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diff --git a/27407.txt b/27407.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb8e5b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/27407.txt @@ -0,0 +1,831 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Return of the Dead, Edited by Thomas J. +Wise, Translated by George Borrow + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: The Return of the Dead + and Other Ballads + + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: December 4, 2008 [eBook #27407] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RETURN OF THE DEAD*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, +UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was +made. + + + + + + THE + RETURN OF THE DEAD + AND OTHER BALLADS + + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + 1913 + + + + +THE RETURN OF THE DEAD + + +Swayne Dyring o'er to the island strayed; + _And were I only young again_! +He wedded there a lovely maid-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +Together they lived seven years and more; + _And were I only young again_! +And seven fair babes to him she bore-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +Then death arrived in luckless hour; + _And were I only young again_! +Then died the lovely lily flower-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +The Swayne he has crossed the salt sea way, + _And were I only young again_! +And he has wedded another may-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +And he that may to his home has brought; + _And were I only young again_! +But peevish was she, and with malice fraught-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +And when she came to the castle gate, + _And were I only young again_! +The seven children beside it wait-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +The children stood in sorrowful mood, + _And were I only young again_! +She spurned them away with her foot so rude-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +Nor bread nor meat will she bestow; + _And were I only young again_! +Said "Hate ye shall have and the hunger throe"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +She took away the bolsters blue; + _And were I only young again_! +"Bare straw will serve for the like of you"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +Away she's ta'en the big wax light; + _And were I only young again_! +Said she "Ye shall lie in the murky night"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +The babies at night with hunger weep; + _And were I only young again_! +The woman heard that in the grave so deep-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +To God's high throne such haste she made; + _And were I only young again_! +"O I must go to my babies' aid"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +She begged so loud, and she begged so long, + _And were I only young again_! +That at length consent from her God she wrung-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"But thou must return when the cock shall crow, + _And were I only young again_! +"No longer tarry must thou below"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +Then up she struck with her stark thigh bone, + _And were I only young again_! +And burst through wall and marble stone-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +And when to the dwelling she drew nigh, + _And were I only young again_! +The hounds they yelled to the clouds so high-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +And when to the castle gate she won, + _And were I only young again_! +Her eldest daughter stood there alone-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"Hail daughter mine, what dost thou here? + _And were I only young again_! +How fare thy brothers and sisters dear?"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"O dame thou art no mother of mine, + _And were I only young again_! +For she was a lady fair and fine-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"A lady fine with cheeks so red, + _And were I only young again_! +But thou art pale as the sheeted dead"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"O how should I be fine and sleek? + _And were I only young again_! +How else than pale should be my cheek?-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"And how should I be white and red? + _And were I only young again_! +Beneath the mould I've long been dead"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +And when she entered the high, high hall, + _And were I only young again_! +Drowned with tears stood the babies all-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +The one she combed, the other she brushed, + _And were I only young again_! +The third she dandled, the fourth she hushed-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +The fifth upon her breast she plac'd, + _And were I only young again_! +And allowed the babe of the breast to taste-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +To her eldest daughter she turned her eye; + _And were I only young again_! +"Go call Swayne Dyring instantly"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +And when Swayne Dyring before her stood, + _And were I only young again_! +She spake to him thus in wrathful mood-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"I left behind both ale and bread; + _And were I only young again_! +My children with hunger are nearly dead-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"I left behind me bolsters blue; + _And were I only young again_! +Upon bare straw my babes I view-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"I left behind the big wax light; + _And were I only young again_! +My children lie in the murk at night-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"If again I'm forced to seek thee here, + _And were I only young again_! +Befall thee shall a fate so drear-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"But hark! the ruddy cock has crow'd, + _And were I only young again_! +The dead must return to their abode-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +"I hear, I hear the black cock crow; + _And were I only young again_! +The gates of heaven are opening now-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +The white cock claps his wings so wide, + _And were I only young again_! +No longer here I dare to bide"-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +Each time the dogs began to yell, + _And were I only young again_! +They gave the children bread and ale-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +As soon as they heard of the hounds the cry, + _And were I only young again_! +They feared the ghost was drawing nigh-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + +Whene'er the dogs were heard to rave, + _And were I only young again_! +They feared the woman had left her grave-- + _To honied words we list so fain_. + + + + +THE TRANSFORMED DAMSEL + + +I take my axe upon my back, + To fell the tree I mean; +Then came the man the wood who owned, + And thrust his heft between. + +"If thou hew down my father's grove, + And me this damage do, +If I but see thee fell the tree + Thou dearly that shalt rue." + +"O let me hew this single tree, + Nor to resist me seek; +Unless I yonder bird obtain + With grief my heart will break." + +"Now list thou fair and gallant swain, + To me incline thine ear! +Thou ne'er wilt yonder bird obtain + Unless some bait thou bear." + +From off my breast the bait I cut, + And hung it on the bough: +The breast it bled, the bait it reeked, + Mine is the birdie now. + +Down flew the lovely little bird, + Fluttering its wings o'erjoyed; +It seemed to smile as if the guile + It knew that I employed. + +It clawed and picked so hastily, + So well did smack the bait; +And still the more it seemed to please + The more the birdie ate. + +Down flew the lovely little bird, + Alighting on the sand; +The loveliest damsel she became, + And gave the youth her hand. + + + + +THE FORCED CONSENT + + +Within her own fair castelaye + There goes a damsel bright; +A whole year's tide for her has sighed + A young and handsome knight. + +"Now do thou hear, thou beauteous maid, + Could I thy troth obtain, +Then thou shouldst tread on silk outspread, + And ne'er on the earth again. + +And do thou hear, my lovely maid, + My wedded lady be, +And the slightest care thou shalt not bear + If I can save it thee." + +"I've vowed an oath to Mary maid, + And to keep it is my plan; +Ne'er live will I beneath the sky + With any sinful man. + +"Here with my seven brothers bold + To-morrow I will come; +Yourself array in costly way, + For you must follow us home." + +It was the young and handsome knight, + He out of the doorway springs; +And he in haste the Runes has traced, + And them on her lap she flings. + +And so he cast the magic Rune + The maiden's dress below; +Then beat her heart, and blood did start + From her finger nails I trow. + +"If thou with thy seven brothers bold + To-morrow here wilt come, +Myself I'll array in costly way + And follow ye to your home." + +The very next morn, the very next morn, + When rose the sun in gold, +Full three times ten bold knightly men + Were waiting on the wold. + +Full three times ten bold knightly men, + On a bonny grey steed each one; +With silk so white was the courser dight + Which the maid should ride upon. + +But what think ye that maiden did + Ere mounting on her horse? +A draught she drank of poison rank, + Thought death her wisest course. + +Through the shallow streams they dashed their steeds, + Through the deep their steeds they swam; +And ever and anon the maid would groan, + "How dreadfully ill I am." + +And when they came to the house of the knight, + Where the bridal kept should be; +Spread out on the earth was silk of worth, + And gold so red of blee. + +"Now thou may'st see, my lady love, + That I my promise hold; +Now thou dost tread on silk outspread, + And not on the earth so cold." + +"There's spread enough of the silken stuff, + And plenty of gold is strown; +But better I ween in heaven sheen + With our Father God to wone." + +Then they led her to the high, high hall, + And in scarlet her array'd; +But their joy was brief, soon came their grief, + She died alack a maid! + +Thanks be to him the youthful knight, + No truer e'er was seen; +He built her a grave in the church, and gave + The churchmen farms fifteen. + +Then as he stood by the maiden's grave, + The gallant young noble cried: +"O would to God beneath the sod + I were lying by her side!" + + + + +INGEBORG'S DISGUISE + + +Such handsome court clothes the proud Ingeborg buys, +Says she "I'll myself as a courtier disguise." + +Proud Ingeborg hastens her steed to bestride, +Says she "I'll away with the King to reside." + +"Thou gallant young King to my speech lend an ear, +Hast thou any need of my services here?" + +"O yes, my sweet lad, of a horseboy I've need, +If there were but stable room here for his steed. + +"But thy steed in the stall with my own can be tied, +And thou 'neath the linen shalt sleep by my side." + +Three years in the palace good service she wrought, +That she was a woman no one ever thought. + +She filled for three years of a horse-boy the place, +And the steeds of the monarch she drove out to graze. + +She led for three years the King's steeds to the brook, +For else than a youth no one Ingeborg took. + +Proud Ingeborg knows how to make the dames gay, +She also can sing in such ravishing way. + +The hair on her head is like yellow spun gold, +To her beauty the heart of the prince was not cold. + +But at length up and down in the palace she strayed, +Her colour and hair began swiftly to fade. + +What eye has seen ever so wondrous a case? +The boy his own spurs to his heel cannot brace. + +The horse-boy is brought to so wondrous a plight, +To draw his own weapon he has not the might. + +The son of the King to five damsels now sends, +And Ingeborg fair to their care he commends. + +Proud Ingeborg took they and wrapped in their weed, +And to the stone chamber with her they proceed. + +Upon the blue cushions they Ingeborg laid, +Where light of two beautiful sons she is made. + +Then in came the prince, smiled the babies to view: +"'Tis not every horse-boy can bear such a two." + +He patted her soft on her cheek sleek and fair: +"Forget my heart's dearest all sorrow and care." + +He placed the gold crown on her temples I ween: +"With me shalt thou live as my wife and my Queen." + + + + +SONG + + +I've pleasure not a little + A dancing youth to see, +Nor less--one single tittle-- + An old man full of glee. + +To dance I ever glory + With those of youthful mien; +It shows, although I'm hoary + In hair, my mind is green. + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. 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