Ma mie reçoit de mes lettres
Par l'alouette des champs;
Elle m'envoie les siennes
Par le rossignol chantant.
Sans savoir lire ni écrire
Nous lisons ce qui est dedans;
Il y a dedans ces lettres,
'Aime moi, je t'aime tant.'
(Le Moniteur, May 27, 1853.)
[163] The "red, red lead" of D 7, 8 I had at first supposed to show a carelessness about epithets, like the "roses blue" of a Danish ballad. But considering that the red lead is to be rubbed on, one may ask whether some occult property of minium may have been known to the mother.
[97]
BROWN ROBIN
[A]. 'Brown Robin.' a. Jamieson-Brown MS., fol. 37. b. Abbotsford MS., "Scottish Songs."
[B]. 'Love Robbie,' Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, I, 136.
[C]. 'Brown Robyn and Mally,' Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 299.