 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...of wark Ye Jades lay by your Wheel Is this a time to spin a thread When Collin's at the door Reach my cloak I'll to the quay And see him come ashore And gie to me my bigonet My bishop's sattin gown For I'm mun tell the Bailie's* wife That Colin's in the town My Turkey slippers man gae... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 260 pages
...wark ? Ye jads, lay by your wheel ! Is this a time to talk of wark, When Colin's at the door f Gie me my cloak ! I'll to the quay, And see him come ashore. For there's nae luck about the house, There's nae luck ava; There's little pleasure in the house, When... | |
 | 1818 - 354 pages
...Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the.door ! lleach me my cloak, I'll to the quay And see him come ashore. * This line is deficient in measnre. t Interlined, he wa.«. 1 The first point in thf MS. § The last... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...time to talk of wark? Mak baste, lay by your wheel! Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin'sat the door? Reach me my cloak, I'll to the quay And see him come ashore. For there's nnc luck about the kotisf, There is nae luck ava ; There's little pleasure in the house,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 446 pages
...time to think of wark ! Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the door ! Reach me my cloak, I'll to the quay And see him come ashore. For there's nae luck about the house, There is nae luck at aw ; There's little pleasure in the house... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...time to think of wark ! Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the door ! Reach me my cloak, I'll to the quay And see him come ashore. For there's nae luck about the house, There is nae luck at aw; There's little pleasure in the house... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...time to think of wark ! Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the door ! Reach me my cloak, I'll to the quay And see him come ashore. For there's nae luck about the house, There is nae luck at aw; There's little pleasure in the house... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...! Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the door ! Peach me my cloak, I'll to the quay And see him come ashore. For there's nae luck about the house, There is nae luck at aw; There's little pleasure in the house... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 378 pages
...wark ? Ye jades, fling by your wheel ! Is this a time to think of wark, When Colin's at the door ? Gie me my cloak ! I'll to the quay, And see him come ashore. — For there's nae luck about the house, There's nae luck ava ; There's little pleasure in the house,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...wark ? Ye jades, fling by your wheel! Is this a time to think of wark, When Colon's at the door ? Gie me my cloak! I'll to the quay, And see him come ashore.— For there's nae luck about the house, There's nae luck ava; There's little pleasure in the house, When... | |
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There's little pleasure in the house When our gudeman's awa'. And gie to me my bigonet, My bishop's satin gown; For I maun tell the baillie's wife That Colin's in the town. My Turkey slippers maun gae on, My stockins pearly blue; It's a' to pleasure our... 
