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| John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...si k traitor as he; " Cum weil, cum wae, my jewels fair, " Ye maun tak share wi' me." O then bespake her dochter dear, She was baith jimp and sma', " O row me in a pair o' shiets, " And tow me owre the wa'." They rowd her in a pair o' shiets. And towd her owre the wa', But... | |
| John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...sik traitor as he ; " Cum weil, cum wae, my jewels fair, " Ye maun tak share wi' me." O theh bespake her dochter dear, She was baith jimp and sma', " O row me in a pair o' shiets, " And tow me owre the wa'." They rowd her in a pair o' shiets, And towd her owre the wa', But... | |
| Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 518 pages
...For ane blast o' the western wind, To blaw the reek frae thee. O then bespaik hir dochter dear, 65 She was baith jimp and sma : O row me in a pair o' shells, And tow me owre the wa. They rowd hir in a pair o* she its, And towd hir owre the wa : 90 But... | |
| 1858 - 862 pages
...fee, For ae blast o' the westlin' wind, To blaw the reek frae thee ! ' 0 then bcsnfikc hor daughter dear — She was baith jimp and sma' — • O row me in a pair o' sheet*, And tow me owre the wa'.' They row'd her in a pair o" sheets, And tow'd her owre the wa' ;... | |
| Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1823 - 524 pages
...For ane blast o' the western wind, To blaw the reek frae thee. O then bespaik hir dochter dear, 85 She was baith jimp and sma: O row me in a pair o' sheits, And tow me owre the wa. They rowd hir in a pair o' sheits, And towd hir owre the wa : 90 But on the point of Gordons spear... | |
| English poetry - 1839 - 374 pages
...Bahli lady and hahes were hrent. O then hespaik hir dochter dear, 85 She was hatth jimp and siua : O row me in a pair o' sheits, And tow me owre the wa* He wrang liis hands, he rent his hair. And wept in teenefa' muid : O traitors, for this cruel deid... | |
| Scotland - 1845 - 1026 pages
...would I the brown, For a drink of yon water, That runs by Galston town. 12. Out then spake fair Annie, She was baith jimp and sma', O row me in a pair o' sheets, And tow me down the wa'. In 1755, 1494 1791, 2308 1801, 2503 1811, 3170 1821, 3741 1831, 3959... | |
| Joseph S. Moore - Ballads - 1846 - 376 pages
...gowd, my childe, Sae wad I a' my fee, For ane blast o' the westlin wind, To blaw the reek frae thee. O then bespaik her dochter dear, She was baith jimp...row me in a pair o' sheits, And tow me owre the wa. The rowd hir in a pair o' sheits, And towd hir owre the wn : But on the point of Gordons spear She... | |
| John Trotter Brockett - English language - 1846 - 298 pages
...handsome, slim in person, elegant of shape. Welch. gwymp, pretty. " O then beapack his dochter deir, She was baith jimp and sma : O row me in a pair o' sheets, And tou me o'er the wa." — Ballad of Adam O'Gordon. GIN (pronounced hard), if. V. Ray, and... | |
| Ballads, Scots - 1846 - 248 pages
...so would I the brown, For a drink of yon water, That rins by Galston Town. Out then spake fair Anne, She was baith jimp and sma', O row me in a pair o' sheets, And tow me down the wa'. O hold thy tongue, thou fair Anne, And let thy talkin' be, For thou... | |
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