 The lasses o1 the Canongate, Oh, they are wondrous nice : They winna gie a single kiss, But for a double price. " Gar hang them, gar hang them, Hie upon a tree ; For we '11 get better up the gate, For a bawbee ! " Most picturesque of all the figures to...  Traditions of Edinburgh - Page 275by Robert Chambers - 1847 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...their emendations are here relected.] THE LASSES O' THE CANNOGATE. The lasses o' the Cannogate, O, they are wond'rous nice, They winna gie a single kiss,...But for a double price Gar hang them, gar hang them Heich upon a tree, For we'll get better up the gate, For a bawbee. [" This seems to be a Satire on... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliography - 1838 - 742 pages
...and crackers against them I The following is in the most racy style of Scotch ballad-poetry : — " The lasses o' the Canongate, Oh, they are wondrous...for a double price. Gar hang them, gar hang them, (I it'll upon a tree ; For we'll get better up the gate, For a bawbee." I am indebted to the delightful... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliography - 1838 - 796 pages
...and crackers against them I The following is in the most racy style of Scotch ballad-poetry : — " The lasses o' the Canongate, Oh, they are wondrous...gie a single kiss, But for a double price. Gar hang thcin, gar hang them, Hich upon a tree ; For we'll get better up the gate, For a bawbee." I am indebted... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - 1873 - 270 pages
...sea-shore, he would strike up on his bagpipes the old air that goes to " The lasses o" the Canongate, O they are wondrous nice ! They winna gie a single kiss But for a double price." The Highlander reached Edinburgh safely rather late in the evening of his second day's journey. He... | |
 | Helen Hunt Jackson - Literary Criticism - 1886 - 436 pages
...of it would have quoted with hearty good-will the old ballad, — " The lassies o' the Cannongate, Oh, they are wondrous nice : They winna gie a single...for a double price. " Gar hang them, gar hang them, Hie upon a tree ; For we '11 get better up the gate, For a bawbee ! " Most picturesque of all the figures... | |
 | Helen Hunt Jackson - Europe - 1887 - 436 pages
...of it would have quoted with hearty good- will the old ballad, — " The lassies o' the Cannongate, Oh, they are wondrous nice : They winna gie a single...for a double price. " Gar hang them, gar hang them, Hie upon a tree ; For we '11 get better up the gate, For a bawbee ! " Most picturesque of all the figures... | |
 | Hugh Johnston - Europe - 1913 - 210 pages
...wealth, rank and fashion, beauty and power. Ferguson, in his "Satire on Court Ladies," says. The lassies o' the Canongate, Oh! they are wondrous nice, They winna gie a single kiss But for a double price. Now it is one of the most squalid and execrable of streets, full of all vile smells and odious sights.... | |
 | 1883 - 1028 pages
...of it would have quoted with hearty good will the old ballad,— " The Insocs o' the Canongate, Ob, they are wondrous nice : They winna gie a single kiss,...for a double price. " Gar hang them, gar hang them. Hie upon a tree ; For we 'II get better up the gate, For a bawbee! " Most picturesque of all the figures... | |
 | American essays - 1883 - 894 pages
...they had ever heard of it would have quoted with hearty good will the old ballad, — " The lasses o1 the Canongate, Oh, they are wondrous nice : They winna...for a double price. " Gar hang them, gar hang them, Hie upon a tree ; For we '11 get better up the gate, For a bawbee ! " Most picturesque of all the figures... | |
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