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" A' for the sake of their true loves; For them they'll see na mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi' their goud kaims... "
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy ... - Page 47
by Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 532 pages
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The Book of British Ballads

Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...was the feather bed That floated on the faem ; And mony-was the gude lords son That never mair came hame. The ladyes wrang their fingers white — The...sake of their true loves — For them they'll see na mair. Clang lang may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick...
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Ballads and Metrical Tales

Ballads, English - 1845 - 258 pages
...their coal-black shoon ! But lang or a' the play was play'd, And mony was the feather bed, That floated on the faem ; And mony was the gude lord's son, That...A ' for the sake of their true loves, — For them they 11 see nae mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they...
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Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction ..., Volume 1

William Motherwell - Ballads - 1846 - 302 pages
...are indebted to him for this information, otherwise we would have been at a loss to explain the word. The ladyes wrang their fingers white, The maidens...A' for the sake of their true loves, — For them they 'll see na mair. O lang lang may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 pages
...lang or a' the play was played, They wat their hats aboon. And mony was the feather-bed That flattered on the faem ; And mony was the gude lord's son, That never mair came hame. 113 The ladies wrang their fingers white, The maidens tore their hair, A' for the sake of...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...lang or a' the play was played, They wat their hats aboon. And mony was the feather-bed That floated on the faem ; And mony was the gude lord's son That never mair came Lame. The ladyes wrang their fingers white — The maidens tore their hair; A' for the sake of...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...lang or a' the play was played, They wat their hats aboon. And mony was the feather-bed That floated on the faem ; And mony was the gude lord's son That never mair came hame. The ladyes wrong their fingers white — The maidens tore their hair; A' for the sake of...
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Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side

Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 234 pages
...lang or a' the play was played They wat their hats aboon. And mony was the feather-bed, That floated on the faem ; And mony was the gude lord's son, That...white, The maidens tore their hair, A' for the sake o' their true loves ; For them they'll see nae mair. 0 lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans...
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Thalatta: A Book for the Sea-side

Samuel Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1853 - 228 pages
...lang or a' the play was played They wat their hats aboon. And mony was the feather-bed, That floated on the faem ; And mony was the gude lord's son, That never mair cam hame. The ladyes wrang their ringers white, The maidens tore their hair, A' for the sake o' their true loves ; For them they'll...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...fentlier-bed That floated on the faem ; And mony was the glide lord's son That never mair came harne. The ladyes wrang their fingers white, — The maidens...sake of their true loves, — For them they'll see na mair. O lang lang may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fiins into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...mony was the feather-bed That flattered on the faem ; And mony was the gude lord's son, The ladies wrang their fingers white, The maidens tore their...hair, A' for the sake of their true loves, For them they '11 see nae mair. O, lang, lang, may the ladies sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they...
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