Toward Wednesday throughout the mid-day We took a walk in the brand new community, It actually was to take my personal curage dwon, Yet still I was obligated to give: For around We confronted by a good bobtail'd lass, However, I should enjoys introduced their own by the, And i kindly grabbed their particular of the hand, An i lead their particular for the kye. New pettycoat that she had with the Was developed of the blanket bluish, The newest smock is actually given that black given that charcole, Believe me it was correct; But tempting conditions, often tempt younger birds, The ones from the nest manage travel, And you will I'll most likely never believ't try the very first time You to she had already been caught on the kye. A council, an effective man, We offer, For you, young man, We promote, Never ever bring which have good bob-tail'd lass As long as you've one hour to live on. You'd beter just take one that is proper and you can tall, Even when she feel never therefore worst, To possess I never is thus disgraced inside my existence As i is actually from this bob-tail'd whoore.

Out-of Farmer’s ‘Merry Songs’, and there away from James Maidment’s ‘Ane Lovely Garland out-of Sweet Scented Flowers’, 1835, as to the grew to become NLS MS Adv. 19.step 1.13 f. 42.

Area step 3, English Sounds

It had been a good maide of my countre Because the she arrived of the a great hathorne-tre Once the packed with vegetation, as would be viewed, She merveld to se the tre very grene

Brand new tre housemaid answere by and by: “You will find an effective causse so you’re able to growe triumphantly; Brand new swetest dew you to definitely ever before getting sene Doth slip towards me and you will kepe my grene.

“Yea ,” quothe brand new housemaid, “but in which thou growe, Thou stande in the hande for each blowe, Of any man to own to be noticed; I mervaile you to thou growe therefore grene.”

“Whether or not many one capture herbs out-of me personally, & manye a branche regarding my personal tre, We have such as for instance store, it wyll not be sene, For much more & my tredges growe grene.”

“But how, and additionally they chaunce to reduce brand new downe And you can bring thie braunches into the towne? Up coming have a tendency to they never don’t getting sene To enhance againe so freshe & grene.”

“Thoughe you would, yt ys zero boote, Withoute they cut me to new roote; 2nd yere againe Im sene So you’re able to bude my branches freshe and you will grene.”

“While, reasonable maide, canne maybe not do it; To possess yf your help youre maidhode goe, Then tend to yt never not be sene Whenever i which have my braunches is growe grene.”

This new maide with that begane to blushe, And you topp svenska datingsajter may became their particular on hathorne bushe. She think herdelffe very effectuer & clene, Their own bewtie styll perform actually ever growe grene.”

With many a beneficial sighe she went their unique waye, In order to se howe she maide their unique worry about therefore gay, To help you walke, so you’re able to se, also to feel sene, A keen thus aside-confronted the new hathorne grene

Just what which have she harde that it wonderful dowbte, She went styll following all aboute; Suspecting nonetheless just what she would wene, Their maidheade shed would never rise above the crowd.

As well as all that yt put their unique within the feare In order to talke that have companye anye where, To own feare to reduce the matter that shuld end up being sene So you can build as was in fact the fresh hathorn grene.

However, next never I can here For the faire mayden any where, One ever she was in forest sene, To help you talke againe of your own hathorne grene. G. Poete [Peele?]

The latest day on the is about similar to L. Lloyd’s song stated below. Text regarding BL MS Cotton fiber Vesp. Good.twenty-five, via K. Boeddeker’s post ‘Englische Lieder und auch Balladen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert’, Jahrbuch fur romanische und auch englische Sprache , N. F. II, 1875. Expurgated and you can incomplete during the Chappell’s PMOT. The latest go out on the ballad is likely months sooner than L. Lloyd’s tune significantly more than. A classic version amassed instead track, about 1825, is “The latest Hawthorn Green”, p. cuatro during the Age. B. Lyle’s Andrew Crafurd’s Distinct Ballads and you will Sounds 1975. A negative traditional veresion that we think is actually learned out-of Chappell’s PMOT, try “New Hawthorn Bush”, p. 15 in Fred Hammer’s Garners Gay , EFDSS, 1968.