 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...; They gied him my hand, but my heart was at the sea ; Sae auld Robin Gray he was gudeman to me. O sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and tore ourselves away ; I wish that I were dead, but I'm no like to dee ; And why do I live to say, Wae's... | |
 | 1885 - 198 pages
...Graycame a courting to me ship was a wrack, why did - na Jamie dee ! And why was I spared to cry wae'sme! saw my Jamie's wraith, for I could-na think it he Till he said," I'm come home, love, to marry thee." will do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray's ve-ry kind to... | |
 | George Farquhar Graham - 1887 - 430 pages
...me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sae mournfully [ae night] at the door, 1 saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back for to marry tbee ! 0 sair did we greet, and meikle did we say, We took but ae kiss, and we tore... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1889 - 408 pages
...Gray is gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sae mournfully at my ain door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back, love, to marry thee. O sair did we greet, and mickle did we say ; I wish I were dead, but I'm... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 818 pages
...he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu' as I sat on the stane at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna...— Till he said, ' I'm come hame to marry thee.' — O sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and I bad him gang away... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 384 pages
...he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu' as I sat on the stane at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he — Till he said, ' I'm come name to marry thee.' • — O sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1891 - 410 pages
...he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu' as I sat on the stane at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it heTill he said, I'm come hame to marry thee. 0 sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We... | |
 | Edward William Cole - 1892 - 412 pages
...Gray is gudeman to me. I badna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sae mournfully ae night at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, " I'm come back, love, to marry thee." Oh sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 pages
...he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu' as I sat on the stane at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna...think it he Till he said, I'm come hame to marry thee. Oh sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and I bad him gang away :... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1897 - 438 pages
...he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, mournfu' as I sat on the stane at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he — Till he said : — ' I 'm come hame to marry thee.' O, sair, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took... | |
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Robin Gray he was gudeman to me, I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu... 
