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" O that I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says,  "
Ballad Book - Page 201
edited by - 1890 - 230 pages
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Popular Ballads and Songs: From Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce ..., Volume 1

Robert Jamieson - Ballads, Danish - 1806 - 390 pages
...I were where Helen lies On fair Kirkconnel-lee! FAIR HELEN or KIRKCONNEL-LEE. BY THE EDITOR. I WISH I were where Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries; O, gin I were where Helen lies, In fair Kirkconnel-lee! Tho' past five years o' heavy care Sin' she...
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...green, A winding sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; And I am weary of the skies, For her sake that died for me. HUGHIE THE GRAEME. 1 HE Graemes, as we...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: consisting of historical and romantic ...

Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...do him save that's near his" grave, And dies for love of thcc. 328 FAIR HELEN. FART SECOND. I WISH I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnel Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,...
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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
...have, And do him save that's near his grave, And dies for love of then. FAIB HELEV. PART SECOND. I WISH I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,...
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Rambles in Northumberland and on the Scottish Border ... By S. Oliver, etc

William Andrew Chatto, Stephen OLIVER (the Younger, pseud. [i.e. William Andrew Chatto.]) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1835 - 368 pages
...Kirk-Connel, Fleming is thus represented expressing his grief and describes her hapless fate : — " I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirk-Connel Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,...
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The songs of England and Scotland

England - 1835 - 794 pages
...long song and a good song. It was first published by Allan Kamuy.] KAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNEL. 1 wish I were where Helen lies — Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnel lea. O Helen fair beyond compare, I'll make a garland...
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Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Volume 3

Railroad engineering - 1835 - 436 pages
...some pity haw. And do him save that's near hi« grave, And died for love of thee. PART SKCOND. 1 WISH I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; О that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee! Curst be the heart that thought the though:,...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...some pity have, And do* him save that's near his grave, And dies for love of thee. PART SECOND. I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,...
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The Greenwich Pensioners

Hatchway (lieut, R.N., pseud.) - 1838 - 922 pages
...clos'd for ay the sparkling glance, That dwelt on me sae kindly." — BURNS. • • • Oh ! that I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries, Oat "• my bed she bids me rise . O come, my love, to me. ANONYMOUS. " I COULD no longer disguise...
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The Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...with thec I would be blest, Where thou ly'st low, and tak'at thy rest On fair Kirkconnell lea. 1 with raptures, I sit and count my sine by chapters : For l ; I'm sick of all beneath the skies, Since my love died for me." Fair Helen of Kirkconnell belongs...
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