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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

Note 125 — 9 THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND

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They pass the water in Q only, and that in a boat. She is thrown in from a bridge in V, W, the bridge of Cracow in C: cf. Scotland bridge, D 2 of this ballad. By a curious accident, it is at a wayside crucifix that the man begins his change of demeanor in Polish CC 2 (Kolberg, ddd), as in B 5, E 7, of this ballad, it is at a Scottish cross.

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