1729
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From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
22
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From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
458
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From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
461
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From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
613
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From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
783
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From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
in addition
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
balladnounUS /ˈbæləd/
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
bonnyadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːni/
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
BroomnounUS /bruːm/
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
broome
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From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
Chappell's
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From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
Countrey
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From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
Cowden
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From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
Cowdenknows
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From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
dadyes
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From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
DublinnounUS /ˈdʌblɪn/
capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
ewesnounUS /juːz/
plural of “ewe” — a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
FainadjectiveUS /feɪn/
having made preparations
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
set up or found
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
Knowes
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From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
MiscellanynounUS /ˈmɪsəleɪni/
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
modifiedadjectiveUS /ˈmɑːdəfaɪd/
changed in form or character
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
pp
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From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
remarkablyadverbUS /rɪˈmɑːrkəbli/
to a remarkable degree or extent
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
Tea-Table
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From this reading ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ a “new” song, in the Tea-Table Miscellany, p.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 22, Dublin, 1729, has the burden not greatly changed; also #G#, #L#, #M#, of this ballad.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
tunenounUS /tuːn/
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
variouslyadverbUS /ˈveriəsli/
in diverse ways
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tune was remarkably popular, and the burden is found, variously modified, in connection with several songs: see Chappell’s Popular Music, pp. 458–461, 613, 783.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With, O the broome, the bonny broome, The broome of Cowden Knowes!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Fain would I be in the North Countrey, To milk my dadyes ewes.
