 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...the morning, nae blithe lads are scorning ; Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae ; Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. • • • In har'st, at the shearing, nae youths now are jearing ; Bandsters are runkled, and... | |
 | Henry William Weber - Flodden feilde - 1808 - 452 pages
...Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. In har'st, at the shearing, nae youths now arejearing; Bandsters are runkled, and lyart or gray ; At fair, or at preaching, nae wooing, nae (leeching ;— The flowers of the forest are a' wede awae. At e'en, in the gloaming, nae younkers are... | |
 | Henry William Weber - Flodden feilde - 1808 - 414 pages
...Atbughts,inthe morning, nae blithe tals are scorning; Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae , Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing ; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. In har'st, at the shearing, nae youths now arejearing; Bandsters are runkled, and lyart or gray... | |
 | Henry William Weber - Flodden feilde - 1808 - 434 pages
...Atbughts,inthemorning, nae blithe lads are scorning; Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and \vae , Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing ; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. In har'st, at the shearing, nae youths now are jearing ; Bandsters are runkled, and lyart or... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...the morning Nae blythe lads are scorning ; <§ The lasses are lonely, dowie and wae: Nae daffin, nae gabbing, But sighing and sabbing, Ilk ane lifts her leglin,|| and hies her away. At e'en in the gloming Nae swankies** are roaming, * Loaning, an opening between fields of corn, left... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...the morning, nae blithe lads are scorning; Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae; Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. Bandsters are runkled, and lyart or gray; At fair, or at preaching, nae wooing, nae Seeching;... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning ; Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae ; Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing ; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. In har'st, at the shearing, nae youths now are jearing ; Bandsters are runkled, and lyart or... | |
 | Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...morning, nae blythe lads are scorning ; Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae ; Nae daffing, nac gabbmg, but sighing and sabbing ; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. • In har'st, at the shearing, nae youths now are jearing ; Bandsters are runkled, and lyart... | |
 | Alexander Laing - 1828 - 492 pages
...blithe-lads are scorning, ! '. Lasses are lonely, dowie, and wae ; , , ,-• . . i Nae daffing, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing ; Ilk ane lifts her...hies her away. • In har'st at the shearing, nae younkers are jeering, Bandsters are runklud, and lyart or gray ; A At fair, or at preaching, nae wooing,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...the morning, nae blythc lads arc scorning ; Lasses are lonely, anddowie, and wae; Nae daffinp, nae gabbing, but sighing and sabbing; Ilk ane lifts her leglin, and hies her awae. In bar'st, at the shearing, nae youths now are jeerBandsle'rs are rankled, and lyart or gray... | |
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I've heard them lilting at our ewe-milking, Lasses a' lilting before dawn o' day; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a 
