 | Nikki Moustaki - 2001 - 376 Seiten
...full sore; They hung him up before the storm, And turn'd him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim; They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him further woe; And still, as signs of life... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1906 - 230 Seiten
...sore; They hung him up before the storm, And turn'd him o'er and o'er. IX. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim; They heaved in John Barleycorn, There, let him sink or swim! X. They laid 1 him out upon the floor To work him further woe; And still, as signs of... | |
 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1894 - 328 Seiten
...full sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turned him o'er and o'er. They fill'd up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him further woe, And still, as signs of life... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1867 - 178 Seiten
...fall sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turned him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim; They heaved in John Barley-corn — There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor To work him farther woe ; And still, as signs of life... | |
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They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him farther woe, And still, as signs of life appear'd, They toss'd him to and fro. 
