9
But he did catch her by the hand,
And pulled her poor body unto dry land.
10
He took three taets o her bonnie yellow hair,
To make harp strings they were so rare.
11
The very first tune that the bonnie harp played
Was The aldest has cuisten the youngest away.
X
Dr Joseph Robertson's Note-Book, January 1, 1830, p. 7.
I see a lady in the dam,
Binnorie, oh Binnorie
She shenes as sweet as ony swan.
I the bonny milldams o Binnorie
Y
Communicated to Percy, April 7, 1770, and April 19, 1775, by the Rev. P. Parsons, of Wye, near Ashford, Kent: "taken down from the mouth of the spinning-wheel, if I may be allowed the expression."
1
There was a king lived in the North Country,
Hey down down dery down
There was a king lived in the North Country,
And the bough it was bent to me
There was a king lived in the North Country,
And he had daughters one, two, three.
I'll prove true to my love,
If my love will prove true to me.
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