MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson... The Christian Ambassador - Page 221865Full view - About this book
 | 1880 - 1498 pages
...und vergleichen wir das beigefügte Original mit der Uebersetzung. Jobn Andereon, my jo John, \Vhen we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven,...are like the snaw; But blessings on your frosty pow, Jobn Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo John, We clamb the hill thegither, And inony a canty day,... | |
 | W A. Williamson - 1849 - 134 pages
...glen." — The term brant, smooth, sloping, is preserved in "John Anderson," in the form brent :— "John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent...were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent." The term fellow, feal-leaguc, faith bound, is at once a term of respect and of reproach, as fellow... | |
 | 1875 - 676 pages
...of newness, brightness, and freshness I have always read the word brent in the Scotch song : — " John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonny brow was brent." C. Ross. TRIAL OF HENRT WALPOLE, SJ (5th S. iii. 367.) — In answer to DR.... | |
 | 1849 - 340 pages
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 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 908 pages
...heaven here on earth, John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo, John, when we were first acquaint, Your locks were like the raven, your bonnie brow was brent, But now your head's turned bald, John, your locks are like the snaw, Yet blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...first acqucnt; Your locks were like tho raven. Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is held, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings...Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And mony a canty day, John, We've nad wi' ane anil lier : Now we maun totter down, John But hand and hand... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 pages
...das, male fausta mihi Fortuna, jnalorum : Sed cum qvoqve malo das bene fausta melos. John Anderson. John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, John, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is bald, John, Your locks are like the snaw ;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1865 - 236 pages
...where'er he distant roves, Jockey's heart is still at hame. JOHN ANDERSON. TUNE — John Anderson my Jo. JOHN ANDERSON my jo, John, When we were first acquent,...Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither, And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand In baud... | |
 | 1850 - 746 pages
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 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1851 - 618 pages
...brow was brent ; But noo you're turning mild, JOHN, Your locks are like the snow, But blessings ou your frosty pow, JOHN ANDERSON, my jo ! * JOHN ANDERSON, my jo, JOHN, We 'vo »eon our bairns' bairns, And yet, my dear JOHN ANDERSON, I 'm happy in your airms ; And sae are... | |
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