 | 1894 - 356 Seiten
...mother's window stane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — " Johnnie tarries lang ! " They made a rod o' the hazel bush, Another o' the sloe-thorn tree, And mony mony were the men At fetching o'er Johnnie. aik, oak. the otaer word, the... | |
 | American Philological Association - 1892 - 408 Seiten
...Rise for branksome readilie ! " a 1700 Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead (Child, Ballads, vi. III). The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It...ower word o' the tune Was — " Johnie tarries lang ! " Johnie of Breadislee (Child, Ballads, vi. 15; see also iv. 279, viii. 95). And aye the o'erword... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 436 Seiten
...Can sing as I can say ; Could flee away to my mother's bower, And tell to fetch Johnie away ? ' zx The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It...And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — ' Johnie tames lang ! ' XXI They made a rod o' the hazel bush, Another o' the slae-thorn tree, And mony mony... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1902 - 436 Seiten
...stane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — ' Johnie tarries lang ! ' XXI They made a rod o' the hazel bush, Another o' the...slae-thorn tree, And mony mony were the men At fetching o'er Johnie. XXII Then out and spak his auld mother, And fast her tears did fa' — ' Ye wad nae be... | |
 | Evelyn Blantyre Simpson - 1908 - 252 Seiten
...mother's bower And tell to fetch Jonnie away ? The starling flew to his mother's window stane, And it whistled and it sang. And aye the ower word o' the tune Was ' Johnnie tarries lang.' " The bird as a messenger is a relic of the days when man and beast spoke... | |
 | 1911 - 406 Seiten
...And aye the owre-word o' the tune Was, Johnnie tarries langl 27. They made a rod o' the hazel-bush, Another o' the slae-thorn tree, And mony, mony were the men At the fetching our Johnnie. 28. Then out and spak' his auld mother, And fast her tears did fa' . ' Ye... | |
 | William Dallam Armes - 1918 - 298 Seiten
...birc. Can sing as 1 can sing, Could flee away to my mother's bower, And tell to fetch Johniu away ? " " The starling flew to his mother's window stane It whistled and it sang, And aye the ower-word o' the tune Was, Johnie tarries langl " In two other versions a bird is the bearer of the... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1921 - 280 Seiten
...? The starling flew to his mother's window pane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the o'erword of the tune Was — " Johnie tarries lang ! " They made a rod o' the hazel bush, Another o' the sloe-thorn tree, And many many were the men At fetching o'er Johnie. Then out and spake his old mother,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2006 - 442 Seiten
...bird, Can sing as I can say; Could flee away to my mother's bower, And tell to fetch Johnie away?" The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It...out and spak his auld mother, And fast her tears did fa'"Ye wad nae be warned, my son Johnie, 344 Frae the hunting to bide awa. Aft hae I brought to Breadislee,... | |
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The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — " Johnie tarries lang ! 
