 Peter the skinman, An' Geordie our deacon, for want of a better, An Bess, wha delights in the sins that beset her. O, worthy St Andrew, we canna compel ye, But ye ken as weel as a body can tell ye, If these gang to heaven, we'll a' be sae shockit, Your...  Songs - Page 43by James Hogg - 1831 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Hogg - 1852 - 406 pages
...the thrapple, An' what's to become o' poor Balmaquhapple ? Fling a' aff your bannets, an' kneel foj your life, fo'ks, And pray to St Andrew, the god o'...gang to heaven, we'll a' be sae shockit, Your garret «/ blue will but thinly be stockit. " But for a' the rest, for the women's sake, save them, Their... | |
 | John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1854 - 482 pages
...our deacon, for want of a better; And Bess, that delights in the sins that beset her. O worthy Saint Andrew, we canna compel ye, But ye ken as weel as...these gang to heaven, we'll a' be sae shockit, Your garrat o' blue will but thinly be stookit. " But for a' the rest, for the women's sake, save them !... | |
 | John Wilson, Wm Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart, James Hogg - 1854 - 482 pages
...our deacon, for want of a better; And Bess, that delights in the sins that beset her. O worthy Saint Andrew, we canna compel ye, But ye ken as weel as...can tell ye, If these gang to heaven, we'll a' be eae shockit, Your garrat o' blue will but thinly be stockit. 5. " But for a' the rest, for the women's... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 440 pages
...deacon, for want of a better ; And Bess, that delights in the sins that beset her. 0, worthy Saint Andrew, we canna compel ye, But ye ken as weel as...the women's sake, save them ! Their bodies at least, and their souls, if they have them ; But it puzzles Jock Linton, and small it avails, If they dwell... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 440 pages
...deacon, for want of a better ; And Bess, that delights in the sins that beset her. O, worthy Saint Andrew, we canna compel ye, But ye ken as weel as...shockit, Your garret o' blue will but thinly be stockit. v. But for a' the rest, for the women's sake, save them ! Their bodies at least, and their souls, if... | |
 | John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1863 - 482 pages
...want of a better ; And Bess, that delighta in the sins that beset her. O worthy Saint Andrew, we canua compel ye, But ye ken as weel as a body can tell ye,...If these gang to heaven, we'll a' be sae shockit, Tour garrat o' blue will but thinly be stockit. i. " Bnt for a' the rest, for the women's sake, save... | |
 | James Hogg, Thomas Thomson - 1866 - 592 pages
...If these gang to heaven, we'll a' be sae shoekit, Your garret o' blue will but thinly be stoekit. " But for a' the rest, for the women's sake, save them,...an' their sauls, if they have them; But it puzzles Joek Lesly, an' sma' it avails, If they dwell in their stamoeks, their heads, or their tails. An' save,... | |
 | John Wilson - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1867 - 484 pages
...want of a better; And Besa, that delights in the sins that beset her. 0 worthy Saint Andrew, we canua compel ye, But ye ken as weel as a body can tell ye,...these gang to heaven, we'll a' be sae shockit, Your garrat o' blue will but thinly be stockit. 6. " But for a' the rest, for the women's sake, save them... | |
 | John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1867 - 482 pages
...delights in the sins that beset her. О worthy Saint Andrew, we canna compel ye, But ye ken as wee! as a body can tell ye, If these gang to heaven, we'll a' be sae shockit, Your garrat o' blue will but thinly be stockit, 6. " But for a" the rest, for the women's sake, save them... | |
 | English periodicals - 1890 - 540 pages
...better, And Bess, wha delights in the sins that beset her — ending with the milder prayer : But as for the rest, for the women's sake save them, Their bodies at least, and their sauls if they have them. And save, without word of confession auricular, The clerk's bonny... | |
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