 | Alexander Smith - 1865 - 336 pages
...has been occasionally quoted, and which you have in all likelihood come across in your reading:— ' Says Tweed to Till, What gars ye rin sae still ? Says Till to Tweed, Though ye rin wi' speed, An' I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon, I droon twa.' " " Yes, it is very striking, and hits the... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1875 - 478 pages
...General Huntington are here. CONOREGATIONAL CHUKCH. PETEK STUYVESANT. CHAPITER XXVIII. SAYBROOK. " Says Tweed to Till, ' What gars ye rin sae still ?' Says Till to Tweed, ' Thongh ye rin wi' speed, An' I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon, I droon twa.' " — Old Song.... | |
 | Achilles Daunt - 1887 - 254 pages
...scenes of death in the words which superstitious Eld attributed to the rivers Tweed and Till :— " Says Tweed to Till, ' What gars ye rin sae still?' Says Till to Tweed, ' Though ye rin wi' speed An' I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon I droou twa.' " The seas on the Goodwins certainly " rin wi'... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1901 - 1190 pages
...they should be strong: Amen, good Lord ; your charity Is the ending of my song. 383. Two Rivers CAYS Tweed to Till— ^ ' What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Says Till to Tweed— 'Though I rin with speed And ye rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon 384, Cradle Song OMY deir hert, young Jesus... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1902 - 1118 pages
...prayers they should be strong : Amen, good Lord ; your charity Is the ending of my song. 383. Two Rivers SAYS Tweed to Till— 'What gars ye rin sae still?' Says Till to Tweed— 'Though ye rin with speed And I tin slaw, For ae man that ye droon Cradle Song MY deir hert, young Jesus sweit, Prepare... | |
 | Alfred Edward Thomas Watson - 1902 - 766 pages
...bridge and the sullen Till is crossed, and the old lines of an unknown author flash through my brain : Says Tweed to Till— ' What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Says Till to Tweed— ' Though I rin with speed, And ye rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon, I droon twa.' The same river, by the way,... | |
 | 1903 - 60 pages
...his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien. J. Keats. TRivets Says Tweed to Till — ' What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Says Till to Tweed— ' Though ye rin with speed And I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon I droon twa.' Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck... | |
 | Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - 1904 - 742 pages
...has occasioned. Some local lines compare its fatalities with those of the swift-flowing Tweed :— " Says Tweed to Till, ' What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Says Till to Tweed, ' Though ye rin with speed, And I rin slaw, For ilka man ye droon I droon twa.' " The proposed site was happily situated... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1904 - 1058 pages
...they should be strong: Amen, good Lord ; your charity Is the ending of my song. $83. Two Rivers CAYS Tweed to Till— ^ ' What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Says Till to Tweed— 'Though ye rin with speed And I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon 384. Cradle Song MY deir hert, young Jesus sweit.... | |
 | Robert Pickett Scott - 1907 - 458 pages
...fond relations, Like all things mortal you depend On your associations. AC Benson. Two Rivers 1AYS Tweed to Till— " What gars ye rin sae still? " Says Till to Tweed— "Though ye rin with speed And I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon I droon twa ". Anon. Dartside CANNOT tell what... | |
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What gars ye rin sae still ?' Says Till to Tweed — 'Though ye rin with speed And I rin slaw, For ae man that ye droon I droon twa. 
