 The parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes, And brings them straight unto his house Where much of them he makes. He had not kept these pretty babes A twelvemonth and a day, But, for their wealth, he did devise To make them both away.  Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century - Page 373by John Ashton - 1882 - 486 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ambrose Philips - Ballads, English - 1723 - 346 pages
...keeping of your Children dear, Sweet Sifter do not fear ; God never profper me nor mine, Nor ought elfe that I have, If I do wrong your Children dear, When you are laid in Grave. The Parents being dead and gone, The Children home he takes, And brings them ftrait unto his Houfe,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1723 - 348 pages
...keeping of your Children dear, Sweet Sifter do not fear ; God never profper me nor mine, Nor ought elfe that I have, If I do wrong your Children dear, When you are laid in Grave. The Parents being dead and gone, The Children home he takes, And brings them ftrait unto his Houfe,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...brother spake To this sicke couple there, The keeping of your little ones Sweet sister, do not feare : 60 God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children deare, When you are layd in grave. The parents being dead and gftne, 65 The children home he takes,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...otherwise you seem to deal, ' God will your deeds regard.' With lips as cold as any stone, She kiss'd her children small : ' God bless you both, my children...do wrong your children dear, ' When you are laid in the grave ! ' Their parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes, And brings them home unto... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...These speeches then their brother spake To this sicke couple there, The keeping of your little ones God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children deare, When you are layd in grave. The parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes, And... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...spoke To this sick couple there : '"The keeping of your children dear SH eet sister, do not fear ; Guil never prosper me nor mine Nor aught else that I have...wrong your children dear, When you are laid in grave." IX. Their parent* being dead and gone The children home he takes, And brings them both unto his house,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...words did then their brother speak, To this sick couple there : " The keeping of your little ones, ' Sweet sister, do not fear ; " God never prosper me...have, If I do wrong your children dear When you are in the grave." The parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes, And brings them straight... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...spake To this sick couple there : '• The keeping of your little ones, Sweet sister, do not feare : God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children deare, The parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes, And brings them straite unto his... | |
 | Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 352 pages
...brother spake To this sicke couple there, The keeping of your little ones, Sweet sister, do not feare : God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children deare, When you are layd in grave. The parents being dead and gone The children home he takes, And... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...spoke To this sicke couple there : • The keeping of your children dear Sweet sister, do not feare : God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children deare, When you are layd in grave.' Their parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes,... | |
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