| Songs, Scots - 1714 - 430 pages
...And why do I live to fay waes me i 'My father' argued fair, tho' my mother didna fpeak, She looked in my face till my heart was like to break; So they...in the fea, And auld Robin Grey is gudeman to me. I had na been a wife a week but only four, When fitting fae mournfully at the door, I faw my Jemmy's... | |
| sir Herbert Croft (5th bart.) - 1780 - 260 pages
...robe with his fpur. And again, after lying in bed ten months at Demotica. " Though my mother could na fpeak, " She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break." The Abfa Prior's Solomon, " When fhc, with modeft fcorn, the wreath return'd, " Reclin'd her beauteous... | |
| Sir Herbert Croft - Crimes of passion - 1780 - 262 pages
...his fpur. And again, after lying in bed ten months at Demotica. " Though my mother could na fpeafc, " She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break." The Abra Prior's Solomon, • ~ •- • I " When flie, with modeft fcorn, the wreath reUira'tl, "... | |
| Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 pages
...wreck, why didna' Jenny die, And why do I live to cry, Waes me. Auld Robin argu'd fair, tho' my mither didna' fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart...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... | |
| New vocal enchantress - 1788 - 344 pages
...And why do I live to fay waes me ? Auld Robirf argued fair, tho' my mither did nafpeak, She luok'd in my face till my heart was like to break, So they gi'ed him iny hand, tho' n;y heart was at the fea, And auld Robin Grey is gude man to me. Jhad'ffa been a wife... | |
| Florian - 1793 - 298 pages
...m'abuser. C'est moi, dit-il: pourquoi tant de surprise! Mon cher amour , je reviens t'épouser. But she look'd in my face , till my heart was like to break : Sa they gied him my hand, tho'my heart was in the sea , And auld Robin Gray was gude man to me. I... | |
| 1794 - 470 pages
...did na Jamie dee ? And why do I live to fay, wa's me ? My father argu'd fair, tho' my mother did na fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gid him my hand, tho' my heart was at fea, And Auld Robin Gray is a gude man to me. I had na been a... | |
| 1807 - 550 pages
...why was shcspar'cl to cry, wae is me? My faither urg'd me fair, but my mither did nae •peak, But she look'd in my face, till my heart was like to break ; Sae they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the ia, And auld Robin Gray was gudc man to inc.... | |
| Fashion - 1807 - 472 pages
...why was she spar'd to cry, wae is me? My faither urg'd me fair, but my milher did пае •peak, But she look'd in my face, till my heart was like to break ; Sae they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea, 1 had пае been a wife but weeks only... | |
| Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...didna Jenny die, And why do I live to say, waes me ? My father argued sair, tho' my mither didna speak, She look'd in my face till my heart 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 four, When sitting sae... | |
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