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Identifier: gri_33125012902363 (find matches)
Title: The book of British ballads
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889
Subjects: Ballads, English
Publisher: London : J. How
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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From Oberon in fairye land, The king of ghosts and shadowes there,Mad Robin I, at his command, ;Am sent to viewe the night-sports here.What revell routIs kept about,In every corner where I go, I will oersee, and merry bee,And make good sport, with ho, ho, ho! More swift than lightening can I fiye About this aery welkin soone,And, in a minutes space, descrye Each thing thats done belowe the moone,Theres not a hagOr ghost shall wag,Or cry, ware Goblins ! where I go ; But Robin I their feates will spy,And send them home, with ho, ho, ho!
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Wheneer such wanderers I meete, As from their night-sports they trudge home;With counterfeiting voice I greete, And call them on, with me to roameThro woods, thro lakes,Thro bogs, thro brakes ;Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke to play some trickeAnd frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes, an ox, sometimes, a hound ;And to a horse I turn me can ; To trip and trot about them round.But if, to ride,My backe they stride,More swift than winde away I go, Ore hedge and lands, thro pools and pondsI whirry, laughing, ho, ho, ho! When lads and lasses merry be, With possets and with juncates fine,Unseene of all the company, I eat their cakes and sip their wine ;And to make sport,I snore and snort;And out the candles I do blow : The maids I kiss; they shrieke—Whos this ?I answer naught, but ho, ho, ho! Yet now and then, the maids to please,At midnight I card up their wooll;And while they sleepe and take their ease,With wheel, to threads, the

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  • bookyear:1842
  • bookdecade:1840
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Hall__S__C___Samuel_Carter___1800_1889
  • booksubject:Ballads__English
  • bookpublisher:London___J__How
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  • bookleafnumber:107
  • bookcollection:getty
  • bookcollection:americana
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