At last she questioned in the tre: “Howe emerged that it freshnes unto the brand new?
With the Wednesday in the afternoon We took a walk-in the fresh occupation, It was to bring my personal curage dwon, But nonetheless I happened to be forced to yield: For there I confronted by a good bobtail'd lass, But I ought to provides passed their unique because of the, And i also be sure to got their unique of the give, A we head their unique toward kye. The brand new pettycoat that she got towards Was developed of the blanket bluish, The newest smock try while the black as the charcole, Believe me this was real; But enticing terms, have a tendency to lure younger birds, That from the colony create travel, And you can I'll never believ't try the 1st time You to definitely she had become trapped on the kye. An effective council, a beneficial guy, I bring, For your requirements, young buck, We give, Never ever capture which have a bob-tail'd lass Provided you have an hour or so to live. You had beter need one that is right and you may significant, Even though she getting never ever so terrible, To own I never ever is so disgraced during my lives Whenever i are from this bob-tail'd whoore.
From Farmer’s ‘Merry Songs’, and there regarding James Maidment’s ‘Ane Charming Garland out-of Nice Scented Flowers’, 1835, as to the is starting to become NLS MS Adv. 19.1.13 f. 42.
Section step 3, English Songs
It actually was a beneficial maide out of my countre Due to the fact she showed up because of the a beneficial hathorne-tre Given that full of plants, once the would-be viewed, She merveld so you can se the newest tre therefore grene
The tre housemaid answere by and by: “You will find a causse to growe triumphantly; This new swetest dew one previously be sene Doth slip to the me and you may kepe my grene.
“Yea ,” quothe the maid, “however, where thou growe, Thou stande in the hande for every single blowe, Of any guy to possess to be seen; I mervaile you to definitely thou growe so grene.”
“No matter if many-one just take plants away from me personally, & manye an excellent branche from my personal tre, We have for example shop, it wyll not be sene, For lots more New Zeland-brudomkostninger & my tredges growe grene.”
“But exactly how, as well as chaunce to reduce new downe And you may carry thie braunches in to the towne? After that will it never ever don’t become sene To expand againe very freshe & grene.”
“Thoughe that you would, yt ys zero boote, Withoute they cut me to the brand new roote; Next yere againe Im sene To help you bude my branches freshe and grene.”
“While, fair maide, canne maybe not get it done; For yf you assist youre maidhode goe, Upcoming have a tendency to yt never no further be sene Once i that have my braunches normally growe grene.”
The latest maide thereupon begane in order to blushe, And became her throughout the hathorne bushe. She imagine herdelffe very effectuer & clene, Her bewtie styll do ever growe grene.”
What with she harde that it wonderful dowbte, She moved styll up coming all of the aboute; Suspecting however exactly what she would wene, Her maidheade lost couldn’t be seen.
With many a beneficial sighe she ran their own waye, So you’re able to se howe she maide their own self thus gay, To help you walke, so you can se, in order to getting sene, An so aside-experienced the fresh new hathorne grene
As well as all of that yt place their particular when you look at the feare In order to talke with companye anye in which, Having feare to lose the point that shuld be sene To help you grow once the was in fact the fresh new hathorn grene.
But next never ever I’m able to right here From the effectuer mayden anywhere, That actually ever she was at tree sene, So you’re able to talke againe of your hathorne grene. G. Poete [Peele?]
New time with the is focused on similar to L. Lloyd’s song said lower than. Text of BL MS Thread Vesp. An excellent.twenty five, thru K. Boeddeker’s post ‘Englische Lieder und Balladen aus dem sixteen. Jahrhundert’, Jahrbuch fur romanische und auch englische Sprache , N. F. II, 1875. Expurgated and you will unfinished in the Chappell’s PMOT. Brand new date regarding the ballad could be period prior to when L. Lloyd’s track above. A timeless type built-up instead of song, on 1825, is actually “The brand new Hawthorn Eco-friendly”, p. cuatro during the E. B. Lyle’s Andrew Crafurd’s Line of Ballads and Tunes 1975. A poor traditional veresion that we believe was read from Chappell’s PMOT, try “New Hawthorn Bush”, p. fifteen into the Fred Hammer’s Garners Gay , EFDSS, 1968.