Into the Wednesday from the afternoon We took a walk in the newest profession, It was to bring my curage dwon, But nevertheless I happened to be forced to yield: For indeed there We confronted by good bobtail'd lass, But I will features enacted their own from the, And i be sure to got their unique of the give, A we lead her on kye. The brand new pettycoat you to she had to your Is made of one's blanket bluish, The latest smock are due to the fact black as the charcole, Believe me this is real; But enticing terms, will lure more youthful wild birds, Those of their colony create fly, And you will I'll never believ't are initially One she got become stuck from the kye. A council, a good people, I promote, For your requirements, son, I offer, Never bring having a bob-tail'd lass For as long as you've one hour to reside. You had beter just take one that is best and high, Whether or not she be never ever so bad, To have I never is actually thus disgraced in my own lifetime While i is from this bob-tail'd whoore.

Regarding Farmer’s ‘Merry Songs’, and there out of James Maidment’s ‘Ane Charming Garland out of Nice Scented Flowers’, 1835, as to what became NLS MS Adv. 19.step 1.13 f. 42.

Part step three, English Sounds

It absolutely was good maide of my personal countre Just like the she appeared from the a great hathorne-tre As full of plants, once the would-be seen, She merveld so you’re able to se the latest tre thus grene

New tre housemaid answere by-and-by: «I’ve an effective causse to growe triumphantly; This new swetest dew one ever before feel sene Doth slip on myself and kepe my grene.

«Yea ,» quothe the new housemaid, «but where thou growe, Thou stande during the hande per blowe, Of every guy to have to be seen; I mervaile one to thou growe so grene.»

«Even when many-one get flowers from me personally, & manye good branche regarding my personal tre, I’ve such as for example store, they wyll never be sene, For much more & my personal tredges growe grene.»

«But how, and so they chaunce to slice new downe And you may bring thie braunches into the towne? Following commonly it never no longer end up being sene To enhance againe thus freshe & grene.»

«Thoughe that you carry out, yt ys zero boote, Withoute they reduce me to new roote; 2nd yere againe I’m sene So you can bude my personal branches freshe and you will grene.»

«While, reasonable maide, canne perhaps not do so; To have yf your let youre maidhode goe, Up coming commonly yt never ever no more getting sene When i having my braunches can also be growe grene.»

The fresh new maide thereupon begane in order to blushe, And you may turned their own from the hathorne bushe. She believe herdelffe so faire & clene, Their particular bewtie styll carry out actually growe grene.»

Exactly what that have she harde it marvelous dowbte, She strolled styll after that the aboute; Suspecting however unge kvinder pГҐ udkig efter Г¦ldre mand what she’d wene, Their unique maidheade destroyed cannot rise above the crowd.

With several an excellent sighe she went their particular waye, So you’re able to se howe she maide their own worry about thus gay, So you can walke, so you’re able to se, and end up being sene, A keen therefore out-faced the fresh new hathorne grene

As well as all of that yt lay their particular during the feare So you’re able to talke with companye anye in which, Getting feare to reduce the thing that shuld end up being sene So you’re able to build just like the was indeed this new hathorn grene.

However, after that never I am able to here For the effectuer mayden any where, That actually she was in tree sene, In order to talke againe of your hathorne grene. Grams. Poete [Peele?]

Brand new date for the concerns the same as L. Lloyd’s tune stated less than. Text message of BL MS Cotton fiber Vesp. A beneficial.twenty-five, through K. Boeddeker’s post ‘Englische Lieder und Balladen aus dem sixteen. Jahrhundert’, Jahrbuch fur romanische und englische Sprache , Letter. F. II, 1875. Expurgated and partial when you look at the Chappell’s PMOT. The latest date for the ballad is probably several months sooner than L. Lloyd’s tune above. A timeless adaptation obtained as opposed to tune, throughout the 1825, are «The fresh Hawthorn Environmentally friendly», p. 4 from inside the Elizabeth. B. Lyle’s Andrew Crafurd’s Line of Ballads and you will Sounds 1975. A poor conventional veresion that i believe try learned regarding Chappell’s PMOT, was «The newest Hawthorn Plant», p. fifteen for the Fred Hammer’s Garners Gay , EFDSS, 1968.