The lawyer lives under the hill, Gaffer Gray, Warmly fenced both in back and in front." " He will fasten his locks, And will threaten the stocks, Should he ever more find me in want, Well-a-day! The adventures of Hugh Trevor - Page 132by Thomas Holcroft - 1794Full view - About this book
| William Moore Wooler - 1860 - 548 pages
...termagants. " The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ! And the season will welcome you then." "His fat beeves and his beer, And his merry new year, Are all for the flush and the fair, Well-a-day !" ' ' My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray ! What then ?— while it lasts, man, we'll live.... | |
| English poetry - 1861 - 304 pages
...want, Well-a-day!" The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ; And the season will weleome you there. " His fat beeves and his beer. And his...year, Are all for the flush and the fair, Well-a-day!" My keg is but low, I eonfess, Gaffer Gray; What then ? While it lasts, man, we'll live. " The poor... | |
| George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...ever more find me in want ; Well-a-day ! " " The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ; And the season will welcome you there." " His fat...Are all for the flush and the fair, — Well-a-day ! " " My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray ; What then ? while it lasts, man, we'll live ! " "... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1862 - 592 pages
...he ever more find me in want, Well-a-day !" " The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray, And the season will welcome you there." "His fat beeves...merry new year Are all for the flush and the fair, Weli-a-day !" " My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray: What then? While it lasts, man, we'll live."... | |
| Humorous poetry - 1867 - 532 pages
...Should he ever more find me in want, Well-a-day!' The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ; And the season will welcome you there. ' His fat beeves...year, Are all for the flush and the fair, Well-a-day!' My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray ; What then ? While it lasts, man, we'll live. ' The poor... | |
| Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...more find me in want ; — Well-a-day I " " The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ; And the season will welcome you there." " His fat...Are all for the flush and the fair, — Well-a-day I " "My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray; What then ? while it lasts, man, we'll live I " " The... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...Should he ever more find me in want, Well-a-day!" " The squire has fat beeves and brown ale Gaffer Gray, And the season will welcome you there." "His fat beeves and his beer Are all for the flush and the fair, Well-a-day!" " My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray: What... | |
| Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...he ever more find me in want, Well-a-day !" The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ; And the season will welcome you there. " His fat beeves...year Are all for the flush and the fair, Well-a-day!" My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray ; What then ? While it lasts, man, we '11 live. " The poor... | |
| William Brisbane Dick - Readers - 1877 - 214 pages
...evermore find mo in want— Well-a-day !" " The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ; And the season will welcome you there." " His fat...Are all for the flush and the fair— 'Well-a-day !" " My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray ; What then? while it lasts, man, we'll live !" " The... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...Should he ever more find me in want, Well-a-day!' The squire has fat beeves and brown ale, Gaffer Gray ; And the sx ! ' My keg is but low, I confess, Gaffer Gray ; What then? While it lasts, man, we '11 live. ' The... | |
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