 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, " Nor fishes in the flood, " Till my three sons come hame to me,..." In earthly flesh and blood !" It fell about the Martinmass, Whan nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats... | |
 | Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, " Nor fishes in the flood, " Till my three sons come hame to me,...carline wife's three sons came 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,... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, " Nor fishes in the flood, " Till my three sons come hame to me,...carline wife's three sons came 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,... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. *' I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fishes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! 121 It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...came to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fishes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! Q It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,t Nor fishes? in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me,...carline wife's three sons came 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.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1833 - 386 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,1 Nor fishes2 in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and hlood!"— * It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sous... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,' Nor fishes ' in the flood, Till my three sons come hanie to me, In earthly flesh and blood ! " — It fell...carline wife's three sons came 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,... | |
 | Richard John King - Fairies - 1840 - 124 pages
...about wi' gillyflowers; I wot sweet company for to see!" and again in "The Wife of Usher's Well"— " It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk; The Carline wife's three sons came harm: And their hats were o" the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,t Nor fishesS in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me,...carline wife's three sons came 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,... | |
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When word came to the carline wife That her sons she'd never see. "I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood!" It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The... 
