| Songs, Scots - 1714 - 430 pages
...father brake his arm, and my Jemmy at the fea, Andauld Robin Gray came a courting me. My fathercoudna work, and my mother coudna fpin, I toil'd day and...fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid nay, I look'd for Jemmy back ; But the wind it blewhigh, and the fhip it was a wreck; The {hip it was a wreck, why did... | |
| Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 pages
...came a courting me. My father cou'dna' work, and my raither cou'dna' fpin, I toil'd night and day, but their bread I cou'dna' win ; Auld Rob maintain'd...fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid nay, I look'd for Jamie back, But the wind it blew high, and the (hip it was a wreck ; The (hip it was a wreck, why didna'... | |
| Ballads, English - 1782 - 348 pages
...and night, but their bread I cudna' win; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in iiis cc, Said, Jenny for their fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid r.ay , I look'd for Jemmy back ; But the wind it blew high, and the ihip it was a wreck, The fhip it... | |
| New vocal enchantress - 1788 - 344 pages
...work, and my mither could na fpin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I could na win ; Auld Robin maintain'd them baith, and wi tears in his ee, Said...Jenny, for their fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid r.ay, I look'd for Jamie back, Bjt the wind it blew high, and the fhip itwss a wreck, The Ship it was... | |
| Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...the sea, And auld Robin Gray came a courting me. My father coudna work, and my mother condiia spin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I coudna win; Auld Rob maintain' d them baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said, " Jenny, for their mikes, O marry me." My heart... | |
| Roundelay - 1815 - 260 pages
...my mither cou'dna spin, I toilM day and night, but their bread I con'dua win ; Auld Rob maintain' J them baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said Jenny, for their sakes, O ! marry me. My heart it said nay, I look'd for Jemmy back i But the wind it blew high, and... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...the sea, And auld Robin Gray came a-courting me. My father coudna work, and my mither coudna spin; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I coudna win: Auld Robin maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said, Jenny, for their sakes, O marry me. 2 But... | |
| Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1825 - 472 pages
...auld Robin Gray, oh ! he came a-courting me. • 4. My father cou'dna work — my mother cou'dna spin; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I cou'dna...them baith, and, wi' tears in his ee, Said, " Jenny, oh ! for their sakes, will you marry me?" 5. My heart it said na, and 1 look'd for Jamie back ; But... | |
| lady Anne Barnard - 1825 - 44 pages
...Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he came a-courting me. IV. My father cou'dna work — my mother cou'dna spin ; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I cou'dna...them baith, and, wi' tears in his ee, Said, " Jenny, oh ! for their sakes, will you marry me ?" My heart it said na, and I look'd for Jamie back ; But hard... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...father couldna' work, and my mither couldna' spin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I couldna' win ; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his ee Said, Jenny, for their sakes, will ye marry me ? My heart it said nay, I look'd for Jamie back ; But the wind it blew high,... | |
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