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" My father urged me sair: my mother didna speak; But she looked in my face till my heart was like to break... "
Scotish [sic] Song - Page 137
1714
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St Cecilia: Or, the British Songster. A New and Select Collection of the ...

1782 - 348 pages
...? And why do I live to fay waes me ? Auld Robin argued fair, tho' my miiher didna fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break, So they...in the fea, And auld Robin Grey is gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When fitting fae mournfully at the door, I faw my Jemmy's wreath,...
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The goldfinch, or, New modern songster. Being a select collection of the ...

Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 pages
...And why do I live to cry, Waes me. Auld Robin argu'd fair, tho' my mither didna' fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break, So they...hand, tho' my heart was in the fea, And Auld Robin Gray is guidman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, fitting fae mournfully at the...
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The new vocal enchantress, containing an elegant selection of the newest ...

New vocal enchantress - 1788 - 344 pages
...And why do I live to fay waes me ? Auld Robirf argued fair, tho' my mither did nafpeak, She luok'd in my face till my heart was like to break, So they gi'ed him iny hand, tho' n;y heart was at the fea, And auld Robin Grey is gude man to me. Jhad'ffa been a wife...
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Angelica's Ladies Library; Or, Parents and Guardians Present. With Eight ...

1794 - 470 pages
...And why do I live to fay, wa's me ? My father argu'd fair, tho' my mother did na fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gid him my hand, tho' my heart was at fea, And Auld Robin Gray is a gude man to me. I had na been a...
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Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, Volume 2

Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 286 pages
...die, And why do I live to say, waes me ? My father argued sair, tho' my mither didna speak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea, And auld Robin Gray is gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sae...
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The roundelay; a selection of comic, martial, naval and sentimental songs

Roundelay - 1815 - 260 pages
...Jenny die? And why do I live to say, waes me ? Auld Robin argued sair, though my milher didua speak, She looked in my face till my heart was like to break, SP they gied him my hand, tho* my heart was at I hadna beeo a wife weeks but only four, When sitting...
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The pocket encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish songs ..., Volume 1

Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...it was a wreck; why didna Jenny die? Auld Robin argued sair: tho' my mither didna speak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break: So they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea: Now auld Robin Gray is a gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 26

1829 - 1008 pages
...sea, And Auld Robin Gray came courtin' to me. " My faither urged me sair, my mitber didna speak, But she looked in my face till my heart was like to break ; So I gied him my hand, though my heart was at the sea, And Auld Robin Cray is gudeman to me." Here there...
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Lectures on the English Poets

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...what leisure for grief and despair! " My father pressed me sair, Though my mother did ua' speak ; But* she looked in my face Till my heart was like to break." The irksomeness of the situations, the sense of painful dependence, is excessive ; and yet the sentiment...
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Nice distinctions

Nice distinctions - 1820 - 354 pages
...I may say, in the words of a melody of the country of bards, * * * * My mother did not speak, . But she looked in my face till my heart was like to break ; So I gave him my hand, * * • * But here terminates the analogy between the love-lorn Jenny and me ;...
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