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Ther herde I pleyen on an harpe	A
That souned bothe wel and sharpe	A
Orpheus ful craftely	B
And on his syde faste by	C
Sat the harper Orion	D
And Eacides Chiron	D
And other harpers many oon	D
And the Bret A Glascurion	D
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Chaucer Hous of Fame III	E
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The Text from the Percy Folio luckily is complete saving an omission of two lines A few obvious corrections have been introduced and the Folio reading given in a footnote Percy printed the ballad in the Reliques with far fewer alterations than usual	B
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The Story is also told in a milk and water Scotch version Glenkindie doubtless mishandled by Jamieson who 'improved' it from two traditional sources The admirable English ballad gives a striking picture of the horror of 'churl s blood' proper to feudal days	F
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In the quotation above Chaucer places Glascurion with Orpheus Arion and Chiron four great harpers It is not improbable that Glascurion and Glasgerion represent the Welsh bard Glas Keraint Keraint the Blue Bard the chief bard wearing a blue robe of office said to have been an eminent poet the son of Owain Prince of Glamorgan	D
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The oath taken 'by oak and ash and thorn' stanza is a relic of very early times An oath 'by corn' is in Young Hunting	G
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Footnote A From Skeat's edition elsewhere quoted 'gret Glascurion '	-
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GLASGERION	D
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Glasgerion was a king's own son	D
And a harper he was good	H
He harped in the king's chamber	I
Where cup and candle stood	H
And so did he in the queen's chamber	I
Till ladies waxed wood	H
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And then bespake the king's daughter	I
And these words thus said she	J
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Said 'Strike on strike on Glasgerion	D
Of thy striking do not blin	D
There's never a stroke comes over this harp	A
But it glads my heart within '	-
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'Fair might you fall lady ' quoth he	J
'Who taught you now to speak	K
I have loved you lady seven year	L
My heart I durst ne'er break '	-
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'But come to my bower my Glasgerion	D
When all men are at rest	M
As I am a lady true of my promise	N
Thou shalt be a welcome guest '	-
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But home then came Glasgerion	D
A glad man Lord was he	J
'And come thou hither Jack my boy	O
Come hither unto me	J
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'For the king's daughter of Normandy	J
Her love is granted me	J
And before the cock have crowen	D
At her chamber must I be '	-
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'But come you hither master ' quoth he	J
'Lay your head down on this stone	D
For I will waken you master dear	L
Afore it be time to gone '	-
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But up then rose that lither lad	P
And did on hose and shoon	D
A collar he cast upon his neck	Q
He seemed a gentleman	D
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And when he came to that lady's chamber	I
He thrilled upon a pin	D
The lady was true of her promise	N
Rose up and let him in	D
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He did not take the lady gay	R
To bolster nor no bed	S
But down upon her chamber floor	T
Full soon he hath her laid	U
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He did not kiss that lady gay	R
When he came nor when he yode	U
And sore mistrusted that lady gay	R
He was of some churl s blood	U
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But home then came that lither lad	U
And did off his hose and shoon	D
And cast that collar from about his neck	Q
He was but a churl s son	D
'Awaken ' quoth he 'my master dear	L
I hold it time to be gone	D
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'For I have saddled your horse master	I
Well bridled I have your steed	U
Have not I served a good breakfast	U
When time comes I have need '	-
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But up then rose good Glasgerion	D
And did on both hose and shoon	D
And cast a collar about his neck	Q
He was a king s son	D
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And when he came to that lady's chamber	I
He thrilled upon a pin	D
The lady was more than true of her promise	N
Rose up and let him in	D
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Says 'Whether have you left with me	J
Your bracelet or your glove	V
Or are you back returned again	D
To know more of my love '	-
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Glasgerion swore a full great oath	W
By oak and ash and thorn	D
'Lady I was never in your chamber	I
Sith the time that I was born '	-
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'O then it was your little foot page	X
Falsely hath beguiled me'	J
And then she pull'd forth a little pen knife	Y
That hanged by her knee	J
Says 'There shall never no churl s blood	U
Spring within my body '	-
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But home then went Glasgerion	J
A woe man good Lord was he	J
Says 'Come hither thou Jack my boy	O
Come thou thither to me	J
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'For if I had killed a man to night	U
Jack I would tell it thee	J
But if I have not killed a man to night	U
Jack thou hast killed three '	-
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And he pull'd out his bright brown sword	U
And dried it on his sleeve	Z
And he smote off that lither lad's head	U
And asked no man no leave	Z
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He set the sword's point till his breast	U
The pommel till a stone	J
Thorough that falseness of that lither lad	U
These three lives were all gone	J

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