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Page ix
... hame Sum vther singis I wil be blyith and licht , My hert is lent apoun sa gudly wicht . ' " In the Thirteenth Prologue , allusion is made by Douglas to a song called ' The joly day now dawis , ' which we learn from Dunbar and others ...
... hame Sum vther singis I wil be blyith and licht , My hert is lent apoun sa gudly wicht . ' " In the Thirteenth Prologue , allusion is made by Douglas to a song called ' The joly day now dawis , ' which we learn from Dunbar and others ...
Page xvi
... hame the brok . The rost wes twche , sa wer thay bodin ; Syne gaid to gidder bayth , Jynny and Jok . * The wowing of Jok and Jynny ' - Lord Hailes observes , has by frequent publications , been much corrupted . Every publisher took the ...
... hame the brok . The rost wes twche , sa wer thay bodin ; Syne gaid to gidder bayth , Jynny and Jok . * The wowing of Jok and Jynny ' - Lord Hailes observes , has by frequent publications , been much corrupted . Every publisher took the ...
Page xxviii
... hame at een ' are all first - rate songs , of various descriptions , and nearly all of the same merit ; and no one knows who are their authors ! " their very names , " writes Burns ' , " ( O , how mortifying to a bard's vanity ! ) are ...
... hame at een ' are all first - rate songs , of various descriptions , and nearly all of the same merit ; and no one knows who are their authors ! " their very names , " writes Burns ' , " ( O , how mortifying to a bard's vanity ! ) are ...
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... HAME . When I hae a saxpence under my thumb , Then I'll get credit in ilka town : But ay when I'm poor they bid me gae by ; O ! poverty parts good company . Todlin hame , todlin hame , Coudna my love come todlin hame ? Fair fa ' the ...
... HAME . When I hae a saxpence under my thumb , Then I'll get credit in ilka town : But ay when I'm poor they bid me gae by ; O ! poverty parts good company . Todlin hame , todlin hame , Coudna my love come todlin hame ? Fair fa ' the ...
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... hame , todlin hame , As round as a neep come todlin hame . My kimmer and I lay doun to sleep , And twa pintstoups at our bed - feet ; And ay when we waken'd , we drank them dry : What think ye of wee kimmer and I ? Todlin but , and ...
... hame , todlin hame , As round as a neep come todlin hame . My kimmer and I lay doun to sleep , And twa pintstoups at our bed - feet ; And ay when we waken'd , we drank them dry : What think ye of wee kimmer and I ? Todlin but , and ...
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