 | William Motherwell - 1864 - 380 sider
...sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh.* " Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the well, For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons... | |
 | William Allingham - 1865 - 456 sider
...sons cam' hame, And their hats were o' the birk. 6 It neither grew in 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 well ! For a' my house shall feast this night,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1866 - 254 sider
...of the Clerk's Lady, at the return of her children, as so touchingly 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... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 sider
...mirk, The carline wife's three sons cam hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor 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 well ! For a' my house shall... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1873 - 354 sider
...mirk, The carline wife's three sons cam hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair er.eugh.' And so the three drowned men remain, till the dawn approaches, with their mother tending... | |
 | William Motherwell - 1873 - 554 sider
...sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the well, For a' my house shall feast this night Since my three sons are... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 764 sider
...sent ' owre the sea' returned to her, ' their hats were o' the birk' :— ' It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair enough.' Then we have the cock-crowing as the signal for the ghosts to depart. The older says to the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 290 sider
...nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, 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 well ! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sous... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1880 - 774 sider
...mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates...Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. * Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the well ! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1880 - 376 sider
...mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh.1 1 The sense of this verse is obscure, owing, probably, to corruption by reciters. It would... | |
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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. 
