Re Maid Freed From Gallow, DMcG: I always find the repetition a great enhancer of the ultimate effect — the audience is lulled into expectations which are finally frustrated at the climax, the lover's "Yes, I have brought you gold". I have seen audiences almost literally jump with amazement and delight at that point. I think the folk who made this ballad, and perhaps went on as far as "I think I see my second-cousin's nephew's mother-in-law coming", knew what they were about!