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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. "
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: First Series, Containing Minstrelsy ... - Page 212
by Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 532 pages
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: consisting of historical and ..., Volume 3

Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from the well ! " For a1 my house shall feast this night, " Since my three sons ate well." And she has made to them a bed,...
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The Scottish Ballads

Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 430 pages
...O lang may ye hing, my mother's mantil, Ere ye hap us again." * Variation in the Border Minstrelsy: And she has made to them a bed ; She's made it large and wide ; And she's taen her mantel her about, Sat down at the bed side. t Fretting. SCOTTISH BALLADS. PART FOURTH. OF indent 23allate....
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The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...Raw one staridmc there, who bad a gurland upon hu bead. Then was Kabbi Ponirn afraid, imaciniu* it " Blow up the fire, my maidens . Bring water from the...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-eide. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...afraid, imafiiijnf it " Blow up the fire, rny maidens . Bring water from the well ! For a' my limit shall feast this night. Since my three sons are well." — And she haa made to them a bed, She's made it large and wide ; And she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down...
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The Book of British Ballads

Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...sheuch ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneuch. ' Blow up the fire, now, maidens mine. Bring water from the well ; For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my twa sons are well.^ ' O eat and drink, my merry-men a', The better shall ye fare ; For my two sons...
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Ballads and Metrical Tales

Ballads, English - 1845 - 258 pages
...sheuch ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneuch. " Blow up the fire, now, maidens mine, Bring water from the well ; For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my twa sons are well. " O eat and drink, my merry-men a', The better shall ye fare ; For my twa sons they...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...sheuch ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneuch. " Blow up the fire now, maidens mine, Bring water from the well ; For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my twa sons are weH. Oh eat and drink, my merry men a', The better shall ye fare ; For my twa sons they...
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Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction ..., Volume 1

William Motherwell - Ballads - 1846 - 300 pages
...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...three sons are well." And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide : And she 's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up...
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English and Scottish Ballads: Book I. Romances of chivalry and legends of ...

Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1857 - 512 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. 14. Should we not read, for fiahes here, fasheĞ — ie troubles ? — LOCKHAKT. I * * * * * Up then...
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English and Scottish Ballads: Book I. Romances of chivalry and legends of ...

Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1857 - 496 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. 14. Should we not read, for Jitkes here, fathes — ie troubles ? — LOCKHART. Up then crew the red...
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