 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 472 str.
...Burning Pestle, [1611, II, viii, ed. Dyce,] ; again, in The Bloody Brother, of the same authors : ' Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallow-tree" [III, ii, ed. Dyce]; again, in Ram Alley,... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 str.
...Bloody Brother. Act ii. Sc. 2. And he that will to bed go sober Falls with the leaf still in October.8 Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we,4 As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallows-tree. Act Hi. Sc. 3. Hide, oh, hide those... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 str.
...Bloody Brother. Act ii. Sc. 2. And he that will to bed go sober Falls with the leaf still in October.8 Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we,* As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallows-tree. Act Hi. Sc. i. Hide, oh, hide those hills... | |
 | 1908 - 446 str.
...old plays ; and in Fletcher's tragedy, The Bloody Brothers, 3. 2, they occur in the following form : Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing, three parts in a string, All under the triple tree. Sir Toby, in Twelfth Night 2.... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 482 str.
...old plays ; and in Fletcher's tragedy, The Bloody Brothers, 3. 2, they occur in the following form : Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing, three parts in a string, All under the triple tree. Sir Toby, in Twelfth Night 2.... | |
 | 1924 - 692 str.
...when she pleases to palter, Instead of his Wages, she gives him a Halter. (Sung by all the rogues.) Three merry boys, and three merry boys, and three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string, under the gallows-tree. The words of the Yeoman, or Page, are... | |
 | 1924 - 660 str.
...when she pleases to palter, Instead of his Wages, she gives him a Halter. (Sung by all the rogues.) Three merry boys, and three merry boys, and three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string, under the gallows-tree. The words of the Yeoman, or Page, are... | |
 | Laura (Riding) Jackson, Robert Graves - 1928 - 200 str.
...lands, sine riches'; and the catch: 'The Wise Men were but seven, ne'er more shall be for me. The Muses were but nine, the Worthies three times three, And three merry boys, and three merry boys are we.' Between Mr. Ault's period (1558-1603) and Mr. Massingham's period (1600-1700) there is only... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1897 - 592 str.
...shops were thick, all at once there came up an uproarious din of men's voices, singing together: " Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string Beneath the gallows-tree 1 " And before the bandy-legged man could... | |
 | William Lawes - 2002 - 242 str.
...34. The wise men were but sev'n 1. The wise men were but sev'n, ne'er more shall be for me. The Muses were but nine, the worthies three times three. And...and three merry boys, and three merry boys are we. 2. The virtues they were seven, and three the greater be; The Caesars they were twelve, and the fatal... | |
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