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No. 19. Blow away the Morning Dew

This is a shortened form of “The Baffled Knight, or Lady’s Policy” (Percy’s [[Reliques]]). The words beginning “Yonder comes a courteous knight” are preserved in ''Deuteromelia'', 1609, and in ''Pills to Purge Melancholy'' (volume iii, p. 37, ed. 1719). A tune to which this ballad was once sung is to be found in Rimbault’s ''Music to Reliques of Ancient Poetry''. See also “Blow the winds I ho!” in Bell’s ''Ballads of the English Peasantry'', and “Blow away ye mountain breezes,” in Baring-Gould’s ''Songs of the West'' (No. 25, 2d ed.).

A Scottish version of the words, “Jock Sheep,” is given in ''The Ballad Book'' (Kinloch and Goldsmid, p. 10); and another, “The Abashed Knight,” in Buchan’s ''Ancient Ballads and Songs'' (volume ii, p. 131). For other versions, see Child’s collection. I have secured thirteen variants, one of which was used as a Capstan Chantey.

Cecil Sharp's Note 19 (1916) - Revision history

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