The Book of Old English Ballads by George Wharton Edwards
page 98 of 137 (71%)
page 98 of 137 (71%)
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Whereby to you great harm might grow:
Yet had I lever than, That I had to the green wood go, Alone, a banished man. SHE I think not nay, but as ye say, It is no maiden's lore; But love may make me for your sake, As I have said before, To come on foot, to hunt, and shoot To get us meat in store; For so that I your company May have, I ask no more: From which to part, it maketh my heart As cold as any stone; For, in my mind, of all mankind I love but you alone. HE For an outlaw this is the law, That men him take and bind; Without pity, hanged to be, And waver with the wind. If I had nede, (as God forbede!) What rescue could ye find? |
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