George Wharton Edwards Young Poems
- 1. King Leir And His Three Daughters
King Leir once ruled in this land
With princely power and peace,
And had all things with hearts content,
That might his joys increase.
... - 2. Robin Hood And Allen-a-dale
Come listen to me, you gallants so free,
All you that love mirth for to hear,
And I will tell you of a bold outlaw,
That lived in Nottinghamshire.
... - 3. Hugh Of Lincoln
SHOWING THE CRUELTY OF A JEW'S DAUGHTER
Four and twenty bonny boys
... - 4. Barbara Allen's Cruelty
All in the merry month of May,
When green buds they were swelling,
Young Jemmy Grove on his death-bed lay
For love o' Barbara Allen.
... - 5. Young Waters
About Yule, when the wind blew cool;
And the round tables began,
A' there is come to our king's court
Mony a well-favoured man.
... - 6. The Nut-brown Maid
Be it right, or wrong, these men among
On women do complain;
Affirming this, how that it is
A labour spent in vain
... - 7. The Fause Lover
A fair maid sat in her bower door,
Wringing her lily hands;
And by it came a sprightly youth,
Fast tripping o'er the strands.
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