Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

The Carnal and the Crane

a.  81. West land.
162. spring; perhaps a preposition has been dropped.
b.  12. did rein.
22. Sure all the world will turn.
31. Whence does the Son come from.
33. Out of the land of Egypt.
42. goest.
52. all sin.
53. of the.
74. slept in.
81. East land.
94. No prince should.
1O2. tellest me.
124. Now slaughtered shall be.
131. aye and.
133. Egypt land.
134. find most.
141. Egypt.
142. Among some.
143. Mary grown quite.
153. see that these.
154. Will come.
162. did bring.
164. be king.
171. every nation of the world.
181. aye and.
181. passed by.
184. As he his seed had.
194. hath sown.
203,4. And made a lowly reverence
      To Jesus Christ His grace.
21. Long time thou hast been looked for,
      But now thou art come at last;
And I myself do now believe
      Thy name is Jesus called.
223. must shed.
234. seed had sown.
242. train most.
251. spoken.
254. As I my seed had sown.
261. And now.
263. The other you see is fit to carry.
26 4.barns.
271. said the Captain of the guard.
291. There were.
292. Who for.
293. these little.
303. Thus the.
304. Brought forth our Lord the Son.
c.  1-7. not given.
8. There was a star in the west land,
      Which shed a cheerful ray
Into King Herod's chamber,
      And where King Herod lay.
124. Now shall destroyed be.
21, 22. not given.
254. When I my seed had sown.
29, 30. not given.

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