 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." 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 bedside....  Shepherd's Crowns: A Volume of Essays - Page 19by Pamela Grey - 1923 - 142 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...That birk grew fair eneugh. / " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from the well ! " For a' my house shall feast this night, " Since my three...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...fair eneugh. 8 MINSTRELSY OF " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from the well ! " For a' my house shall feast this night, " Since my three...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...! " 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, She's made...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...Paradise, That birk grew fair enough. " Blow up the fire my maidens, Bring water from the well, For a' my house shall feast this night Since my three sons...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the well, For a' my house shall feast this night Since my three sons...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...Kabbi Ponirn afraid, imaciniu* it " Blow up the fire, my maidens . Bring water from the well ! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons...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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...frH «L_« •€ ~,\~_ ^ f ri \ " Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well ! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
 | Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 352 pages
...Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the well ! For a' my house shall feast this night Since my three sons...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray, 1 Troubles. The eldest to the youngest... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...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 ;...she's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side. Up then crew the red red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,... | |
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