"O Waken, Waken, Burd Isbel," 1919, illustrated by Arthur Rackham
This is Child Ballad 53, from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, which were collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century, and are now called the Child Ballads.
Spring Break Progress Report: All four ceiling fans have been dusted in between much dreaming. But I wonder if I really should get up today if a little man all dressed in red with two little horns comes to summon me like this?? Maybe not. Not quite yet.
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