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Tag: Ballads

The False Man and the Boy

  “Hey, where you goin’?”    Said the false man upon the road: “I’m goin’ to school,”    Said the little boy, standing still. “What is that upon your back?” “Oh, it’s just my books.” “And what’s that you’ve got in your hands?” “Oh, it’s …

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BalladsLeave a Comment on The False Man and the BoyJanuary 9, 2013April 20, 2020 By Frank Watson

Adapted from a ballad, “Blow my Breath Away”

My breath away, my breath away Over the hills and far away And far away and over the bay He shall not blow my breath away The Piper sits above the hill Ba, ba, lili ba He blows his horn both loud and shrill: And …

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Anonymous, Ballads, Perfume from a Dress - literatureLeave a Comment on Adapted from a ballad, “Blow my Breath Away”January 7, 2012April 20, 2020 By Frank Watson

Riddles

A man in dark from God knows where Went to an inn and rested there. As he waited on his seat He saw the keeper’s daughter, pure and sweet. Later that night he snuck into her room And lay with her as would a groom. …

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Anonymous, Ballads, Perfume from a Dress - literatureLeave a Comment on RiddlesJanuary 3, 2012April 20, 2020 By Frank Watson

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