 | David Herd - Ballads, Scots - 1869 - 380 pages
...die? And why do I live to fay waes me ? Auld ROBIN argued fair, tho' my mother didna fpeak, She looked in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they...him my hand, tho' my heart was in the fea, And auld RoBiNGREvis gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When fitting fae mournfully at... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1869 - 312 pages
...Jamie dee ? And why do I live to say wae 's me ? My father argued sair, though my mother didna speak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gi'ed him my hand, though my heart was in the sea, And auld Robin Gray is gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but... | |
 | Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...Jamie dee ? Or why do I live to cry, Wae's me ? My father urgit sair ; my mother didna speak ; But she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break : They gi'ed him my hand, but my heart was at the sea; Sae auld Robin Gray he was gudeman to me. I... | |
 | Folk songs, Scots - 1872 - 638 pages
...And wherefore was I spar'd to cry, Wae is me ! My father argued sair — my mither didna speak, But she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; They gied him my hand, but my heart was in the sea ; And so Auld Robin Gray, he was gudeman to me.... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...Jamie dee? Or, why am I spared to cry, "Wae is me? My father argued sair— my mother didna apeak, But she look'd in my face till my heart, was like to break ; They gied him my hand, but my heart was in the sea; And so Auld Kobin Gray, he was gudeman to me.... | |
 | Mary Carlyle Aitken - 1874 - 398 pages
...Jamie dee ? And why do I live to say, Wae's me ? My father argued sair, though my mother didna speak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gi'ed him my hand, though my heart was at the sea, And auld Robin Gray is gudeman to me. I hadna' been a wife a week but... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Clergy - 1874 - 328 pages
...why do I live to say, Wae 's me ? " My father argued sair ; my mother didna speak ; But she lookit in my face till my heart was like to break : So they gied him my hand, though my heart was in the sea ; And auld Robin Gray was gudeman to me." 19 It was with unconscious... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...ship it proved a wraek,—why me! Auld Robin argued sair, though my mither didna speak. She looked in my face till my heart was like to break; So they gieil him my hand, though my heart was at the sea, And auld Robin Gray is a gudeman four, When sitting... | |
 | George Bradford Bartlett - Amusements - 1875 - 94 pages
...their sakes, oh, pray, marry me." My father urged me sair, my mother did na' speak; But she looked in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was on the sea, And Auld Bobin Qray was a gude man to me. JEANNIB in attitude of despair, hands clasped,.... | |
 | George Bradford Bartlett - Amusements - 1875 - 90 pages
...their sakes, oh, pray, marry me," My father urged me sair, my mother did na' speak; But she looked in my face till my heart was like to break; So they gied him my hand, tlio' my heart was on the sea, And Auld Eobin Gray was a gude man to me. JEANNIE in attitude of despair,... | |
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My father urged me sair: my mother didna speak; But she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break: They gie'd him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea; Sae auld Robin Gray he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu... 
