 | William Allingham - 1865 - 456 sider
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. 7 ' Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.' ' carlinc-wife,' an old peasant-woman. ' birk,' birch. ' syke,' marsh. ' sheugh/ trench. 8 And she... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1866 - 254 sider
...described in the old ballad — Blow up the fire, now, maidens mine, Bring water from the well ; For all my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well. 7 It was mentioned as a trait of her solicitude on this occasion, that candles stood ready to be lighted... | |
 | Ballads - 1867 - 638 sider
...;4 But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneuch. " Blow up the fire, now, maidens mine, Bring water from the well ; For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my twa sons are well. Dark. 2 Birch. 3 Stream. * Furrow. " Oh eat and drink, my merry-men a', The better... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 sider
...ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o; Paradise, That birk grew fair eneuch.* ****** " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...large and wide ; And she's ta'en her mantle her about, 1 Sat down' at the bedside. ****** Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 282 sider
...sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. ' Blow up the fire now, maidens mine ; Bring water from the well ; For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my twa sons are well. O eat and drink, my merry men a', The better shall ye fare ; For my twa sons they... | |
 | 1871 - 692 sider
...birk grew fair eneuch. J 8 " Blow up the fire, my maidens, and Bring water from the well ; For all my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well. 9 " Oh, eat and drink, my merry men all, The better shall ye fare ; For my three sons they are come... | |
 | William Ritchie MacFadyen - 1873 - 72 sider
...in ony sheugh, But at tbe gate o' Paradise That birch grew fair eneugh. The mother rejoices : ****** And she has made to them a bed, She's made it large and wide, And she's put her mantle them about, Sat down at their bed-side. ****** Oh, up then crew the red, red cock, And... | |
 | John Clark Murray - 1874 - 234 sider
...; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneuch. " ' Blow up the fire now, maidens mine, Bring water from the well ; For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my twa sons are well. " ' O eat and drink, my merry men a', The better shall ye fare ; For my twa sons... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 sider
...birk grew fair eneugh. ' Blow up the fire, my maidens ! 25 ' Bring water from the weJl ! ' For all my house shall feast this night, ' Since my three sons are well ! ' 7 carlint, old peasant-woman 18 mirk, murky And she has made to them a bed, She's made it large... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 290 sider
...And their hats were o' the birk. But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. ***** " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sous are well." And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide; And she 's ta'en her... | |
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Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night. Since my three sons are well. 
