Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	life_n	soul_n	23,154	5	5.3621	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00762	A lamentable new ditty, made vpon the death of a worthy gentleman, named George Stoole, dwelling sometime on Gate-side Moore, and sometime at New-castle in Northumberland: with his penitent end. To a delicate Scottish tune.		1630 (1630)	STC 23291; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.7[186]	1,341	1

A lamentable new Ditty made vpon the death of a worthy Gentleman named George Stoole dwelling sometime on Gate-side Moore and sometime at New-castle in Northumberland with his penitent end To a delicate Scottish Tune COme you lusty Northerne Lads that are so blith and bonny Prepare your hearts to be full sad to heare the end of Georgy Heigh ho Heigh-ho my bony loue Heigh-ho heigh ho my honny Heigh-ho Heigh-ho my owne deare loue and God be with my Georgie When Georgie to his triall came a thousand hearts were sorry A thousand Lasses wept full sore and all for loue of Georgy Heigh-ho heigh-ho my bony Loue heigho c. Some did say he would escape some at his fall did glory But these wers Clownes and fickle friends and none that loued Georgy Heigh-ho c. Might friends haue satisfide the Law then Gorgie would find many Yet brauely did he plead for life if mercy might be any Heigh-ho c. But when this doughty Carle was cast he was full sad and sorry Yet boldly did he take his death so patiently dyde Georgie Heigh-ho c. As Georgie went vp to the Gate He tooke his leaue of many He tooke his leaue of his Lards wife whom ho lou'd best of any Heigh-ho c. With thousand sighs and heauy looks away from thence he parted Where he so often blith had béene though now so heauy hearted Heigh-ho c. He writ a Letter with his owne hand he thought he writ it brauely He sent it to New-castle Towne to his beloued Lady Heigh-ho c. Wherein he did at large bewaile the occasion of his folly Bequeathing life vnto the Law his soule to heauen holy Heigh-ho c. Why Lady leaue to weepe for me let not my ending grieue ye Proue costant to the ney yon loue for I cannot reléeue yee Heigh-ho c. Out vpon the Withrington and fie vpon the Phoenix Thou hast out downe the doughty one that stole the shéepe from Anix The second part To the same tune ANd sie on all such cruell Carles whose crueltie's so fickle To cast away a Gentleman in hatred for so little Heigh-ho heigh-ho my bonny Loue heigh-ho c. I would I were on yonder Hill where I haue beene full merry My sword and buckeler by my side to fight till I be weary Heigh-ho c. They well should know that tooke mee first though whoops be now forsaken Had I but freedome armes and health I 'de dye are I 'de be taken Heigh-ho c. But Law comdemns me to my graue they haue me in their power Ther 's none but Christ that can mee saue at this my dying houre Heigh-ho c. He call'd his dearest loue to him when as his heart wae sorry And speaking thus with manly heart Deare sweeting pray for Georgie Heigh-ho c. He gaue to her a piece of gold and bade her giue 't her Barnes And oft he kist her rosie lips and laid him into her armes Heigh-ho c. And comming to the place of death he neuer changed colour The more they thought he would looks pale the more his veines were fuller Heigh-ho c. And with a cheerefull countenance being at that time entreated For to confesse his former life these-words he straight repeated Heigh-ho c. I neuer stole no Oxe nor Cow nor neuer murdered any But fifty Horse I did receiue of a Merchants man of Gory Heigh-ho c. For which I am condemn'd to dye though guiltlesse I stand dying Deare gracious God my soule receiue for now my life is flying Heigh-ho c. The man of death a part did act which grieues mee tell the story God comfort all are comfortlesse and did so well as Georgie Heigh-ho Heigh-ho my bonny Loue heigh-ho heigh-my bonny Heigh-ho heigh-ho mine owne true lou sweet Christ receiue my Georgie FINIS At London printed for H. Gosson