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Thread #63551 Message #1033628
Posted By: masato sakurai
11-Oct-03 - 08:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Nut-Brown Maid
Subject: RE: The Nut-Brown Maid
From A "Working" KWIC Concordance to Francis James Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (p. 2048):
nut-brown [29], Nut-brown [1] (30)
99K.14 1 /Then Johnie drew a nut-brown brand,/And strook it
73F.29 1 /`Vo be te you, nut-brown bride,/An ill death you
73B.28 1 /Then out and spak the nut-brown bride,/And she spak
73B.30 1 /Then out and spake the nut-brown bride,/And she spak
73G.24 3 bed,/Sweet Willie and the nut-brown bride/In a chamber
73F.26 3 bed,/Sweet Willie and his nut-brown bride/In ae chamber
73E.31 3 bed,/Sweet Willie and the nut-brown bride/In their chamber
73E.25 1 /But up and stands the nut-brown bride,/Just at her
73[I.33]) 3 /An how like ye yer nut-brown bride,/Lies in yer arms
73G.22 1 /The nut-brown bride pat her hand in/
73F.28 1 /`Vo be to you, nut-brown bride,/Wi yer oxen
73E.10 1 /`O I sall wed the nut-brown maid,/And I sall bring
73E.9 4 for my benison,/The nut-brown maid bring hame.'
73E.7 3 sall I bring hame?/The nut-brown maid has sheep and
73E.9 1 /`The nut-brown maid has sheep and
73E.8 1 /`It's an ye wed the nut-brown maid,/I'll heap gold
73F.3 1 /`Oh will I merry the nut-brown maid,/Wi her oxen
73H.8 1 wis,/It's I will marry the nut-brown may,/. . . . .
73G.5 5 to me;/O will I marry the nut-brown may,/An lat Fair
73F.7 3 /But ye will merry the nut-brown may,/For she hes my
73G.6 2 has ousen, Willie,/The nut-brown may has key;/An ye
73G.6 1 /`The nut-brown may has ousen,
73H.7 3 hae;/But if ye marry the nut-brown may,/My blessin an ye'
73F.7 1 /`But ye will merry the nut-brown may,/Wi her oxen and
73F.4 3 wun;/But if ye merry the nut-brown may,/Ye will get her
169B.14 1 /Then John pulld out a nut-brown sword,/And it was
69C.13 1 /Then out he drew a nut-brown sword,/I wat he stript
133A.12 2 staffe,/And Robin had a nut-brown sword;/So the beggar
88D.25 1 /`Gin nut-brown was his hawk,' she
88D.24 1 /` Nut-brown was his hawk,' they
nut-browne (14)
73A.7 5 /I wad hae ye marrie the nut-browne bride,/And cast Fair
73A.7 3 /I wad hae ye marrie the nut-browne bride,/And cast Fair
73A.21 1 /She sat her by the nut-browne bride,/And her een
73A.4 3 to mee;/O sall I tak the nut-browne bride,/And let Fair
73A.6 3 mee;/A, sall I marrie the nut-browne bride,/And let Fair
73A.9 3 mee;/O sall I marrie the nut-browne bride,/And set Fair
73A.11 3 o hand;/And I will tak the nut-browne bride,/Fair Annet
73A.5 1 /`The nut-browne bride haes gowd and
73A.7 2 has oxen, brother,/The nut-browne bride has kye;/I wad
73A.7 1 /`The nut-browne bride has oxen,
73A.22 3 /And reaching by the nut-browne bride,/Laid it on Fair
73A.23 1 /Up than spak the nut-browne bride,/She spak wi
73A.27 3 /And drave it into the nut-browne bride,/That fell deid
112A.10 1 /He pulled out his nut-browne sword,/And wipt the