The English and Scottish Popular Ballads/Part 10/Ballad Airs from Manuscript/Ballad 161

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4526758The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Part 10, Ballad Airs from Manuscript — Ballad 161. The Battle of Otterburn1898Francis James Child

161 (V, 243). The Battle of Otterburn.

Sharpe MS.


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                    It was a -- bout the Lam -- mes time
                    When moor -- land men do win their hay,
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