| A. b. |
13. o the.
44. a wanting.
51. Remember ye nat in the tavern, sir.
52. Whan ye the cups wer fillan.
53. How ye.
64. And wanting.
71. Then hooly, hooly.
72. And hooly, hooly.
82. deid-bell knellan.
83. that wanting.
84. It wanting.
94. I 'se. |
| B. A. |
Barbara Allen's Cruelty, or, The Youngman's Tragedy.
With Barbara Allen's Lamentation for her Unkindness to her
Lover and her Self... Printed for P.
Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back.
Black Letter.
134. undone we. |
| b. |
Barbara Allen's Cruelty, or, The Young
Man's Tragedy. No name of printer.
18, for my own.
22. they were.
24. the sake of.
34. name is.
44. thy name is.
53. Then wanting.
61. she came to him.
62. came to him.
64. a wanting.
72. you are.
74. As I am on my death-bed lying.
81. If you are on your death-bed lying.
83. from your.
84. Then farewell: said wanting
92. on him.
93. and wanting: to you all.
101. And wanting: out one day.
102. bells.
103. And they.
112. And saw.
113. corps said she.
123. cry'd out.
131. in his.
134. will quite undo me.
141. A wanting.
143. more kind.
144. In time of life.
153. eer.
16. As she was lying down to die,
A sad feud she fell in;
She said, I pray take warning by
Hard-hearted Barbara Allen. |
| c. |
Title the same as in a. Printed and sold at
the Printing-office in Bow-Church-Yard, London.
13, for my own.
22. they wore.
34. name is.
48. And thou.
44. thy name is.
53. O little.
61. she came to him.
68. came to him.
64. a wanting.
72. you are.
74. As I am on my death-bed lying.
83. from your.
84. Then farewell: said wanting.
92. on him.
93. to you all.
101. And wanting: out one day.
102. bells.
103. And they.
112. And espy'd.
118. corps said she.
128. cry'd out.
134. will quite undo me.
141. A wanting.
148. more kind.
144. In time of life.
154. eer.
16 as in b. |
| d. |
was "given, with some corrections, from
an old printed copy in the editor's possession." That these corrections were considerable, we know from the *** at the
end. The old printed copy is very likely
to have been c, and, if so, the ballad was
simply written over. It does not seem
necessary to give the variations under
the circumstances. In 23 Percy has
Yong Jemmye Grove. |
| C. |
21. bonny should perhaps be comely,
as in 31.
42. Originally written To see my white... courting.
52. Originally dwelling.
58. Originally it 's.
54. The is written over His,
probably as a conjecture.
72. After stoutly, slowly?
as a conjectural emendation.
74. lying. 'An ingenious friend' of Percy's
suggested the transposition of lying and dying
in A 32,4. |
