 | Walter Scott - 1806
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. / " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821
...Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. 8 MINSTRELSY OF " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from the well ! " For a1 my house shall feast this night, " Since my three sons ate well." And she has made to them a bed,... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads, English - 1827 - 399 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any slieugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair enough. " Blow up the fire my maidens, Bring water from the...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 399 pages
...O lang may ye hing, my mother's mantil, Ere ye hap us again." * Variation in the Border Minstrelsy: And she has made to them a bed ; She's made it large and wide ; And she's taen her mantel her about, Sat down at the bed side. t Fretting. SCOTTISH BALLADS. PART FOURTH. OF indent 23allate.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 532 pages
...ent th em o'er the — -ii N • Mi. « 3 _j — , — ^ C ^ f » frH «L_« •€ ~,\~_ ^ f ri \ " Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 291 pages
...in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray, 1 Troubles. The eldest to the youngest... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 699 pages
...afraid, imafiiijnf it " Blow up the fire, rny maidens . Bring water from the well ! For a' my limit shall feast this night. Since my three sons are well." — And she haa made to them a bed, She's made it large and wide ; And she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 152 pages
...sheuch ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneuch. ' Blow up the fire, now, maidens mine. Bring water from the well ; For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my twa sons are well.^ ' O eat and drink, my merry-men a', The better shall ye fare ; For my two sons... | |
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Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well. 
