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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WILLIE'S DROWNED IN YARROW. THIS ballad from its touching sentiment and natural pathos has always been popular. It has frequently been printed with variations, but Professor Aytoun is of opinion thatthe version given by him in The Ballads nf Scotland is genuine, and on the authority of that learned and conscientious compiler we have given it here. WILLIE'S rare and Willie's fair, And Willie's wondrous bonny, And Willie's hecht to marry me, Gin e'er he married ony. Yestreen I made my l: ed fu' braid, This night I'll make it narrow, For a' the live long winter night I'll lie twin'd of my marrow. O gentle wind that bloweth south, From where my love repaireth, Convey a kiss from his dear mouth, And tell me how he fareth. O tell sweet Willie to come 1loun, And bid him no be cruel, And tell him no to break the heart Of his love and only jewel. O tell sweet Willie to come doun, And hear the mavis singing; And see the birds on ilka bush. And leaves around them hinging. O cam' ye by yon water side ? Pu'd ye the rose or lily ? Or cam' ye by yon meadow green ? Or saw ye my sweet Willie? She sought him east, she sought him west, She sought him braid and narrow; Syne, in the cleaving of a craig, She fand him drown'd in Yarrow. TAMLANE. THE scene of this ballad is laid at Carterhaugh, a plain at the confluence of the Yarrow and the Ettrick, two miles above Selkirk. The young Tamlane, who describes himself as a son of Randolph, Earl Murray, having been sent for when just turned nine, to keep his uncle company in hunting, hawking, and riding, was, while on his journey, thrown by a sharp north wind into a dead sleep, and fell from his horse, when the Queen of Fairies carried him off for herself. His experiences in fairyland, th...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217149174 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217149170 |
| Weight | 0.52 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.35 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 152 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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