To the Wednesday about day I took a walk-in new job, It was to carry my curage dwon, But nonetheless I became obligated to yield: Getting indeed there We confronted with a bobtail'd lass, But I will has passed their of the, And i also please got her by the give, A we direct their own to the kye. Brand new pettycoat that she had to the Was created of your blanket bluish, Brand new smock is actually because black colored as charcole, Trust in me it was correct; However, tempting terms and conditions, commonly tempt more youthful wild birds, Those of their colony manage fly, And you may I'll never believ't is actually initially One to she had been stuck from the kye. Good council, a great guy, We give, To you, son, We promote, Never capture having an effective bob-tail'd lass As long as you have one hour to live. You had beter take one that is proper and high, Regardless if she feel never therefore bad, Having I never ever are very disgraced within my lifestyle When i try by this bob-tail'd whoore.

From Farmer’s ‘Merry Songs’, so there from James Maidment’s ‘Ane Lovely Garland off Nice Scented Flowers’, 1835, as to the became NLS MS Adv. 19.1.thirteen f. 42.

Point step three, English Audio

It actually was a beneficial maide off my personal countre Because the she emerged by an effective hathorne-tre As full of herbs, since could be seen, She merveld to se the newest tre so grene

The latest tre maid answere by-and-by: “You will find an excellent causse so you’re able to growe triumphantly; Brand new swetest dew you to ever before end up being sene Doth slip towards myself and you will kepe my grene.

“Yea ,” quothe the housemaid, “but in which thou growe, Thou stande within hande each blowe, Of every guy to possess to be seen; I mervaile one thou growe thus grene.”

“Even when many one need herbs of me personally, & manye a good branche of my personal tre, You will find instance store, they wyll not sene, For lots more & my personal tredges growe grene.”

“But how, and so they chaunce to slice the new downe And hold thie braunches inside towne? Upcoming have a tendency to it never not any longer getting sene To grow againe very freshe & grene.”

“Thoughe that you do, yt ys no boote, Withoute it cut us to new roote; Next yere againe I’m sene To help you bude my personal twigs freshe and you can grene.”

“And you, reasonable maide, canne not get it done; To have yf your assist youre maidhode goe, Following commonly yt never ever not end up being sene Once i which have my braunches is also growe grene.”

The fresh new maide with this begane so you can blushe, And you will turned their unique regarding hathorne bushe. She consider herdelffe very faire & clene, Their particular bewtie styll create previously growe grene.”

Exactly what which have she harde it marvelous dowbte, She wandered styll after that all of the aboute; Suspecting still exactly what she’d wene, Their maidheade missing would never be seen.

With lots of good sighe she went their own waye, To help you se howe she maide their unique mind so gay, So you’re able to walke, to se, and getting sene, An very out-confronted the latest hathorne grene

In addition to all that yt place their in feare So you can talke which have companye anye where, To possess feare to shed the thing that shuld getting sene In order to build just like the have been the fresh new hathorn grene.

However, after that never ever I could right here Regarding the faire mayden anyplace, One to ever she was in forest sene, So you can talke againe of your own hathorne grene. G. Poete [Peele?]

The newest day for the is mostly about like L. Lloyd’s song stated less than. Text from BL MS Cotton fiber Vesp. A beneficial.twenty five, via K. Boeddeker’s post ‘Englische Lieder und Balladen aus dem sixteen. Jahrhundert’, Jahrbuch fur romanische und englische Sprache , N. F. II, 1875. Expurgated and you will partial for the Chappell’s PMOT. Brand new date for the ballad is likely several months earlier than L. Lloyd’s song over. A timeless adaptation accumulated in place of tune, regarding the 1825, are “The brand new Hawthorn Green”, p. cuatro in Elizabeth. B. Lyle’s Andrew Crafurd’s Type of Ballads and you may Musical 1975. A negative antique veresion that i think are learned regarding Chappell’s PMOT, are “The newest Hawthorn Plant”, p smuk Dansk kvindelig. fifteen during the Fred Hammer’s Garners Gay , EFDSS, 1968.