Long Preston Peg (a Fragment)

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Title:     Long Preston Peg (a Fragment)
Author: Anonymous (Poetry's author) [More Titles by Anonymous (Poetry's author)]

[Mr. Birkbeck, of Threapland House, Lintondale, in Craven, has favoured us with the following fragment. The tune is well known in the North, but all attempts on the part of Mr. Birkbeck to obtain the remaining verses have been unsuccessful. The song is evidently of the date of the first rebellion, 1715.]

Long Preston Peg to proud Preston went,
To see the Scotch rebels it was her intent.
A noble Scotch lord, as he passed by,
On this Yorkshire damsel did soon cast an eye.

He called to his servant, which on him did wait,
'Go down to yon girl who stands in the gate, {1}
That sings with a voice so soft and so sweet,
And in my name do her lovingly greet.'

Footnote: {1} The road or street.

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Anonymous's poem: Long Preston Peg (a Fragment)

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