The Scottish Songs, Volume 2Robert Chambers Ballantyne, 1829 - 370 páginas |
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Página 259
... was composed by David Maigh , who , in his time , had been keeper of the blood - hounds to the Laird of Riddel , in Roxburghshire . The song first appeared in the Tea - Table Miscellany , 1724 , SIC A WIFE AS WILLIE HAD . BURNS . TUNE 259.
... was composed by David Maigh , who , in his time , had been keeper of the blood - hounds to the Laird of Riddel , in Roxburghshire . The song first appeared in the Tea - Table Miscellany , 1724 , SIC A WIFE AS WILLIE HAD . BURNS . TUNE 259.
Página 260
... wife was dour and din , O , Tinkler Madgie was her mother : Sic a wife as Willie had , I wadna gie a button for her ! She has an ee , she has but ane , The cat has twa the very colour ; Twa rustie teeth , forbye a stump , A clapper ...
... wife was dour and din , O , Tinkler Madgie was her mother : Sic a wife as Willie had , I wadna gie a button for her ! She has an ee , she has but ane , The cat has twa the very colour ; Twa rustie teeth , forbye a stump , A clapper ...
Página 265
... account which he gave to Burns - that he made it one day when he and his wife had been mourning over their misfortunes . " - Cunningham's Songs of Scotland , vol . iii . p . 282 . I'll lay me there and tak my rest : And 265.
... account which he gave to Burns - that he made it one day when he and his wife had been mourning over their misfortunes . " - Cunningham's Songs of Scotland , vol . iii . p . 282 . I'll lay me there and tak my rest : And 265.
Página 283
... wife's come hame without a head , crying out most piteouslie : Oh , fareweel , Johnnie , quo ' she , this is nae me ! This is nae me , & c . The tale you tell , the parson said , is wonderful to me , How that a wife without a head ...
... wife's come hame without a head , crying out most piteouslie : Oh , fareweel , Johnnie , quo ' she , this is nae me ! This is nae me , & c . The tale you tell , the parson said , is wonderful to me , How that a wife without a head ...
Página 287
... wife took a dwam , and lay down to dee . She main'd , and she graned , out o ' dolour and pain , Till he vow'd he never wad see me again . She main'd , & c . His kin was for ane of a higher degree , Said , what had he to do wi ' the ...
... wife took a dwam , and lay down to dee . She main'd , and she graned , out o ' dolour and pain , Till he vow'd he never wad see me again . She main'd , & c . His kin was for ane of a higher degree , Said , what had he to do wi ' the ...
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