 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 328 pages
...appears to have been formerly a jack of all trades. fSir David was Lion-King-at-Jlrms, mider James V., The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith ; Fu' loud the...heard afar, The battle closes thick and bloody ; But it 's not the roar o' sea or shore Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; Nor shouts o' war that 's heard... | |
 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 326 pages
...appears to have been formerly a jack of all trades. t Sir David was iMfft-Kin^-at-Arms, under James V. The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith ; Fu' loud the...heard afar, The battle closes thick and bloody ; But it 's not the roar o' sea or shore Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; Nor shouts o' war that 's heard... | |
 | William Bennett (solicitor.) - 1821 - 488 pages
...provisions, and other munitions of war, preparing for that struggle, which soon after commenced. CHAP. VI. The trumpets sound, the banners fly, The glittering...are heard afar, The battle closes thick and bloody. BURNS' Collection of Scottish Songs. IT would have been well for the nation, had the puritans. bounded... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...Leith ; Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the ferry; The ship rides by the Berwick-law, And I maun leave my bonnie Mary. The trumpets sound, the banners fly,...and bloody ; But it's not the roar o' sea or shore Would make me langer wish to tarry ; Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar,— It's leaving thee, my... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...loud the wind blaws frae the ferry ; The ship rides by the Berwick-law, And I maun leave my bonuie Mary. The trumpets sound, the banners fly, The glittering...heard afar, The battle closes thick and bloody ; But it 's no the roar o' sea or shore Wad mak me langer wish to tarry ; Nor shouts o' war that 's heard... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...Leith, Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the ferry ; The ship rides by the Berwick Law ; And I maun lea' my bonnie Mary. The trumpets sound, the banners fly...battle closes thick and bloody : But it's not the roar of sea or shore, Would nutk me langer wish to tarry ; Nor shouts of war, that's heard afar ; It's leaving... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...Leith, Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the ferry ; The ship rides by the Berwick Law ; \ And I maun lea' my bonnie Mary. The trumpets sound, the banners fly ; The glittering spears are ranked ready ; 'lie shouts o' war are heard afar ; The battle closes thick and bloody : ut it's not the roar of... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...of the wag ' „ uid. The boat locks at the pier o' Leith ; Fu1 loud the wind maws frae the ferry i The ship rides by the Berwick-law, And I maun lea'e...bloody ; But it's not the roar o' sea or shore Wad mak me langer wish to tarry Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar, Its leaving thee, my bonnie Mary.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 420 pages
...copied it out, as a work of the olden muse, to Mrs. Dunlop ; the second verse is magnificent : — " The trumpets sound, the banners fly, The glittering...But it's not the roar o' sea or shore Wad make me longer wish to tarry, Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar — It's leaving thee, my bonnie Mary." He... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...Leith, Fu' loud the wind blows fra the ferry ; The ship rides by the Berwick-law, And I maun leave my bonnie Mary. The trumpets sound, the banners fly,...The glittering spears are ranked ready. The shouts of war are heard afar, The battle closes thick and bloody ; But its not the roar o' seas or shore Wad... | |
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Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonnie lassie. The boat rocks at the pier o... 
