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    Grimmer and Kamper, The End of Sivard Snarenswayne, and Other Ballads
    Grimmer and Kamper, The End of Sivard Snarenswayne, and Other Ballads
    Grimmer and Kamper, The End of Sivard Snarenswayne, and Other Ballads
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    Grimmer and Kamper, The End of Sivard Snarenswayne, and Other Ballads

    By George Henry Borrow and Thomas James Wise

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    LanguageEnglish
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    Release dateNov 25, 2013
    Grimmer and Kamper, The End of Sivard Snarenswayne, and Other Ballads

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      Grimmer and Kamper, The End of Sivard Snarenswayne, and Other Ballads - George Henry Borrow

      Grimmer and Kamper, by George Borrow

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      by Thomas J. Wise

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      Title: Grimmer and Kamper

      The End of Sivard Snarenswayne and other ballads

      Translator: George Borrow

      Editor: Thomas J. Wise

      Release Date: October 6, 2008 [eBook #26792]

      Language: English

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GRIMMER AND KAMPER***

      Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

      GRIMMER AND KAMPER

      the end of sivard snarenswayne

      and other ballads

      by

      GEORGE BORROW

      London:

      printed for private circulation

      1913

      Copyright in the United States of America

      by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter.

      GRIMMER AND KAMPER

      Grimmer walks upon the floor,

         Well can Grimmer wield his sword:

      "Give to me fair Ingeborg,

         For the sake of Christ our Lord."

      "Far too little art thou, lad,

         Thou about thee canst not hack;

      When thou comest ’mong other kemps,

         Ever do they drive thee back."

      "Not so little, Sire, am I,

         I myself full well can guard;

      When I fight with kempions I

         Gallantly can ply my sword."

      "Kamper dwells in Birting’s land,

         For a stalwart kemp he’s known;

      Thou shalt wed my daughter, if

         Thou to earth canst hew him down."

      Rage and grief his bosom filled,

         Grimmer through the door retires:

      What answer did my father give?

         Beauteous Ingeborg inquires.

      "Kamper dwells in

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