 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Ballads, English - 1859 - 408 pages
...; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, now, maidens mine, Bring water from the well ! For a' my house shall...my three sons are well." And she has made to them a bod, She's made it large and wide ; She's happ'd her mantle them about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up... | |
 | Art - 1859 - 532 pages
...— before they depart, the dead sous hang up the mantle with which their mother has happed them : And she has made to them a bed, She's made it large and wide ; And she's happ'd her mantle them about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red cock, And up and crew... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 368 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 ; The eldest to the youngest... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...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...them a bed, She's made it large and wide ; And she's ta'eu her mantle round about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1864 - 364 pages
...nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. "Blowup the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the well !...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. 14. Should we not read, for fishes here, fashes — ie troubles ? — LOCKHART. * * * # *... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads, Scots - 1864 - 380 pages
...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...three sons are well." And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide : And she 's ta'en her mantle her about, Set down at the bed-side. *... | |
 | William Allingham - Ballads, English - 1865 - 458 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. 7 " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! \ Bring water from...three sons are well. " And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide ; And she 's ta'en her mantle round about, Sat down at the bedside. 9... | |
 | William Allingham - Ballads, English - 1865 - 456 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. 7 ' Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.' ' carlinc-wife,' an old peasant-woman. ' birk,' birch. ' syke,' marsh. ' sheugh/ trench. 8 And she... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1866 - 254 pages
...described in the old ballad — Blow up the fire, now, maidens mine, Bring water from the well ; For all my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well. 7 It was mentioned as a trait of her solicitude on this occasion, that candles stood ready to be lighted... | |
 | Ballads - 1867 - 638 pages
...;4 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. Dark. 2 Birch. 3 Stream. * Furrow. " Oh eat and drink, my merry-men a', The better... | |
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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. 
