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	In 1922 [[John Murray]]'s edition, this note is: ''The scene of this ancient fight, recorded by Froissart, is still called "Altura de los Inglesos." Five hundred years later Wellington's soldiers were fighting on teh same ground. ''		In 1922 [[John Murray]]'s edition, this note is: ''The scene of this ancient fight, recorded by Froissart, is still called "Altura de los Inglesos." Five hundred years later Wellington's soldiers were fighting on teh same ground. ''


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	Say, what saw you on the hill,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	Garcia, the herdsman?~~<br />~~		Say, what saw you on the hill,
	"I saw my brindled heifer there,~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman?
	A trail of bowmen, spent and bare~~<br />~~		"I saw my brindled heifer there,
	A little man on a roan mare~~<br />~~		A trail of bowmen, spent and bare
	And a tattered flag before them."~~<br /><br />~~		A little man on a roan mare
			And a tattered flag before them."

	Say, what saw you in the vale,~~<br />~~		Say, what saw you in the vale,
	Garcia, the herdsman ?~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman ?
	"There I saw my lambing ewe,~~<br />~~		"There I saw my lambing ewe,
	And an army riding through,~~<br />~~		And an army riding through,
	Thick and brave the pennons flew~~<br />~~		Thick and brave the pennons flew
	From the lance-heads o'er them."~~<br /><br />~~		From the lance-heads o'er them."

	Say, what saw you on the hill,~~<br />~~		Say, what saw you on the hill,
	Garcia, the herdsman?~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman?
	"I saw beside the milking byre,~~<br />~~		"I saw beside the milking byre,
	White with want and black with mire,~~<br />~~		White with want and black with mire,
	A little man with face afire~~<br />~~		A little man with face afire
	Marshalling his bowmen."~~<br /><br />~~		Marshalling his bowmen."

	Say, what saw you in the vale,~~<br />~~		Say, what saw you in the vale,
	Garcia, the herdsman?~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman?
	"There I saw my bullocks twain~~<br />~~		"There I saw my bullocks twain
	And the hardy men of Spain~~<br />~~		And the hardy men of Spain
	With bloody heel and slackened rein,~~<br />~~		With bloody heel and slackened rein,
	Closing on their foemen."~~<br /><br />~~		Closing on their foemen."

	Nay, but there is more to tell,~~<br />~~		Nay, but there is more to tell,
	Garcia, the herdsman.~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman.
	"More I might not bide to view,~~<br />~~		"More I might not bide to view,
	I had other things to do,~~<br />~~		I had other things to do,
	Tending on the lambing ewe,~~<br />~~		Tending on the lambing ewe,
	Down among the clover."~~<br /><br />~~		Down among the clover."

	Prithee tell me what you heard,~~<br />~~		Prithee tell me what you heard,
	Garcia, the herdsman?~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman?
	"Shouting from the mountain side,~~<br />~~		"Shouting from the mountain side,
	Shouting until eventide,~~<br />~~		Shouting until eventide,
	But it dwindled and it died~~<br />~~		But it dwindled and it died
	Ere milking time was over."~~<br /><br />~~		Ere milking time was over."

	Ah, but saw you nothing more,~~<br />~~		Ah, but saw you nothing more,
	Garcia, the herdsman?~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman?
	"Yes, I saw them lying there,~~<br />~~		"Yes, I saw them lying there,
	The little man and roan mare,~~<br />~~		The little man and roan mare,
	And in their ranks the bowmen bare~~<br />~~		And in their ranks the bowmen bare
	With their staves before them."~~<br /><br />~~		With their staves before them."

	And the hardy men of Spain,~~<br />~~		And the hardy men of Spain,
	Garcia, the herdsman?~~<br />~~		Garcia, the herdsman?
	"Hush, but we are Spanish too,~~<br />~~		"Hush, but we are Spanish too,
	More I may not say to you,~~<br />~~		More I may not say to you,
	May God's benison, like dew,~~<br />~~		May God's benison, like dew,
	Gently settle o'er them."		Gently settle o'er them."
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 23:42, 9 January 2021

2021-01-09T23:42:58Z

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''A Forgotten Tale'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the [[Scribner's Magazine]] in january 1895.

In the [[Scribner's Magazine]], a little note says: ''There still remains in one of the valleys of the Cantabrian mountains in northern Spain a small hill called "Colla de los Inglesos." It marks the spot.where three hundred bowmen of the Ulack Prince's - army were surrounded hy several thousand Spanish cavalry, and after a long and gallant resistance, were entirely destroyed.''

In 1922 [[John Murray]]'s edition, this note is: ''The scene of this ancient fight, recorded by Froissart, is still called "Altura de los Inglesos." Five hundred years later Wellington's soldiers were fighting on teh same ground. ''

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[Scribner's Magazine]]'' (january 1895 [UK]) 2 illustrations by [[Howard Pyle]]
* in ''[[Current Literature]]'' (march 1895 [US])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (august 1898, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] [US])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1898, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1918-1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (1922-1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)]]'' (25 october 1922 [CA]) ''Only the first 3 strophes''

== Illustrations ==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="250px" caption="Illustration by [[Howard Pyle]] in [[Scribner's Magazine]] (january 1895)">
File:scribner-s-magazine-1895-01-a-forgotten-tale-p16-illu.jpg|
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</gallery>

== A Forgotten Tale ==
[[File:scribner-s-magazine-1895-01-a-forgotten-tale-p16.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Scribner's Magazine]] (january 1895, p. 16)]]
[[File:scribner-s-magazine-1895-01-a-forgotten-tale-p17.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Scribner's Magazine]] (january 1895, p. 17)]]
[[File:scribner-s-magazine-1895-01-a-forgotten-tale-p18.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Scribner's Magazine]] (january 1895, p. 18)]]
[[File:scribner-s-magazine-1895-01-a-forgotten-tale-p19.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Scribner's Magazine]] (january 1895, p. 19)]]

''[The scene of this ancient fight, recorded by Froissart, is still called 'Altura de los Inglesos.' Five hundred years later Wellington's soldiers were fighting on the same ground.]''

Say, what saw you on the hill, 
Garcia, the herdsman? 
"I saw my brindled heifer there, 
A trail of bowmen, spent and bare 
A little man on a roan mare 
And a tattered flag before them." 

Say, what saw you in the vale, 
Garcia, the herdsman ? 
"There I saw my lambing ewe, 
And an army riding through, 
Thick and brave the pennons flew 
From the lance-heads o'er them." 

Say, what saw you on the hill, 
Garcia, the herdsman? 
"I saw beside the milking byre, 
White with want and black with mire, 
A little man with face afire 
Marshalling his bowmen." 

Say, what saw you in the vale, 
Garcia, the herdsman? 
"There I saw my bullocks twain 
And the hardy men of Spain 
With bloody heel and slackened rein, 
Closing on their foemen." 

Nay, but there is more to tell, 
Garcia, the herdsman. 
"More I might not bide to view, 
I had other things to do, 
Tending on the lambing ewe, 
Down among the clover." 

Prithee tell me what you heard, 
Garcia, the herdsman? 
"Shouting from the mountain side, 
Shouting until eventide, 
But it dwindled and it died 
Ere milking time was over." 

Ah, but saw you nothing more, 
Garcia, the herdsman? 
"Yes, I saw them lying there, 
The little man and roan mare, 
And in their ranks the bowmen bare 
With their staves before them." 

And the hardy men of Spain, 
Garcia, the herdsman? 
"Hush, but we are Spanish too, 
More I may not say to you, 
May God's benison, like dew, 
Gently settle o'er them."

== More sources ==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="400px" caption="[[Current Literature]] (march 1895)">
File:current-literature-1895-03-a-forgotten-tale-p198.jpg|p. 198
</gallery>

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* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]

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