Ballads from Scottish HistoryEdmonston and Douglas, 1863 - 249 pagina's |
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Aberdeen Agnes of Dunbar Alexander ancient Angus arms ballad band banners Bannockburn barons battle BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN battle's beauty Bishop Bishop of Glasgow Bishop of Orkney Boece Bon-accord brave Bruce burning castle church Columba crown dark daughter dawn dear death Douglas Duke of Albany Earl Earl of Mar Edward Elderslie English eyes fair faith field foes glory gude hall hand Harlaw haste hath heart holy honour hope host Isles John Baliol Joseph Robertson King Robert king's knight lady land liberty Lord lowland lowly maiden Margaret minster Moray morn mourn noble Norsemen Norway o'er poem pride prince Provost Queen reign Robert Davidson ROBERT THE BRUCE royal Scotland Scots Scottish shame ship shore shout sigh Sir James Sir Patrick Spens slain song sorrow stood swell sword thee thine thou towers town wandering warriors weep
Populaire passages
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 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.