What Is Written On Page 123?

Image : - "The Golden Treasury of Verse" - Palgrave

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I have been meme tagged by Silly Humans

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• The rules:-
• Find the nearest book.-
• Name the book and the author.-
• Turn to page 123.-
• Go to the fifth sentence on the page.-
• Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog.-
• Tag three more folks.

Ok, the book is "The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language" selected and arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave.

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Page 123 has the second half of "Willy Drowned In Yarrow" by anonymous.

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The fifth sentence is: -

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'O came ye by you water-side?'

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and the rest of the verse is -

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'Po'd you the rose or the lily?

Or came you by yon meadow green,

Or saw you my sweet Willie?'

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(and get your minds out of the gutter as Willie is the child's name. Tsk Tsk.. )

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The complete poem for anyone who might be remotely interested is here.

Now I will tag anyone who would like to continue this meme. A link back to me, of course, will always be appreciated but not compulsory. :)

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