 | 1714 - 430 ページ
...at the fea, Andauld Robin Gray came a courting me. My fathercoudna work, and my mother coudna fpin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I coudna win;...them baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said, Jenny, for their fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid nay, I look'd for Jemmy back ; But the wind it blewhigh,... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 ページ
...came a courting me. My father cou'dna' work, and my raither cou'dna' fpin, I toil'd night and day, but their bread I cou'dna' win ; Auld Rob maintain'd...them baith, and, wi' tears in his ee', Said, Jenny, for their fakes, O marry me. My heart it faid nay, I look'd for Jamie back, But the wind it blew high,... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 286 ページ
...Jamie at the sea, And auld Robin Gray came a courting me. My father coudna work, and my mother condiia spin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I coudna win; Auld Rob maintain' d them baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said, " Jenny, for their mikes, O marry me." My heart... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 ページ
...and my Jamie at the sea, And auld Robin Gray came a-courting me. My father coudna work, and my mither coudna spin; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I coudna win: Auld Robin maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his ee, Said, Jenny, for their sakes, O marry me. 2 But... | |
 | lady Anne Barnard - 1825 - 44 ページ
...mother she fell sick — my Jamie was at sea — And Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he came a-courting me. IV. My father cou'dna work — my mother cou'dna spin...Said, " Jenny, oh ! for their sakes, will you marry me ?" My heart it said na, and I look'd for Jamie back ; But hard blew the winds, and his ship was a wrack... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 ページ
...father couldna' work, and my mither couldna' spin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I couldna' win ; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his ee Said, Jenny, for their sakes, will ye marry me ? My heart it said nay, I look'd for Jamie back ; But the wind it... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 ページ
...father couldna' work, and my mither couldna' spin, I toil'd day and night, but their bread I couldna' win ; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his ee Said, Jenny, for their sakes, will ye marry me ? My heart it said nay, I look'd for Jamie back ; But the wind it... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 390 ページ
...My mother she fell sick — my Jamie was at sea — And auld Robin Gray, oh ! he came a-courting me. My father cou'dna work — my mother cou'dna spin ; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I cou'dn» win ; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and, wi* tears iu his ее, Said, " Jenny, oh ! for... | |
 | 1828 - 454 ページ
...fell sick — my Jamie was at sea — And Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he came a-courting me. ". My fatlier cou'dna work — my mother cou'dna spin • ; I toil'd...Said, 'Jenny, oh! for their sakes, will you marry me t* '•' '•.'::• " My heart it said na, and I look'd for Jamie back ; -..-,• ;. But hard blew... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 460 ページ
...Jamie was at sea— And Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he came a-courting me. " My father cou'dna work—my mother cou'dna spin ; I toil'd day and night, but...Said, ' Jenny, oh ! for their sakes, will you marry me ?' " My heart it said na, and I look'd for Jamie back ; But hard blew the winds, and his ship was a... | |
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Gray came a-courtin' me. My father couldna work, and my mother couldna spin; I toil'd day and night, but their bread I couldna win; Auld Rob maintain'd them baith, and wi' tears in his e'e Said, 'Jennie, for their sakes, O, marry me! 
