Ballads from Scottish History

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Edmonston and Douglas, 1863 - 249 pagina's
 

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Pagina 215 - Our gude ship sails the morn : " " Now, ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Pagina 213 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine ? " O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee : " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor, That ever sailed the sea.
Pagina 214 - They hoysed their sails on Monenday morn, Wi' a' the speed they may ; They hae landed in Noroway, Upon a Wodensday. They hadna been a week, a week, In Noroway, but twae, When that the lords o' Noroway Began aloud to say, — 'Ye Scottishmen spend a' our King's goud, And a
Pagina 216 - He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. ' Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And wap them into our ship's side, And let na the sea come in.
Pagina 215 - O where will I get a gude sailor, To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall topmast, To see if I can spy land?' 'O here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Pagina 228 - Ye lie, ye lie, ye liars loud! Fu...
Pagina 215 - I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And I fear, I fear, my master dear, That we shall come to harm...
Pagina 216 - They fetched a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And they wapped them round that gude ship's side, But still the sea came in. O laith, laith, were our gude Scots lords To weet their cork-heeled shoon! But lang or a' the play was played, They wat their hats aboon.
Pagina 241 - Where some were wae, and some were glad, But Garioch was all aghast. Through all these fields he sped him fast, For sic a sight was never seen, And then, forsooth, he longed at last, To see the brugh of Aberdeen. To hinder this proud...
Pagina 243 - Gude Sir Alexander Irvine, The much renowned laird of Drum, Nane in his days was better seen, When they were 'sembled all and some ; To praise him we should not be dumb, For valour, wit, and worthiness ; To end his days he there did come, Whose ransom is remeediiess.

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