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... grave , His race is his run , game is up , I'd with him breakfast , dine and fup ; But fince he chufes to withdraw , Good night t'ye Mounfeer Nong tong paw . A GLASS IS GOOD , AND A LASS IS GOOD . A GLASS is good , and a lafs is good ...
... grave , His race is his run , game is up , I'd with him breakfast , dine and fup ; But fince he chufes to withdraw , Good night t'ye Mounfeer Nong tong paw . A GLASS IS GOOD , AND A LASS IS GOOD . A GLASS is good , and a lafs is good ...
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... ! And the favages , Dick , both kill'd and eat , And poor Meg she was forc'd to take Jerry : Death again flood her friend , for kill'd in a fray , chanc'd to pop in ; He also the grave So now with my fong I fhall foon do away B 3 21.
... ! And the favages , Dick , both kill'd and eat , And poor Meg she was forc'd to take Jerry : Death again flood her friend , for kill'd in a fray , chanc'd to pop in ; He also the grave So now with my fong I fhall foon do away B 3 21.
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... , down fhe goes , Quickly mann all our boats , they no longer are foes , To fnatch a brave fellow from a watʼry grave , Is worthy a Briton who conquers to fave . YOU GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND . you YOU gentlemen of England 54.
... , down fhe goes , Quickly mann all our boats , they no longer are foes , To fnatch a brave fellow from a watʼry grave , Is worthy a Briton who conquers to fave . YOU GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND . you YOU gentlemen of England 54.
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... grave , Little orphans are fister and 1 , sadly poor , Industry our wealth , and no dwelling we have , But yon neat little cottage that fands on the moor . The lark's early fong does to labour invite , Contented we just keep the wolf ...
... grave , Little orphans are fister and 1 , sadly poor , Industry our wealth , and no dwelling we have , But yon neat little cottage that fands on the moor . The lark's early fong does to labour invite , Contented we just keep the wolf ...
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... grave , And deck his corpfe with flowers o'er . I'd ever watch his mould'ring clay , And pray for his eternal reft , When time his form has worn away , His duft I'd place within my breast . While thus fhe mourn'd her Lubin loft , And ...
... grave , And deck his corpfe with flowers o'er . I'd ever watch his mould'ring clay , And pray for his eternal reft , When time his form has worn away , His duft I'd place within my breast . While thus fhe mourn'd her Lubin loft , And ...
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adieu againſt amang BEGONE DULL CARE blaw bleft boatie rows bofom bonny boys brave breaſt burgoo call'd canna cry'd cuif dear diderum e'er ev'ry fafe faft faid failor fair feven fhall fhip fhore fhould figh figh'd fince fing firſt fome fomebody fong foon forrow foul frae freſh ftill fuch fung fure fweet fweetly fyren Gaffer Gray Gin a body glaſs Ground ivy Habakkuk heart honeft iſland Jenny dang Jenny's Bawbee Kilkenny lafs laft laſt liften live lo'e loft lullaby mafter merry ton'd horn Mofes Nancy ne'er never night o'er Patrick O'Neal Pentland Firth pleaſure Robin Gray rofe round Sally Samfon Savourna ſay ſee ſhall ſhe Sing megan oh Solomon's Song ſpeed ſpring ſtill ſtrange ſweet thee thoſe thou thro twas twill Wapping weel who'd be grave winds wooing o't zeed
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Page 41 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. For a
Page 94 - Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ! Thy image at our last embrace — Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.
Page 40 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Page 75 - Yet shall poor Tom find pleasant weather, When He who all commands Shall give, to...
Page 65 - Tis I'm grown very old, And my doublet is not very new, Well-a-day!' Then line thy worn doublet with ale; Gaffer Gray; And warm thy old heart with a glass. 'Nay, but credit I've none, And my money's all gone; Then say how may that come to pass? Well-a-day!' Hie away to the house on the brow, Gaffer Gray; And knock at the jolly priest's door.
Page 75 - BOWLING HERE, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For Death has broached him to. His form was of the manliest beauty. His heart was kind and soft ; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft.
Page 75 - ... aloft. Tom never from his word departed, His virtues were so rare; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair: And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly; Ah, many's the time and oft! But mirth is turned to melancholy, For Tom is gone aloft.
Page 41 - A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might : Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a
Page 17 - A glass is good and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather: The world it is good, and the people are good, And we're all good fellows together...
Page 58 - Are up and gotten lear, They'll help to gar the boatie row, And lighten a' our care. The boatie rows, the boatie rows, The boatie rows fu...