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" Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new ; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa "
Studies in Folk-song and Popular Poetry - Page 89
by Alfred Mason Williams - 1895 - 329 pages
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The Tea-table Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots ..., Volume 1

Allan Ramsay - Ballads, English - 1750 - 492 pages
...we'll embrace, and fweetly kifs, Repealing tales of love — OZ Waly, "waly, gin Love be bonny. OWaly, waly up the bank, And waly, waly down the brae, . And waly, waly yon burn-fide, Where I and my love wont to gae. I lean'd my back unto an aik, ..* ' , • I thought it...
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Poetical Remains of James the First, King of Scotland

James I (King of Scotland) - Music - 1783 - 272 pages
...of her and her lover. The old Scottifh word ivafy fignifies ivail3 or heavy forrow, and lamentation. Waly ! waly ! up the bank, And waly ! waly ! down the brae ; And wrtly ! waly ! on yon burn fide, ' • , ,,. • , Where I and my true love did gae. Thus Petrarch,...
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Moral tales for young people, Volume 2

Maria Edgeworth - 1806 - 288 pages
...unknown friend the second part of the same air." Angelina then began to sing the following stanza — <fr O waly waly up the bank, " And waly waly down the brae, " And waly waly yon burn side, " Where I and my love were wont to gae." She sung and paused, in expectation of hearing...
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Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1

Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 260 pages
...wherefore need I kame my hair, Sin my fause luve has me forsook, And says he'll never luve me mair. — * O waly waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly by yon burn-side, Where I and my love were wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 3

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...mentioned in ver. 17, is a hill near Edinborough ; at the bottom of which is St. Anthony's well. \J WALY waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn side, Where I and my love wer wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, 6 I thought it was a trusty...
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Lectures on the English Poets: Delivered at the Surrey Institution

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1818 - 358 pages
...that remains. Lady Ann Bothwell's Lament is not, I think, quite equal to the lines beginning — " O waly, waly, up the bank, • And waly, waly, down the brae, And waly, waly, yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty...
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Lectures on the English Poets

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...Lady Ann Bothwell's Lament is not, I think, quite equal to the lines beginning — " O waly, waly, np the bank, And waly, waly, down the brae, And waly, waly, yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty...
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Moral Tales for Young People

Maria Edgeworth - Children's stories - 1821 - 270 pages
...unknown friend the second part of the same air," Angelina then began to sing the following stanza— " O waly waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn side, Where I and my love were wont to gae." She sung and paused, in expectation of hearing the...
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The works of James the first. Also, Some brief remarks on the intimate ...

James I (king of Scotland.) - 1825 - 306 pages
...of her and her lover. The old Scottish word waly signifies wail, or heavy sorrow, and lamentation. Waly! waly! up the bank, And waly! waly! down the brae; And waly! waly! on yon burn side, Where I and my true love did gae. • Irie is a Scottish word that has no correspondent...
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The Works of James the First, King of Scotland: To which is Prefixed a ...

James I (King of Scotland) - English language - 1825 - 308 pages
...of her and her lover. The old Scottish word waly signifies wail, or heavy sorrow, and lamentation. Waly! waly! up the bank, And waly! waly! down the brae; And waly ! waly ! on yon burn side, Where I and my true love did gae. * Irie is a Scottish word that has no correspondent...
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