 Oh, why left I my hame? Why did I cross the deep ? Oh, why left I the land where my forefathers sleep ? I sigh for Scotia's shore, and I gaze across the sea, But I canna get a blink o' my ain countrie. The palm-tree waveth high, and fair the myrtle springs,...  The Kingdom of Fife: Its Ballads and Legends ... - Seite 6von Robert Boucher - 1899 - 303 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Seely Hart - 1849 - 934 Seiten
...WHY LEFT I MY HAME. WORDS BY R, GILFILLAN, ESQ. MELODY BY 3Po Z, 33 ф ЗП>, Oh why left I my home? Why did I cross the deep! Oh why left I the land Where шу ' =Ь =r=±r=r=±f — r1^-^ — г— YT— * forefather» Bleep ? I sigh for Scotia'» shore,... | |
 | 1854 - 608 Seiten
...happy days, an' farewell youthfu' glee, The young may court your smiles, but ye're gane frae me. I ft 9 OH ! why left I my hame ? Why did I cross the deep...And I gaze across the sea, But I canna get a blink The palm-tree waveth high, And fair the myrtle springs, And to the Indian maid The bulbul sweetly sings... | |
 | 1854 - 606 Seiten
...farewell happy days, an' farewell youthfu' glee, The young may court your smiles, but ye're gane frae me. OH ! why left I my hame ? Why did I cross the deep...And I gaze across the sea, But I canna get a blink 0' my ain countrie. The palm-tree waveth high, And fair the myrtle springs, And to the Indian maid... | |
 | Charles Rogers - 1856 - 336 Seiten
...'ll mourn, lonely rosebud ! when thou art not there. THE EXILE'S SONG. TUNE — " My ain Countrie." OH ! why left I my hame, Why did I cross the deep...across the sea ; But I canna get a blink O' my ain countrie ! The palm-tree waveth high, And fair the myrtle springs, And to the Indian maid The bulbul... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1856 - 602 Seiten
...happy days, an' farewell youthfu' glee, The young may court your smiles, but ye're gane frae me. i OH ! why left I my hame ? Why did I cross the deep...Oh ! why left I the land Where my forefathers sleep ? 1 sigh for Scotia's shore, And I gaze across the sea, But I canna get a blink The palm-tree waveth... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 Seiten
...for some time a clerk in Leith, and subsequently collector of poors-rates there. THE EXILE'S SONG. OH ! why left I my hame ? Why did I cross the deep...sigh for Scotia's shore, And I gaze across the sea, Bnt I canna get a blink 0' my ain countrie ! The palm-tree waveth high, And fair the myrtle springs... | |
 | REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1865 - 700 Seiten
...left I my hamo t Why did I cross tbe deep! Oh ! why left I the land, Where my forefathers Bleep t 1 sigh for Scotia's shore, And I gaze across the sea ; But I canna get a blink, <>' my ain countrio. " The palm tree w,weth high, And fair the myrtle spring*, And to the ludían maid... | |
 | 1870 - 418 Seiten
...feel with Dr. Cairns of Melbourne, when he so touchingly said, in the General Assembly of 1S67, — "Oh, why left I my hame? why did I cross the deep?...land where my forefathers sleep? I sigh for Scotia's shores, and I gaze across the sea, But I canna get a glimpse of my am countree." Blessed be God there... | |
 | Franz Hoffmann - 1868 - 252 Seiten
...comrades' graves, and turned their faces towards San Francisco — sadder but wiser men. CHAPTER VIII. " Oh, why left I my hame ? Why did I cross the deep ? Oh, why left I the hame Where my forefathers sleep ? There's a path across the deep, And a track upon the sea, But the... | |
 | 1872 - 638 Seiten
...! were I on Parnassus hill ... ... ... ... 220 Oh ! whistle, and 111 come to yon my lad ... ... 226 Oh why left I my hame ; why did I cross the deep ... ... 432 Oh Willie brew'da peck o' maut ... ... ... 234 O'er the mist shrouded clifts of the gray... | |
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