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قراءة كتاب The Babes in the Wood May Bells Series
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اللغة: English
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house,
Where much of them he makes.
He had not kept these pretty babes
A twelvemonth and a day,
But, for their wealth, he did devise
To make them both away.
A twelvemonth and a day,
But, for their wealth, he did devise
To make them both away.
He bargained with two ruffians strong
Which were of furious mood,
That they should take these children young,
And slay them in a wood.
Which were of furious mood,
That they should take these children young,
And slay them in a wood.
He told his wife an artful tale:
He would the children send
To be brought up in fair London,
With one that was his friend.
He would the children send
To be brought up in fair London,
With one that was his friend.
Away then went those pretty babes,
Rejoicing at that tide,
Rejoicing with a merry mind,
They should on cock-horse ride.
Rejoicing at that tide,
Rejoicing with a merry mind,
They should on cock-horse ride.
They prate and prattle pleasantly,
As they rode on the way,
To those that should their butchers be,
And work their lives' decay.
As they rode on the way,
To those that should their butchers be,
And work their lives' decay.
So that the pretty speech they had,
Made murder's heart relent:
And they that undertook the deed,
Full sore did now repent.
Made murder's heart relent:
And they that undertook the deed,
Full sore did now repent.
Yet one of them, more hard of heart,
Did vow to do his charge,
Because the wretch that hired him,
Had paid him very large.
Did vow to do his charge,
Because the wretch that hired him,
Had paid him very large.
The other won't agree thereto,
So here they fall to strife;
With one another they did fight
About the children's life.
So here they fall to strife;
With one another they did fight
About the children's life.
And he that was of mildest mood,
Did slay the other there,
Within an unfrequented wood:
The babes did quake for fear.
Did slay the other there,
Within an unfrequented wood:
The babes did quake for fear.
He took the children by the hand,
Tears standing in their eye,
And bade them straightway follow him,
And look, they did not cry;
Tears standing in their eye,
And bade them straightway follow him,
And look, they did not cry;
And two long miles he led them on,
While they for food complain:
"Stay here," quoth he, "I'll bring you bread,
When I come back again."
While they for food complain:
"Stay here," quoth he, "I'll bring you bread,
When I come back again."
These pretty babes, with hand in hand
Went wandering up and down;
But never more could see the man
Approaching from the town.
Went wandering up and down;
But never more could see the man
Approaching from the town.
Thus wandered these poor innocents
Till death did end their grief,
In one another's arms they died,
Till death did end their grief,
In one another's arms they died,