...broadsides. As Child points out the opening stanza of A has been taken from Lord Thomas tinil Fair Annet: Lord Thomas and Fair Annet Sate a day on a hill; Whan...cum, and sun was sett, They had not talkt their fill. As we have seen the second stanza is corrupt; perhaps the opening stanzas of В are nearer to the original....

...it was neither lord nor loune 100 That was in bower last night wi mee.' LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET 1 LORD THOMAS and Fair Annet Sate a' day on a hill;...cum, and sun was sett, They had not talkt their fill. 2 Lord Thomas said a word in jest, Fair Aunet took it ill: ' A, I will nevir wed a wife. Against my...

...as they had been brither and brither. BALLAD: LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET (Child, Part III., p. 182.) Lord Thomas and Fair Annet Sate a' day on a hill;...it ill: "A, I will nevir wed a wife Against my ain friend's will." "Gif ye wull nevir wed a wife, A wife wull neir wed yee;" Sae he is hame to tell his...

...bridegroom he had wedded the bride, But young Hind Horn he took her to bed. 8 LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET LORD THOMAS and Fair Annet Sate a' day on a hill;...will nevir wed a wife Against my ain friends' will." (E) HC XL " Gif ye wull nevir wed a wife, A wife wull neir wed yee : " Sae he is hame to tell his mither,...

...was neither lord nor loune 100 That was in bower last night wi race.' LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET 1 LORD THOMAS and Fair Annet Sate a' day on a hill; Whan night was cum, and sun was sett, They had not tolkt their fill. 2 Lord Thomas said a word in jest, Fair A !me t took it ill: ' A, I will nevir wed...

...once into the very heart of his theme, and in a few words presents to us a picture glowing with life. "Lord Thomas said a word in jest, Fair Annet took it ill." "Have we not here the beginning of a hundred love quarrels? In the well-known "There were three lords...