I have been writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made her mother fall sick, and given her Auld Robin Gray for her lover ; but I wish to load... The Scottish Songs - Seite 339herausgegeben von - 1829 - 370 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Jessie Patrick Findlay - 1902 - 226 Seiten
...dear," said Lady Anne ; " I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes ; I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made...mother fall sick, and given her auld Robin Gray for a lover, but I want to load her with a fifth sorrow in the four lines, poor thing ! — Help me to... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1903 - 190 Seiten
...writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. 1 have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made...mother fall sick, and given her auld Robin Gray for a lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow within the four lines, poor thing ! Help me to... | |
| John Henry Fowler - 1904 - 516 Seiten
...writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made...mother fall sick, and given her auld Robin Gray for a lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow within the four lines, poor thing ! Help me to... | |
| Charles Eliot Norton - 1906 - 416 Seiten
...writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea — and broken her father's arm — and...cow, sister Anne,' said the little Elizabeth. The cow was immediately lifted by me, and the song completed. At our fire-side, and amongst our neighbors '... | |
| Harry Graham - 1908 - 436 Seiten
...writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea — and broken her father's arm — and...for her lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth 1 "The Bridegroom Greits when the Sun Goes Down." a Sophie Johnstone. sorrow within the four lines,... | |
| Henry Grey Graham - 1908 - 441 Seiten
...Lifts ff Ute Lindsays, u. \¡'¿'¿. misfortune. I have sent Jamie to sea, broken his father's arm, made her mother fall sick, and given her auld Robin Gray for a lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow in the four lines, poor thing ! Help me, I pray."... | |
| Ada M. Ingpen - 1909 - 506 Seiten
...ballad, my dear, — I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes,- — I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made...mother fall sick, and given her Auld Robin Gray for a lover, but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow, in the four lines, poor thing ! help me to one,... | |
| Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard - 1910 - 346 Seiten
...writing a ballad, my dear. I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes : I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made her mother fall sick, and given her Auld Eobin Gray for a lover, but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow in the four lines, poor thing !... | |
| Joseph Farington - 1923 - 396 Seiten
...writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made...mother fall sick, and given her Auld Robin Gray for a lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow within the four lines, poor thing ! Help me to... | |
| Paula R. Feldman - 2001 - 924 Seiten
...writing a ballad, my dear; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea— and broken her father's arm— and...cow, sister Anne," said the little Elizabeth. The cow was immediately lifted by me, and the song completed. At our fire-side, and amongst our neighbours,... | |
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