...pulse each gale blows chill ; And Araby's or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. SCOTT. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's...came to the carline wife, That her three sons were gone. They had not been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carline wife...

...pulse each gale blows chill ; And Araby's or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. SCOTT. The Wife of Usher's Well THERE lived a wife at Usher's...wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife, That her...

...original version of this strange and powerful ballad appeared in Scott's Minstrelsy of the Border.] THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline1 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but...

...Owsenford— Part Second." The explanatory notes [marked S.] are from the pen of Sir Walter Scott. 1 THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. 2 They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline wife,...

...have I done one of the fairest ladyes That ever ware womans weede ! ' THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. 1. There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That...

...Oh, no, sir ; please don't ! " was the reply. " Well, well, sing thy song, pretty one ! " he said. "There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. With a heigho, a lily, lily gay, Fine flowers i' the valley. There came three singers to the gates,...

...Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely...to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. 3. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carlin wife That...

...Which did bold Robin please : And there they buried bold Robin Hood, Near to the fair Kirkleys. 2. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three sons and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely...

...ladyes That ever ware womans weede !' THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. 1. There lived a wife at Usher's Wei!, And a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That...

...And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. -2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, <t /^ e — When word came to the carline wife o ' That her three sons were gane. 3. They hadna been...