 | Songs, Scots - 1714 - 430 pages
...they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was- 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...marry thee. 0 fair did we greet, and muckle did we fay, We took but ae kifs, and we tore ourfelves away : 1 wifh I were dead ! but I'm no like to die... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1782 - 348 pages
...? And why do I live to fay waes me ? Auld Robin argued fair, tho' my miiher didna fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break, So they...mournfully at the door, I faw my Jemmy's wreath, for I cmlim think it he, 'Till he faid, I'm come back for to marry thee. 0 fair did we greet, and muckle... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 pages
...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, I'm come back for to marry thee. 0 fair did... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...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 mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he, 'Till he said,... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...like to break: Sae they gied him my hand, though my heart was in the sea ; And auld Robin Gray was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 418 pages
...heart 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 four, When, sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he, 'Till he said,... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...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 only four. When, sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I coudna think it he. 'Till he said,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...was like to break : Sae they gied him my hand, though my heart was in theses; And auld Robin Gray was e that kings must wear, When death has reft their crown. sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said,... | |
 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...mither didna So they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was at the sea, And auld Robin Gray is a gude man 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 wraith, for I cou'dna think it he, Until... | |
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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. 
