 Tarry woo, tarry woo, Tarry woo is ill to spin ; Card it weel, card it weel, Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd and spun, Then the work is hafflins done ; But when woven, drest, and clean, It may be cleading for a queen...  The Soldier of Fortune ... - Page 47by Henry Curling - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 260 pages
...card it well, Card it well ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd and spun, Then the work is haflens done ; But when woven, drest and clean, It may be cleading for a queen. Sing, my bonny harmless sheep, That feed upon the mountain's steep, Bleating sweetly as ye go, Thro'... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1835 - 626 pages
...much older than the rest of the words. When 'tis canlcil, row*d and spun, ï*hen the work is havens done ; But when woven, drest and clean, It may be cleading for a queen. Sing, my bonny harmless sheep, That feed upon the mountain's steep, Bleating »weetly as ye go, Thro*... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 504 pages
...woo is ill to spin ; Card it weel, card it weel, Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd, and spun, Then the work is hafflins done; But when...drest, and clean, It may be cleading for a queen. " ' So be it.—WS' » On the 24th of December, 1819, the mother of the novelist breathed her lost.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 428 pages
...woo is ill to spin; Card it weel, card it weel, Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd, and spun, Then the work is hafflins done; • But...drest, and clean, It may be cleading for a queen.' So be it.— WS" But to return—I rode out to Abbotsford with Jobn Ballantyne towards the end of the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 790 pages
...is ill to spin ; Card it v.'cc'l, card it weel, Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd, and spun, Then the work is hafflins done; But when woven, drest, and clean, It may be clcading for a queen.' So be it.— WS" But to return — I rode out to Abbotsford with John Ballantyne... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 778 pages
...card it wee], Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd, and spun, Then the work ¡8 baffline done; But when woven, drest, and clean, It may be cleading for a queen.' So be it— WS" But to return — I rode out to Abbotsford with John Ballantyne towards the end of... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 458 pages
...woo is ill to spin; Card it weel, card it weel, Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd and spun, Then the work is hafflins done; But when...drest, and clean, It may be cleading for a queen.' So be it, — WS" But to return — I rode out to Abbotsford with John Ballantyne towards the end of... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 454 pages
...woo is ill to spin ; Card it weel, card it weel, Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd and spun, Then the work is hafflins done ; But when...drest, and clean, It may be cleading for a queen/ So be it, — WS" But to return — I rode out to Abbotsford with John Ballantyne towards the end of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pages
...itself, 1er than the rest of the words. When 'tis carded, row'd and span. Then the work is haflens done ; But when woven, drest and clean, It may be cleading for a queen. Sing, my bonny harmless sheep, That feed upon the mountain's steep. Bleating sweetly as ye go. Thro'... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 458 pages
...woo is ill to spin ; Card it wee], card it weel. Card it weel ere ye begin. When 'tis carded, row'd and spun, Then the work is hafflins done ; But when...drest, and clean, It may be cleading for a queen." So be it, — WS" But to return — I rode out to Abbotsford with John Ballantyne towards the end of... | |
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