 | 1782 - 348 pagina’s
...was like to break, So they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was in the fea, And auld Robin Grey is gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When fitting fae mournfully at the door, I faw my Jemmy's wreath, for I cmlim think it he, 'Till he faid,... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 pagina’s
...like to break, So they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the fea, And Auld Robin Gray is guidman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, fitting fae mournfully at the door, I faw my Jamie's wreath, but I didna' think it he, Till he faid,... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 286 pagina’s
...was like to break ; So they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea, And auld Robin Gray is gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only...mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he, 'Till he said, " I'm come back for to marry thee." 0 sair did we greet, and mickle... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pagina’s
...was like to break: So they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea: Now auld Robin Gray is a gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sae mournfully ae day at the door, I saw my Jamie's wreath, for I coudna think it he, Till he said I'm come back for... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 pagina’s
...She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So I gied him my hand, though my heart was in 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 coudna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back, love,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pagina’s
...She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So I gied him my hand, though my heart was in 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 coudna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back, love,... | |
 | 1834 - 480 pagina’s
...I gird him my hand, though my heart was at the sea, And Auld Robin Grey is gudeman to me. I had na been a wife a week, but only four, When, sitting sae...mournfully at the door, I saw my 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... | |
 | 1835 - 418 pagina’s
...was like to break ; Sae they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea, And auld Robin Gray is gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only...mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he, 'Till he said, " I'm come back for to marry thee." 0 sair did we greet, and mickle... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pagina’s
...was like to break. Sin- they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was ic '.:sea, And auld Robin Gray it gudeman to me. • I hadna been a wife a week but...mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he. 'Till he said, " I'm come back for to marry thee." 0 sair did we greet, and mickle... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagina’s
...heart was like to break : Sae they gied him my hand, though my heart was in the sea ; And auld Robin nynge, Chatterton has a striking censure of the religious interludes which form sa« mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, I'm... | |
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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. 
