 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...dinner sweet, • Fail— Turf. " Ye'll sit on his white hause bane, " And l'll pike out his bonny blue een: " Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, " We'll theek • our nest when it grows bare. " Mony a one for him makes mane, " But nane sail ken whare he is gane : " O'er his white... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...may make our dinner sweet 216 * Yell sit on his white hause bane, " And I'll pike put his bonny blue een : " Wi' ae lock o" his gowden hair, " We'll theek * our nest when it grows bare. " Mony a one for him makes mane, " But nane sall ken whare he is gane : " O'er his white... | |
 | 1825 - 396 pages
...alluded to: — " Ye'll sit on his white hause bane, " And I'll pike out his bonny blue een ; " With ae lock o' his gowden hair, " We'll theek our nest, when it grows bare." ' XXII. (22.) THE ABSENT GREEK. IN vain, to win me bridal wealth, The tempting scheme... | |
 | 1825 - 398 pages
...alluded to: — " Ye'll sit on his white bause bane, " And I'll pike out his bonny blue een; " With ae lock o' his gowden hair, " We'll theek our nest, when it grows bare." XXII. (22.) THE ABSENT GREEK. IN vain, to win me bridal wealth, The tempting scheme was... | |
 | William Carr - 1828 - 374 pages
...Tusser. " William I mak the a gentleman." Wm. of Cloudesly, PR THEAK, To thatch. AS thecan, tegere. " Wi ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare." M inst. of SB " While sleet, that freezes as it fa's, Theeks as wi glass the divot (turf)... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 430 pages
...— Percy's Rcliqut*, vol. iv. O we'll sit on his bonnie breist-bane, And we'll pyke out his bonnie grey een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek our nest when it blaws bare. Mony a ane for him maks mane, But nane sall ken where he is gane ; Ower his banes, when they are bare,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 396 pages
...we may mak our dinner sweet. " Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, 1 And I'll pick out his bonny blue een : Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek* our nest when it grows bare. 3 " Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sall ken where he is gane: O'er his white banes,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1844 - 178 pages
...we may mak our dinner sweet. ' Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonny blue een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. ' Mony a one for him makes mano, But nane shall ken where he is ganc ; O'er his white banes,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...may make our dinner sweet. Oh well sit on his bonnie breast-bane, And well pyke out his bonnie gray een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek our nest when it blaws bare. Mony a ane for him makes mane, But nane shall ken where he is gane. Owre his banes, when they are bare,... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - 1849 - 302 pages
...hounds, and his ladye fair. His horse is to the hunting gane, His hounds to bring the wild deer hame ; His lady's taen another mate ; Sae we may mak our...gane ; Ower his banes when they are bare, The wind sall blow for evermair !" So numerous are the names derived from this source that in a small congregation... | |
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Wi ae lock o his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. "Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sail ken where he is gane; Oer his white banes when they are bare, The wind sail blaw for evermair. 
