 | Flodden, Battle of, 1513 - 1774 - 300 pages
...At harreft, at the fhearing, nae youngfters are jeering, The banfters are runkled, lyart, and grey. At a fair, or a preaching, nae wooing, nae fleeching, Since our braw forrefters are a' wede away. -16 ~ V. O dool for the order, fent our lads to the border: The Englifh... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...ilk maid sits dreary, lamenting her deary — The flowers of the forest are weded awae. Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day ; The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of... | |
 | Henry William Weber - Flodden feilde - 1808 - 434 pages
...ilk maid sits dreary, lamenting her deary — The flowers of the forest are weded awae. Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day ; The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of... | |
 | Henry William Weber - Flodden feilde - 1808 - 414 pages
...ilk maid sits dreary, lamenting her deary — The flowers of the. forest are weded awae. Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the border ! The English, for since, by guile wan the day ; The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...the hair is said to be grey. $ 1' leeching means nearly the same thing with coaxing; properly O dule for the order ! Sent our lads to the border ! The English for anes, by guile wan the day: The flow'rs of the forest Wha aye shone the foremost, The prime of the land lie cauld... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...ilk maid sits dreary, lamenting her dearie— The flowers of the forest are weded awae. Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the border! The English, for mice, by guile wan the day; The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost, • The prime... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...ilk maid sits dreary, lamenting her deary — The flowers of the forest are weded awae. Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the Border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day : The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of... | |
 | Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...maid sits dreary, lamenting her deary — The flowers of the forest are weded awae. • Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the Border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day : The flowers of the forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...ilk maid sits eerie, Lamenting her deary— The Flowers of the Forest Are a' wede away. Dool and wae for the order Sent our lads to the border! The English for ance By guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest That fought ay the foremost, The prime of our... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 378 pages
...ilk maid sits eerie, Lamenting her deary — The Flowers of the Forest Are a' wede away. Dool and wae for the order Sent our lads to the border ! The English for ance By guile wan the day ; The Flowers of the Forest That fought ay the foremost, The prime of our... | |
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Bout stacks wi' the lasses at bogle to play; But ilk ane sits drearie, lamenting her dearie — The Flowers of the Forest are weded away. Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the Border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day ; The Flowers... 
