pay the post ! but before we part, lets take a drop of brandy, 0 ! [Pepys Coll., III. 33 ; Kawlinson, 18 ; Douce, II. 254 ; Wood, E. 25, fol. 7-] €&e CMloto 6teen tucnen into WUtt; ®t, Wqz If ounrr fHans 3cg antJ tfje Jflafts Helfflfjt. Be
The Roxburghe ballads . no other mans Pillow case. The regulation of the country post must have been excellent in those days, if,without superscription on her letter, except to him who wears the Willow-Green, her answer by return reached him. George Colmans Landlady of France,1809, was provident in such cases, Adieu, my soul, says she, If you write,pray pay the post ! but before we part, lets take a drop of brandy, 0 ! [Pepys Coll., III. 33 ; Kawlinson, 18 ; Douce, II. 254 ; Wood, E. 25, fol. 7-] €&e CMloto 6teen tucnen into WUtt; ®t, Wqz If ounrr fHans 3cg antJ tfje Jflafts Helfflfjt. Being the Maids kind and loving Answer, to the distressed lovers Complaint. Herein she plainly shows in every part How he is the Man that doth enjoy her heart, Though first she seemd disloyal for to prove, [T]was only hut to try his constant Love :But now most lovingly unto him she is seen,And she bids him never fear wearing the Willow is, My Love sleeps on another Mans pillow; or, The Willow Green, [These figures, sometimes separated, belong to pp. 81, 304 ; and to vol. iv. p. 23.] TTTHat ails my Love to be so sad ? Why art thou troubled so in mind ? W I am come now to make thee glad, to thee I will prove true and kind;Then cast away all sorrow and care, and be joyful as thou hast been,Chear up thy heart, and do not fear, thou shalt not wear the Willow Green. lam come to fulfil tby wishes, as thou shalt find immediately, Come now and take a hundred kisses, in token of my love to thee. Although thy woes at first seemed double, yet let sorrow no more be seen, I now will free thee from the trouble, of wear big \still~\ the Willow Green. 16 Although long time we have been parted, twas but thy constancy to prove,Now Ile be Loyal and true-hearted, unto thee my own true man that lives on English Ground shall ere my true-Love from thee win,If I might gain five hundred pound, my Love shall not wear the Willow Green. What though I shewd my self unconstant, to t
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