 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 326 pages
...mae we hope to be. " Wha first shall rise to gang awa, " A cuckold coward loun is he : " Wha last^ beside his chair shall fa' " He is the king amang us three." * The day on which "the Whistle" was contended for. f In former Editions of these verses, the _vvord... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 328 pages
...mae we hope to be. " Wha first shall rise to gang awa, " A cuckold coward loun is he : " Wha last\ beside his chair shall fa' " He is the king amang us three." * The day on which "the Whistle" was contended for. j- In former Editions of these verses, the word... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 286 pages
...wee ! We are nafou, fyc. Wha first shall rise to gang awa', A cuckold, coward loun is he ! Wha last beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three ! We are nafou, fyc.* * " Willie, who ' brewM a peck o' mant," was Mr. William Nicol ; and Rob and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...wee ! We are na fou, fife. Wha first shall rise to gang awa, A cuckold, coward loun is he ! Wha first beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three ! We are na fou, fifc. * Willie, who " brew'da peck o' maat," was Mr William Nicol ; and Rob and Allan,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 452 pages
...wee ! We are nafou, &c. Wha first shall rise to gang awa', A cuckold, coward loun is he ! Wha last beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three ! We are nafou, &c.* THE * Willie, who " brew'da peck o' maut," was Mr. William Nicol ; and Rob and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 344 pages
...to he. Wha first shall rise to gangawa, A euekold eoward loun is he : "U'ha last* heside his ehair shall fa' He is the king amang us three." To leave the heights of Parnassus and eome to the humhle vale of prose. — I have some misgivings ihat I take too mueh upon me, when I request... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...mony mae we hope to be. " Wha first shall rise to gnng awa, " A cuckold coward loun is he: " Wha last* beside his chair shall fa', " He is the king amang...of Parnassus and come to the humble vale of prose. — 1 have some misgivings that 1 take too much upon me, when I request you to get your guest, Sir... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...a wee! We are nafou, S;c, Wha first shall rise to gang awa, A cuckold, coward loun is he! Wha last beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three! We are nafou, fyc. coi, of the High School, Edinburgh, during the autumn vacation, being at Moffot,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 pages
...wee ! We are na fou, &c. Wha first shall rise to gang awa, A cuckold, coward loun is he ! Wha last beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three ! We are nafou, &c. THE BLUE-EY'D LASSIE. I OAED a waefu' gate yestreen, A gate, I fear, I'll dearly... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...a wee ! We arena fou, $c. Wha first shall rise to gang awa, A cuckold, coward loun is he ! Wha last beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three ! We arena fou, §c. LXIIL I LOVE MY JEAN. TusE— -Mitt Admiral Gordon's Strathspey. OF a' the airts... | |
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It is the moon — I ken her horn, That's blinkin in the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee ! Wha first shall rise to gang awa', A cuckold, coward loon is he ! Wha last beside his chair shall fa... 
