 | Songs, Scots - 1714 - 430 pages
...Have I not rofe by break of day ? When did her heifers ever faft, If Robin in his yard had hay ? Tho' to my fields they welcome were, I never welcome was to her . If Nanny ever loft a fheep, I chearfully did give her two : Did not her lambs in fafety fleep Within my folds in... | |
 | Select collection - 1780 - 522 pages
...To let her cows my clover tafte, Have I not rofe by break of day ? When did her heifers ever faft, If Robin in his yard had hay ? Though to my fields they weleome were, 1 never weleome was to her ! If Nanny ever loft a fheep, I chearfully did give her two... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 426 pages
...all she ask'd was quickly done I always thought on her, but she Would ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by...fields they welcome were, I never welcome was to her. • Hilt. of Scot. Poet. voLi. p. »»o. > Scot. Songs, vol.L p. 73. If Nanny ever lost a sheep, I... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 492 pages
...her, but she Would ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I 11<i! HIM• by break of day ? When did her heifers ever fast,...Robin in his yard had hay ? Though to my fields they welsome were, I never welcome was to her. If Nanny ever Jost a sheep, I cheerfully did give her two:... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...all she wish'd was quickly done. I always think of her, but she Does ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by break of day ? Did ever Nanny's heifers fast, If Robin in his barn had hay ? Tho' to my fields they welcome were,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 408 pages
...all she ask'd was quickly doge. I always thought on her ; but she Would ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by...they welcome were, I never welcome was to her. If Nannie ever lost a sheep, I cheerfully did give her two. Did not her lambs in safety sleep, Within... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...all she ask'd was quickly done. I always thought on her; but she Would ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by...of day ? When did her heifers ever fast, If Robin 5n his yard had hay ? Though to my fields they welcome were, I never welcome was to her. If Nannie... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...? She only had the word to say, And all she wish'd was quickly done. I always think of her, but she To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by break of day ! Did ever Nanny's heifers fast, If Robin in his barn had hay ? Tho' to my fields they welcome were,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...she asked was quickly done • I always thought on her, but she Would ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by...her two: Did not her lambs in safety sleep Within my fold's in frost and snow ? Have they not there from cold been free ? But Nanny still is cold to me... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...all she asked was quickly done I always thought on her, but she Would ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by...fields they welcome were, I never welcome was to her. •09 If Nanny ever lost a sheep, I cheerfully did give her two : Did not her lambs in safety sleep... | |
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And all she asked was quickly done : I always thought on her, but she Would ne'er bestow a thought on me. To let her cows my clover taste, Have I not rose by break of day? When did her heifers ever fast, If Robin in his yard had hay? Though to my fields... 
