 | Roundelay - 1815 - 260 pages
...Jamie's wreath, for 1 cou'dna think it he, Until lie said, Jenny, I'm come to marry thee. O, sairdid we greet, and muckle did we say, We took but ae kiss, and tore ourselves awa : I wish I were dead, but I'm nae like to die, And why do I live to say wae's me.... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back, love, to marry thee. 0 sair did we greet, and muckle did we say; We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away; 1 wish I were dead, but I'm no like to die; And why do I live to say Wae is... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 pages
...saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back, love, to marry thee. 0 sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away ; 1 wish I were dead, but I'm no like to die ; And why do I live to say Wae... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 388 pages
...Robin Gray was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back for to marry thee. Oh, sair did we greet, and mickle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Robin Gray was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, sitting sa« mournfully a -, but the idea, as Warton remarks, is the result of that taste and discrimination wh hack for to marry thee. • Oh, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; \Ve took but ae kiss, and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...Robin Gray was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, sitting sae mournfully ooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. back for to marry thee. Oh, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 312 pages
...Jamie's wraith, for I could na think it he, Till he said — " I've come back for to marry thee." 0 sair did we greet, and muckle did we say, We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away. 1 wish I were dead, but I'm no like to die, And why do I live to say — 0... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 pages
...wraith, for 1 couldna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back for to marry thee. MISS JANK ELLIOT. Oh, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away : 1 wish 1 were dead ! but 1 'm no like to dee ; And why do I live to say, Wae... | |
 | British minstrel - 1848 - 480 pages
...my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it h» Till he said, " I'm come back, love, to marry thee. O sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away I wish I were dead, but I'm no like to die: And why do I live to say, " wae... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pages
...English amateur, the Rev. William Leeves, rector of Wrington, who died iu 1828, at the age of 80. Oh, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say, We took but ae kiss, and tore ourselves away : I wish I were dead, but I'm nae like to die; And why do I live to say, Oh, waes... | |
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