 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...could you kill that noble lord ? " He came to marry thee." " Come down, come down, my bonny birds " And eat bread aff my hand ! .' ' *' Your cage shall be of wiry go ml, " Whar now it's but the wand." " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, " And I will keep my tree... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 pages
...bonny bird, Sat high upon a tree, — " How could you kill that noble lord ? "He came to marry thee." " Come down, come down, my bonny bird, " And eat bread...shall be of wiry goud, " Whar now it's but the wand." " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, " And I will keep my tree ; " As ye hae done to Lord William, "... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...noble lord ? He came to marry thee." — " Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread nil' my hand ! Your cage shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand. — " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree : As ye hac done to Lord William, Sae... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...bird, Sat high upon a tree, — "How could you kill that noble lord ? He came to marry tbee." — " Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread...shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand." — " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree ; As ye hae done to Lord William, Sae... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...noble lord J He came to marry ihce." — " Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread affmy hand! Your cage shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand. — " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree i As ye hae done to Lord William, Sae... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1857 - 434 pages
...bird, Sat high upon a tree, — " How could you kill that noble lord ? He came to marry thee." — " Come down, come down, my bonny bird. And eat bread...shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand." — " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree ; As ye hae done to Lord William, Sae... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 438 pages
...bird. Sat high ulwn a tree, — " How could you kill that noble lord ? He came to marry thee." — .• Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread...shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand." — " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree ; As ye hae done to Lord William, Sae... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1857 - 438 pages
...bird, Sat high upon a tree, — " How could you kill that noble lord ? He came to marry thee." — " Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread aff my hand ! Your cage shall be of wiry gond, Whar now it's but the wand." — " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree ;... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 430 pages
...bird, Sat high upon a tree, — " How could you kill that noble lord ? He came to marry thee." — " Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread...shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand." — " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree ; As ye hae done to Lord William, Sae... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 432 pages
...bird, Sat high upon a tree,— " How could you kill that noble lord ? He came to marry thee."— " Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread...shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand."— " Keep ye your cage o' goud, lady, And I will keep my tree; As ye hue done to Lord William, Sao wad... | |
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Come down, come down, my bonny bird, And eat bread aff my hand ! Your cage shall be of wiry goud, Whar now it's but the wand. 
