Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland: Hitherto Unpublished, with Explanatory Notes, Volumen2W. & D. Laing, and J. Stevenson, 1828 - 352 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeen Advocate alang Alexander auld bairn baith ballad Banff blaw winds bonny bows bonny Lizie bonny Lizie Baillie bower brother brown Robyn cauld Colvin copies Dame Oliphant daughter dear dearie ditto Drum e'er Earl Edinbro Edinburgh Elgin fair Scotland father fause fell ance frae gane Glengyle Gordon gown green burn sidie gude greenwood hame Hazelgreen heart Hey wi Highland laddie Huntly hynde Inverness James Jock the Leg John Kemp Owyne king knight laddie lady fair Lady Maisry lady's ladye laird land Lizie Baillie Lizie Lindsay lord M'Intosh maid Marischal College married maun mony mother nae mair nane Nathaniel Gordon never o'er ower Peterhead plaid awa Reedisdale ride ring Says spake squire steed taen thee thro William wind has blawin wine winna woman wou'd Yarrow ye hae Ye'll Ye're ye'se yetts young
Pasajes populares
Página 76 - Her mother died when she was young, Which gave her cause to make great moan ; Her father married the warst woman That ever lived in Christendom.
Página 156 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go...
Página 78 - That I have found in the green sea; And while your body it is on, Drawn shall your blood never be : But if you touch me, tail or fin, 55 I swear my brand your death shall be.
Página 77 - He stepped in, gave her a kiss, The royal ring he brought him wi'; Her breath was strang, her hair was lang And twisted ance about the tree; And with a swing she came about, " Come to Craigy's sea and kiss with me.
Página 264 - He hoist up sails, and awa' sail'd he, And sail'd into a far countrie ; And when he look'd upon his ring, He knew she loved another man. He hoist up sails and home came he, Home unto his ain countrie ; The first he met on his own land, It chanc'd to be a beggar man. " What news, what news, my gude auld What news, what news, hae ye to me ?" " Nae news, nae news," said the auld man, " The morn's our queen's wedding day.
Página 307 - They have brought them from the Amal'ekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Página 255 - I heard a maid making her moan ; Said, Saw ye my father ? Or saw ye my mother ? Or saw y'e my brother John ? Or saw ye the lad that I love best, And his name it is Sweet William...
Página 323 - We do not know them in the fountain, but in the stream; not in the root, but in the stem; for we know not which is the mean man that did rise above the vulgar.
Página 77 - And while your finger it is on, Drawn shall your blood never be : But if you touch me, tail or fin, I swear...
Página 77 - Her breath was strang, her hair was lang, And twisted was about the tree, And with a swing she came about: " Come to Craigy's sea, and kiss with me. "Here is a royal belt...