Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" O, welcome! good Satan, with all my heart, I hope you and she will never more part. "
Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Page 212
by Percy Society - 1846
Full view - About this book

Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads

James Henry Dixon - Ballads, English - 1846 - 410 pages
...the only one of the kind which the editor remembers to have heard. It is very ancient, and a great favourite. The farmer's wife has an adventure somewhat...bad wife, as many knew well. [Chorus of whistlers.] It is not your eldest son that I crave, But it is your old wife, and she I will have. O, welcome! good...
Full view - About this book

Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads, Volume 17

James Henry Dixon - Ballads, English - 1846 - 424 pages
...that portion of the air which in Lilli burlero would be sung to the words, Lilli burlero bullen ala. The songster then proceeds with the tune, and sings...whistlers.] Then Satan came to the old man at the plough,One of your family I must have now. It is not your eldest son that I crave, But it is your old...
Full view - About this book

Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 17

Percy Society - English literature - 1846 - 410 pages
...whistlers, who whistle that portion of the air which in LiHi burlero would be sung to the words, LiHi burlero bullen a la. The songster then proceeds with...bad wife, as many knew well. [Chorus of whistlers.] It is not your eldest son that I crave, But it is your old wife, and she I will have. O, welcome! good...
Full view - About this book

The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire: Illustrated with Sketches ..., Volume 1

Ballads, Scots - 1846 - 248 pages
...will prove this. We shall begin with the version given by Mr Dixon in the Percy publications — " There was an old farmer in Sussex did dwell, And he had a wife as many know well. Then Satan came to the old man at the plough. — One of your family I must...
Full view - About this book

Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England: Taken Down ...

James Henry Dixon - Ballads, English - 1857 - 268 pages
...Burns founded his Carle of Killybum Braes.\ 'T'HERE was an old farmer in Sussex did dwell, \_Chorus of whistlers.~\ There was an old farmer in Sussex...And he had a bad wife, as many knew well. [Chorus of wJiistlers.\ Then Satan came to the old man at the plough, — ' One of your family I must have now....
Full view - About this book

Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England: Taken Down ...

Robert Bell, James Henry Dixon - Ballads, English - 1857 - 264 pages
...Burns founded his Carle of Killybwn Braes.] rPHERE was an old farmer in Sussex did dwell, \_Ckorus of whistlers.} There was an old farmer in Sussex did dwell, And he had a bad wife, as many knew well. \_Chorns of whistlers.] Then Satan came to the old man at the plough, — ' One of your family I must...
Full view - About this book

English and Scottish ballads, selected and ed. by F.J. Child, Volume 8

Francis James Child - 1858 - 340 pages
...And he had a wife was the plague o' his days, And the thyme it is wither'd, and the rue is in prime. THERE was an old farmer in Sussex did dwell, And he had a bad wife, as many knew well. " It is not your eldest son that I crave, • But it is your old wife, and she I will have." " O welcome,...
Full view - About this book

Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and ..., Volume 13

Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1861 - 392 pages
...WHISTLING SONG. There was an old Farmer in Sussex did dwell. [Chorus of Whistlert. There was an old Fanner in Sussex did dwell, And he had a bad wife, as many knew well. [Clioruaof Whiitlert, Then Satan came to the old man at the plough — " One of your family I must...
Full view - About this book

Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and ..., Volume 13

Sussex Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1861 - 392 pages
...adequately conveyed by description. WHISTLING SONG. There was an old Farmer in Sussex did dwell. [Chanuof Whistlers. There was an old Farmer in Sussex did dwell, And he had.a bad wife, as many knew well. [Chtmuof Whittlert. Then Satan came to the old man at the plough...
Full view - About this book

English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 8

Francis James Child - 1866 - 346 pages
...he had a wife was the plague o' his days, And the thyme it is wither' 'd, and the rue is in prime. THERE was an old farmer in Sussex did dwell, And he had a bad wife, as many knew well. Then Satan came to the old man at the plough, — " One of your family I must have now. VOL. VIII....
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF