The Mudcat Café TM
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