 Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes, an ox, sometimes, a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can ; To trip and...  Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our ... - Page 292by John Brand - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Nathan Boughton Warren - 1872 - 310 pages
...similarity to the English Robin Goodfellow, who, in " Percy's Reliques," says : " Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round ; But if to ride, My back they stride, More swift than winds away I go ; O'er hedge... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 338 pages
...Sometimes for three-foot stool mistaketh me. Ben Jonson makes Eobin Goodfellow say — " Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a, hound, And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride, My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go : O'er edge and... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 pages
...with them I go All in the nick, To play some trick, And frolic it with ho ! ho ! ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, And trip and trot about them round ; But if, to ride, Z H E i ILLLIL, EE IL IL D* H Id a g i My back... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 336 pages
...makes Eobin Goodfellow say — " Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a bound, And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride, My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go : O'er edge and... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1874 - 332 pages
...them I go, All in the nick, To play some trick, And frolic it with lio ! ho ! ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man ; Sometimes. an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, And trip and trot about them round ; But if to ride, My back to stride, More swift than wind away I... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...with them I go, All in the nick to play some trick, And frolick it with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man ; Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound...; And to a horse I turn me can ; To trip and trot about them round ; But if, to ride, My back they stride, More swift than wind, away I go, O'er hedge... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1875 - 444 pages
...to come on,2 And wend me laughing, ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes, an ox,3 sometimes, a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round ; " Nor any friend, where ere I goe." — Mr Qollier's MS. 8 " All in the nicke, But... | |
 | 1875 - 540 pages
...frolic it, with ho, ho, ho I Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound j And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go, O'er hedge and... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...with them I go. All in the nick, To play some trick, And frolic it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go, O'er hedge and... | |
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