George Borrow

“ In such peril through the forest they ride.
“My dearest, my dearest, be not dismay’d,
All underneath a green hill’s side,
Thou back canst walk with thy husband’s aid.”
In such peril through the forest they ride. ”

“ Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email [email protected]. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was made.
THE DALBY BEAR
and other ballads by
GEORGE BORROW
London:
printed for private circulation
1913
p. 5THE DALBY BEAR
There goes a bear on Dalby moors,
Oxen and horses he devours.
The peasants are in deep distress
The laidly bear should them oppress.
Their heads together at length they lay,
How they the bear might seize and slay. ”