 Love wont to gae! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And...  Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern - Page 133by Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 368 pages
...When it is old, it grows full cold, — Woe worth the love untrue ! Complaynt of Scotland, i. 278. O WALY, waly up the bank, And waly, waly down the brae, And waly. waly yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. 1 lean'd my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1860 - 578 pages
...Arthur's-seat, mentioned in ver. 17, is a hill near Edinburgh ; at the bottom of which ia St. Anthony's well. 0 WALY waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn side, Where I and my love wer wont to gae. 1 leant my back unto an aik, 5 I thought it was... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 356 pages
...When it is old, it grows full cold,— Woe worth the love untrue ! Complaynt of Scotland, i. 278. 0 WALY, waly up the bank, And waly, waly down the brae, And waly, waly yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. 1 lean'd my back unto an aik, 6 I thought it was a... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1861 - 364 pages
...new; When it is old, it grows full cold, — Woe worth the love untrue ! Qmplaynt of Scotland, \. 278. O WALY, waly up the bank, And waly, waly down the brae, And waly, waly yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. 1 lean'd my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...might now approve me If thou hadst lived, and lived to love me ! Sir W. Scott CVI THE FORSAKEN BRIDE 0 waly waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn-side Where I and my Love wont to gae ! 1 leant my back unto an aik, O waly waly, but love... | |
 | 1861 - 520 pages
...saw her more. However this may be, poetry has nowhere anything moro forsaken and heart-lorn, — " 0, Waly, Waly, up the bank, " And Waly, Waly, down the brae, " And Waly, Waly, yon burnside, "Where I and my luve were wont to gae ! " I leaned my back unto an aik, " I thoucht it... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...now approve me If thou hadst lived, and lived to love me ! Sir W. Scott cn THE FORSAKEN BRIDE OWALY waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn-side Where I and my Love wont to gae ! I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads, Scots - 1864 - 380 pages
...Miscellany" with the signature of "Z," shewing that it was of an antiquity unknown to the Editor. 0, WALY, waly up the bank, And waly, waly down the brae, And waly, waly yon burnside, Where I and my love wont to gae. I leaned my back unto an aik, An' thocht it was a trusty... | |
 | William Allingham - Ballads, English - 1865 - 458 pages
...Laird Troughend." WALY, WALY OWALY, waly, up the bank, O waly, waly, doun the brae, And waly, waly, yon burn-side, Where I and my love were wont to gae ! I leaned my back unto an aik, I thocht it was a trustie tree, But first it bowed and syne it brak', —... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 396 pages
...And I am weary of the skies, For her sake that died for me. 8 TV* BOOK OF RUBIES. "WALY, WALY." H, waly, waly up the bank, And waly, waly down the brae, And waly, waly yon burn-side, Where I and my love wont to gae ! I leaned my bauk unto an aik, And thoucht it was a... | |
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