 | Roundelay - 1815 - 260 pages
...wae's me. I gang like a ghaist, I catena to spin, I darena think on Jamie, for that would be a sin; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me. Woman first and greatest Treasure. \\TOMAN, first and greatest treasure Man on earth... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - 1824 - 256 pages
...finished it, not until, in tones that made me almost ready to weep, she wound up the whole with— < I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is very kind to me.' Then, overpowered with feeling, I bent my head upon her shoulder, and fondly whispered... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - 1824 - 976 pages
...finished it, — not until, in tones that made me almost ready to weep, she wound up the whole with ' I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is very kind to me.' Then, overpowered with feeling, I bent my head upon her shoulder, and fondly whispered... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...? I gang like a ghaist, and carena to spin ; I darena think on Jamie, for that vvou'd be a sin; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me. This exquisite song was written by Lady Ann Lindsay, and appeared before her ladyship... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 414 pages
...! I gang like a ghaist, and I carena to spin ; I daurna think on Jamie, for that wad be a sin ; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me. LANGSYNE. MISS BLAMIRE. TUNE — Auld langfynr. WHEN silent time, wi' lightly foot, Had... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 590 pages
...honor to her good sense, and her virtue. "I may not think of Jamie, For that would be a sin. But I maun do my best, A gude wife to be ; For auld Robin Gray Is very kind to me." You ask my sentiments on a truce for five or seven years, in which no mention should... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 596 pages
...honor to her good sense, and her virtue. "I may not think of Jamie, For that would be a sin. But I maun do my best, A gude wife to be ; For auld Robin Gray Is very kind to me." You ask my sentiments on a truce for five or seven years, in which no mention should... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 592 pages
...honor to her good sense, and her virtue. "I may not think of Jamie, For that would be a sin. But I maun do my best, A gude wife to be; For auld Robin Gray Is very kind to me." You ask my sentiments on a truce for five or seven years, in which no mention should... | |
 | 1845 - 606 pages
...gang like a ghaist, and care na to spin ; I dare nae think of Jamie, for that would be a sin ; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be ; For Auld Robin Gray's kind to me. THE PALM-TREE OF CEYLON. BY MRS. ABDY. It is said that there is a sort of palm-tree... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1845 - 604 pages
...! I pang Iike a ghaist, and care na to spin ; I dare паe think of Jamie, for that would be a But I'll do my best a gude wife to be ; For Auld Robin Gray's kind to me. THE PALM-TREE OK CEYLON. BY MRS. ABRV. It is laid that there ii a sort of palm-trno... | |
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I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me. 
