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" Then after an hour, They went to a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too; — Until they were due, The lasses... "
The Study of Man - Page 260
by Alfred Cort Haddon - 1898 - 410 pages
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 17

Percy Society - 1846 - 410 pages
...to a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too; — Until they were due, The lasses kept the stakes : The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men ; And bid 'em take their kisses back, And give them their own again. Yet there they sate, Until it was late,...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - 1846 - 400 pages
...to a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too; — Until they were due, The lasses kept the stakes : The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men ; And bid 'em take their kisses back, And give them their own again. Yet there they sate, Until it was late,...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 17

Percy Society - 1846 - 410 pages
...to a bower, And played for ale and cakes; And kisses, too;— Until they were due, The lasses kept the stakes: The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men; And bid 'em take their kisses back, And give them their own again. Yet there they sate, Until it was late,...
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Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads

James Henry Dixon - 1846 - 410 pages
...to a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too; — Until they were due, The lasses kept the stakes : The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men ; And bid 'em take their kisses back, And give them their own again. Yet there they sate, Until it was late,...
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Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England: Taken Down ...

Robert Bell, James Henry Dixon - 1857 - 264 pages
...a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too ; — until they were due, The lasses, kept the stakes:. The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men; And bid 'em take their kisses back, And give them their own, again. Yet there they sate, until it was late,...
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Poets' Wit and Humour

1861 - 300 pages
...the stakes. The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men, And bade them take their kisses baek, And give them their own again. Now there they did...whole of the day, And tired the fiddler quite With daneing and play, without any pay, From morning until night. They told the fiddler then They'd pay...
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Poets' Wit and Humour

1861 - 304 pages
...they went to a bow'r, And play'd for ale and eakes; And kisses too,—until they were due The lasses held the stakes. The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men, And bade them take their kisses baek, And give them their own again. Now there they did stay the whole of the day, And tired the fiddler...
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A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes

William Hugh Logan - 1869 - 530 pages
...went to a bow'r, And play'd for ale and cakes, And kisses too, Until they were due The lasses kept the stakes. The girls did then begin to quarrel with the men, And bid them take their kisses back, and give 'em their own again. 7. Yet there they sat Until it was late,...
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Chaucer's England, by Matthew Browne

William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 350 pages
...a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too ; — until they were due, The lasses kept the stakes : The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men ; And bid 'em take their kisses back, And give them their own again.' A lover sues a lady for pricking him...
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The Living Age, Volume 115

1872 - 894 pages
...They went to a bower. And played for ale and cakes, And kisses too — Until they were due The lassea held the stakes. The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men, And bid them take their kisses back And give them their own again! " In fact, there was a very bright smile...
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