 | 1869 - 312 pages
...work, and my mother 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, O marry me. * Daughter to the late Earl of Balcarras. My heart it said nay, I look'd for Jamie... | |
 | David Herd - 1870 - 328 pages
...coudna work, and my mother coudna fpin, 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 fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid nay, I look'd for JEMMY back ; But the wind it blew high, and the fhip it was a wreck, The fhip it... | |
 | David Herd, Sidney Gilpin - 1870 - 324 pages
...coudna work, and my mother coudna fpin, 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 fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid nay, I look'd for JEMMY back ; But the wind it blew high, and the fhip it was a wreck, The fhip it... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 652 pages
...my mither couldna spin, I toiled day and night, but their bread I couldna win ; Auld Rob maintained them baith, and wi' tears in his e'e, Said, " Jenny, for their sakes, 0, mariy me." My heart it said nae, for I looked for Jamie back, But the wind it blew high,... | |
 | 1872 - 638 pages
...work — 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 e'e, Said, "Jenny, for then- sakes, will you marry me?" My heart it said na, and I look'd for Jamie back ; But hard blew the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...mither cnu'dno spin ; I toiled baith day and night, but their bread I cou'dna win; Auld Rob maintained them baith, and wi' tears in his ee Said, Jenny, for their sakes, oh, will you marry me ? My hearl it said nay ; I looked for Jamie back ; But the wind it blew... | |
 | Mary Carlyle Aitken - 1874 - 398 pages
...my mother couldna spin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I couldna win; Auld Rob maintarn'd them baith, and wi' tears in his e'e, Said, Jenny, for their sakes, O marry me. My heart it said nay, I look'd for Jamie back ; But the wind it blew high, and the... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1874 - 328 pages
...my mother couldna spin ; I toiled day and nicht, but their bread I couldna win ; Auld Rob maintained them baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said, Jenny, for their sakes, 0, marry me ! " My heart it said nay, for I looked for Jamie back ; But the wind it blew high,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 pages
...sea, And auld Robin Gray cam' a courting to me. My faither could na wark, my mither could na spin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I could na win ; Auld Rob maintain'd 'em baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said, " Jennie, for their sakes, oh marry me." My... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 pages
...my mither couldna spin, I toiled day and night, but their bread I couldna win ; Auld Rob maintained them baith, and, wi' tears in his e'e, Said, " Jenny, for their sakes, O, marry me." 454 455 My beart it said nay, for I looked for Jamie back. But the wind it blew... | |
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