The Ballads of Scotland, Volume 2William Edmondstoune Aytoun W. Blackwood and sons, 1859 - Ballads, English |
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... hame , And their hats were o ' the birk . It neither grew in syke nor ditch , Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o ' Paradise , That birk grew fair eneugh . " And so they remain till morning , seemingly living men , with the ...
... hame , And their hats were o ' the birk . It neither grew in syke nor ditch , Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o ' Paradise , That birk grew fair eneugh . " And so they remain till morning , seemingly living men , with the ...
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... hame to the King be William Brounhill , quhilk cost in Flandris xlv s . gret ; and giffin tharfor , vj li . xv d . Item the xvij day of September , to the crukit vicar of Drumfreis , that sang to the King in Lochmabane , be the Kingis ...
... hame to the King be William Brounhill , quhilk cost in Flandris xlv s . gret ; and giffin tharfor , vj li . xv d . Item the xvij day of September , to the crukit vicar of Drumfreis , that sang to the King in Lochmabane , be the Kingis ...
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... . I. " To Noroway , to Noroway , To Noroway o'er the faem ; The King's daughter of Noroway , ' Tis thou maun bring her hame . " Cust , 2,291 This certainly gives some countenance to the idea that the SIR PATRICK SPENS.
... . I. " To Noroway , to Noroway , To Noroway o'er the faem ; The King's daughter of Noroway , ' Tis thou maun bring her hame . " Cust , 2,291 This certainly gives some countenance to the idea that the SIR PATRICK SPENS.
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... thou maun tak ' her hame . " 5 The first line that Sir Patrick read , w A loud laugh laughed he , The next line that Sir Patrick read , The tear blinded his e'e . new X " O wha is this has done this deed , SIR PATRICK SPENS . 3.
... thou maun tak ' her hame . " 5 The first line that Sir Patrick read , w A loud laugh laughed he , The next line that Sir Patrick read , The tear blinded his e'e . new X " O wha is this has done this deed , SIR PATRICK SPENS . 3.
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... hame- I wad hae ta'en out your heart of flesh , Put in a heart o ' stane ! " Had I but had the wit yestreen That I hae coft this day , I'd hae paid my kane seven times to hell , Ere you'd been won away ! " THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN . THIS ...
... hame- I wad hae ta'en out your heart of flesh , Put in a heart o ' stane ! " Had I but had the wit yestreen That I hae coft this day , I'd hae paid my kane seven times to hell , Ere you'd been won away ! " THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN . THIS ...
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Page 113 - THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. They hadna...
Page lii - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Page 40 - He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 39 - So thick beset with thorns and briers? That is the path of righteousness, Though after it but few enquires. 'And see ye not that braid braid road. That lies across that lily leven? That is the path of wickedness. Though some call it the road to heaven, 'And see ye not that bonny road That winds about the fernie brae?
Page 214 - And a harried man I think I be ! " There's naething left at the fair Dodhead, " But a waefu
Page 42 - O that I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, 'Haste and come to me!
Page 4 - They hoysed their sails on Monenday morn, Wi' a' the speed they may ; They hae landed in Noroway, Upon a Wodensday. They hadna been a week, a week, In Noroway, but twae, When that the lords o' Noroway Began aloud to say, — 'Ye Scottishmen spend a' our King's goud, And a
Page 50 - Then up and gat the seventh o' them, And never a word spake he ; But he has striped his bright brown brand Out through Clerk Saunders