 | 1765 - 404 էջ
...firft it bow'd, and fyne it brak, Sae my true love did lightly me. O waly, waly, gin love be bonny, A little time while it is new, '° But when its auld, it waxeth cauld, And fades awa' like morning dew. O wherfore Ihuld I bufk my head ? Or wherfore fhuld... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 260 էջ
...first it bow'd, and syne it brake, And sae my true love did lyghtlie me. O waly waly gin love be bonny A little time while it is new ; But when its auld it waxeth cauld, And fades awa' like morning-dew. O wherfore shu'd I busk my head ? Or wherfore shu'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 414 էջ
...hitherto supposed, to an unfortunate amour, but to the more meritorious distresses of " wedded love." O waly, waly, but love be bonnie A little time while it is new ; But when it's auld it waxes cauld, And fades away like the morning dew. O wherefore should I busk * my held,... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 էջ
...first it bow'd, and syne it brake, Sae my true love did lyghtlie me. O waly waly but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when its auld it waxeth cauld, And fades awa' like morning-dew. 0 wherefore shu'd I busk my head ? Or wherefore shu'd... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 էջ
...thoucht it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd and syne it brak : Sae my true-love did lichtlie me. d Oh, waly, waly, but love be bonnie A little time while it is new ; But when it's auld it waxes cauld, And fades away like the morning dew. Oh, wherefore should I busk my heid,... | |
 | 1854 - 356 էջ
...lean'd my back unto an aik, And thoucht it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak : Oh, waly, waly, but love be bonnie A little time while it is new ; But when it's auld it waxes cauld, And fades away like the morning dew. Oh, wherefore should I busk my heid,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 էջ
...thoucht it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak : Sae my true-love did lichtlie me. Oh, waly, waly, but love be bonnie A little time while it is new ; But when it's auld it waxes cauld, And fades away like the morning dew. Oh, wherefore should I busk my heid,... | |
 | William Allingham - 1865 - 456 էջ
...it was a trustie tree, But first it bow'd and syne it brak', — Sae my true love did lichtlie me. O waly, waly, but love be bonnie A little time while it is new ! But when it's auld it waxeth cauld, And fadeth awa' like the morning dew. O wherefore should I busk my heid,... | |
 | 1866 - 396 էջ
...thoucht it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed and syne it brak : Sae my true-love did lichtlie me. Oh, waly, waly, but love be bonnie A little time while it be new; But when its auld it waxes cauld, And fades away like the morning dew. Oh, wherefore should... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 էջ
...thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak', Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly, waly, but love be bonnie, A little time while it is new, 10 But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld, And fades away like morning dew. Oh! wherefore should I busk... | |
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Or wherefore should I kame my hair ? For my true Love has me forsook, And says he'll never lo'e me mair. 
