Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads ...

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us ANCIENT SONGS
Of houftiold (luff thou haft enough
Thou wants for neither pot nor pan; 30
Of ficklike ware he left thee bare
Sae tell nae mair of thy auld goodman.
She.
Yes I may tell, and fret my fell,
To think on thofe blyth days I had,
Whan I and he, together ley 35
In armes into a well-made bed :
But now I iigh and may be fad,
Thy courage is cauld, thy colour wan,
Thou falds thy feet and fa's afleep;
Thou'lt nevir be J ike mine auld goodman. 40
Then coming was the night fae dark,
And gane was a' the light or day ?
The carle was fear'd to mifs his mark,
And therefore wad nae longer flay
Then up he gat, and ran his way, 45
I trowe, the wife the day lhe wan 5
And aye the owreword of the fray
Was, Evir alake ! mine auld goodman.
IV. FAIR