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" His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride, When they have slain her lover? "
The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner - Page 79
1820
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Lyrics from the Old Song Books

Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 634 pages
...slain her lover ? ' Out spoke the hardy Highland wight ; ' I'll go, my chief, I'm ready : It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady....bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So though the waves are raging white I'll row you o'er the ferry.' By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...
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The World's Best-loved Poems

American poetry - 1927 - 490 pages
...slain her lover?" Out spoke the hardy island wight, "I'll go, my chief — I'm ready: — It is not for your silver bright; But for your winsome lady:...bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...
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St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, Volume 3, Part 1

Children's literature - 1876 - 440 pages
...behind. Next verse : Outspoke the hardy Highland wight, " I Mi go, my chief, I 'm ready. It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. " And by my word ! the bonnic bird In danger shall not tarry ; So though the waves arc raging white, I '11 row you o'er the...
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Annual Register, Volume 46

Edmund Burke - History - 1805 - 910 pages
...chief, I'm. ready : It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. XLVI. 30 And '• And by my word, the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So,-though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud...
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McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader

William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 372 pages
...have slain her lover?" Out spoke the hardy Highland wight "I'll go, my chief — I'm ready: It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady:...bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this, the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith...
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A Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of LaRena Clark

Edith Fowke, Jay Rahn, LaRena LeBarr Clark - Music - 1994 - 319 pages
...had slain her lover?" 3. Up spoke the hardy Highland wight, "I'll go, my chief, I'm ready. It is not for your silver bright but for your winsome lady,...my word the bonny bird in danger shall not tarry; Although the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." 4. At this the storm grew loud apace,...
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New Oxford English, Volume 2

Anne Powling, John O'Connor, Geoff Barton - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1996 - 166 pages
...wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. 'And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry.' 8 For sore dismayed, through storm and shade,...
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Nelson English - Book 3 Copymaster Resource Book, Book 3

John Jackman, Wendy Wren - English language - 2000 - 124 pages
...have slain her Io\er?' Out spake the hardy Highland wight. 'I'll go. my chief. I'm ready: It is not for your silver bright. But for your winsome lady...bonny bird In danger' shall not tarry: So though the waves are raging white I'll row you o'er the fern.' By this the storm grew loud apace. The water-wraith...
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