{"product_id":"2940149577125","title":"Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 2 (of 4) (Illustrated)","description":"True Thomas lay o'er yon grassy bank;\u003cbr\u003eAnd he beheld a lady gay;\u003cbr\u003eA lady that was brisk and bold,\u003cbr\u003eCome riding o'er the ferny brae.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer shirt was o' the grass-green silk,\u003cbr\u003eHer mantle o' the velvet fine;\u003cbr\u003eAt ilka tett of her horse's mane,\u003cbr\u003eHung fifty silver bells and nine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrue Thomas, he took off his hat,\u003cbr\u003eAnd bowed him low down till his knee:\u003cbr\u003e\"All hail, thou mighty Queen of Heaven!\u003cbr\u003eFor your peer on earth I never did see.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"O no, O no, True Thomas,\" she says,\u003cbr\u003e\"That name does not belong to me;\u003cbr\u003eI am but the Queen of fair Elfland,\u003cbr\u003eAnd I am come here for to visit thee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(tett, tuft.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harp and carp, Thomas,\" she said;\u003cbr\u003e\"Harp and carp along wi' me;\u003cbr\u003eAnd if ye dare to kiss my lips,\u003cbr\u003eSure of your body I will be.\"—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 0037m \u003cbr\u003eOriginal\u003cbr\u003e\"Betide me weal, betide me woe,\u003cbr\u003eThat weird shall never daunton me.\"\u003cbr\u003eSyne he has kissed her rosy lips,\u003cbr\u003eAll underneath the Eildon Tree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But ye maun go wi' me, now, Thomas;\u003cbr\u003eTrue Thomas, ye maun go wi' me;\u003cbr\u003eFor ye maun serve me seven years,\u003cbr\u003eThro' weal or woe as may chance to be,\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Harp and carp, chat.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe turned about her milk-white steed;\u003cbr\u003eAnd took true Thomas up behind:\u003cbr\u003eAnd aye, whene'er her bridle rang,\u003cbr\u003eThe steed flew swifter than the wind.\u003cbr\u003eFor forty days and forty nights\u003cbr\u003eHe wade thro' red blude to the knee,\u003cbr\u003eAnd he saw neither sun nor moon,\u003cbr\u003eBut heard the roaring of the sea.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079682048240,"sku":"2940149577125","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149577125_p0.jpg?v=1763719987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149577125","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}