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" For if my father and mother got wit, " And my bold brethren three, " O mickle wad be the gude red blude " This day wad be spilt for me ! " O little did my mother ken, " The day she cradled me, " The lands I was to travel in, " Or the death I was to die... "
Story of a sin, by the author of 'Comin' thro' the rye - Page 109
by Helen Buckingham Mathers - 1882
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 3

Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...mickle wad be the gude red blude, /' This day wad be spilt for me ! • " O little did my mother ken, " The day she cradled me, " The lands I was to travel in, " Or the death I was to die !" NOTES ON THE QUEEN'S MARIE. When she cam to the Netherbow port. — P. 93. v. 1. The Netherbow...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and ..., Volume 3

Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...O mickle wad be the gude red blude " This day wad be spilt for me ! " O little did my mother ken, " The day she cradled me, " The lands I was to travel in, " Or the death I was to die !" NOTES ON THE QUEEN'S MARIE. When the came to the Netherbow port. — P. 95. v. 1. The Netherbow...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: consisting of historical and ..., Volume 3

Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...O mickle wad be the gude red blude " This day wad be spilt for me ! " O little did my mother ken, " The day she cradled me, " The lands I was to travel in, " Or the death I was to die P NOTES THE QUEEN'S MARIE. When she came to the Netherlow jtort. — P. 95. v. 1. The Netherbow...
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Tales of a pilgrim, by the author of 'A summer ramble in the North Highlands'.

Alexander Sutherland (author of Tales of a pilgrim.) - 1827 - 420 pages
...with saintly tranquillity. She THE MARINERS. O little did my mother ken, The day she cradled me, Of the lands I was to travel in, Or the death I was to die. THE QUEEN'S MARIE. EVERY village has its tale of sorrow ; every tombstone its melancholy legend...
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Tales of a Pilgrim

Alexander Sutherland, Pilgrim - 1827 - 408 pages
...he slew." THE MARINERS. is *' THE MARINERS. O little did my mother ken, The day she cradled me, Of the lands I was to travel in, Or the death I was to die. THE QUEEN'S MARIE. EVERY village has its tale of sorrow ; every tombstone its melancholy legend...
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The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...O mickle wad he the gude red blude This day wad be spilt for me ! "O little did my mother ken, That day she cradled me, The lands I was to travel in. Or the death I was to die! THE BONNY HYND. From Mr. HEUD'S MS., where the following Note it prefixed to it—" Copied from...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...mickle wad be the gude red blude This day wad be spilt for me ! " 0 little did my mother ken, That day she cradled me, The lands I was to travel in, Or the death I was to die ! " WT the gold rlng« In her hair: > O where Is Ibe llltle babe,' the nyi, * That I heard greel...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...mickle wad he tin; cude red blude This day wad be spilt for me ! MO little did my mother ken, That day she cradled me. The lands I was to travel in. Or the death I was to die!" THE BONNY HYND. Fnm Mr. HERO'S MS., ickere the following Note it preAxtd to U-" Copied from the...
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English and Scottish Ballads: Book IV. Tragic Ballads (pt. 11-32). Book V ...

Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1857 - 430 pages
...mickle wad be the gude red blude This day wad be spilt for me ! iuo " O little did my mother ken, That day she cradled me, The lands I was to travel in, Or the death I was to die ! " MARY HAMILTON. From Motherwell's Mirutreliy, p. 311. " IN this set of the ballad, from its...
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English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 2

Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1857 - 810 pages
...mivklu wad be the gude red blude This day wad be spilt for me ! " 0 little did my mother ken, That day she cradled me, The lands I was to travel in, Or the death I was to die ! " From Motlierwell's Minstrelsy, p. 311. " lu this set of the ballad, from its direct allusion...
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