 Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother a lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he lov'd keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry...  The Ballads of Scotland - Page 341publié par - 1859Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edmund Burke - 1880 - 702 pages
...and the pedantic King. The Heir of Xlnne is founded on an old ballad of a spendthrift lord : — " His father was a right good Lord, His mother a lady...they, alas ! were dead, him fro, And he loved keeping company." He is saved from apparent ruin by the intervention, in supernatural guise, of a maiden who... | |
 | Lady - 1807 - 232 pages
...beginne -, It is of a lord of faire Scotland, .!' Which was the unthrifty Heire of Linn?, His rather was a right good lord, His mother a lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he lov'd keeping compauie. To spende the daye with merrye cheare, To dl ink and revell every... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...hanged. THE HEIR OF LINNE. PART FIRST. LITHE and listen, gentlemen, To sing a song I will begin : It is a lord of fair Scotland, Which was the unthrifty heir...lady of high degree; But they, alas ! were dead, him frae, And he lov'd keeping companie. To spend the day with merry chear, To drink and revel every night,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 430 pages
...Reliques." ( I755,) where it wss stated to be from the old nwmucript to which the ediHi* father was a richte good lord, His mother a lady of high degree ; But...him fro, And he loved keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry cheere, To drink and revel every nichte, To carde and dice from even to morne, It was,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1829 - 344 pages
...gentlemen, To sing a song I will begin : It is of a lord of faire Scotland, Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother...lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he loved keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry cheare, To drinke and revell every... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1829 - 346 pages
...it is highly probable, that several modern interpolations still remain. LITHE and listen, gentlemen, To sing a song I will begin : It is of a lord of faire Scotland, Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1844 - 178 pages
...gentlemen, To sing a song I will beginne ; It is of a lord of faire Scotland, Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother...lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he lovd keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry cheare, To drinke and revell every... | |
 | 1845 - 258 pages
...gentlemen, To sing a song I will beginne : It is of a lord of faire Scotland, Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother...lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he lov'd keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry cheare, To drinke and revell every... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 pages
...THE HEIR OF LINNE, AND OTHER BALLADS. THE HEIR OF LINNE. . PART FIRST. ITHE and listen, gentlemen ; To sing a song I will begin : It is of a lord ot fair Scotland, Which was the unthrifty heir of Linne, ;is father was a right good lord, His mother... | |
 | 1846 - 248 pages
...gentlemen, To sing a song I will beginne : It is of a lord of faire Scotland, Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother...lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he loved keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry cheare, To drinke and revell every... | |
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