10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAPPIE»
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drappie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Poems and Songs: In Scotch and English
While we sit here to-night we'll be merry and free, And as Time passes by still
contented we'll be ; Let the cares of this world for the present be forgot, While we'
re a' met together o'er a wee drappie o't. Chorus — A wee drappie o't, &*.
2
Vagabond songs and ballads of Scotland. Ed., with notes, by ...
When friendship and truth and gude fellowship reign, And fouk grown auld are
made youthfu' again ; Where ilka heart is happy, and a' warldly cares forgot, Is
when we're met thegither owre a wee drappie o't. A wee drappie o't, etc. Job in
his ...
3
Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland: With Many Old and ...
A WEE DRAPPIE OT. Oh, life is a journey we a' hae to gang, And care is the
burden we carry alang, But though grief be our portion and poverty our lot, We're
happy a' thegither owre a wee drappie o't. A wee drappie o't, a wee drappie o't ...
4
Leaves from the Scrap-book of a Scottish Exile
A Wee Drappie O't. Life is a journey we a' hae tae gang, An' care is a burden we
a' carry alang. Though heavy be our burden, an' poverty our lot, We're happy wi'
oor freens o'er a wee drappie o't. Oor cares come daily on us like the waves ...
5
Scottish Song: Its Wealth, Wisdom, and Social Significance
Another drinking-song not less redolent of a cheerful human piety is — A wee
Drappie o't.1 The trees are a' stript o' their mantle sae green, The leaves o' the
forest nae langer are seen, Winter draws near wi' its cauld icy coat, And we're a'
met ...
John Stuart Blackie,
1889
6
Poems, Songs, and Ballads
Nae hand could draw, or tongue tell a' The mischief in the wee drappie. My
guidman prayed that nicht he died, Oor bairns micht flee the wee drappie ; But
since he's gane, there's mair than ane, Has fa' en tae tak' the wee drappie. Ah me
! the ...
Another drinking-song not less redolent of a cheerful human piety is — A wee
Drappie o't.1 The trees are a' stript o' their mantle sae green, The leaves 0' the
forest nae langer are seen, Winter draws near wi' its cauld icy coat, And we're a'
met ...
John Stuart Blackie,
1889
8
Curling in Canada and the United States: A Record of the ...
To my surprise he walked to the piano and struck some chords quite like a
musician, and began a song to the tune of " We're a' met thegither owre a wee
drappie o't," though he sang it to the effect that we were met toithoid " a drappie o'
t ...
It is almost impossible, in traversing the sinuous windings of these long corridors,
which seem constructed for a race of giants, to conceive that their only object is to
lead to a tomb.' Song. — A Wee Drappie o't. BY HENRY SCOTT, A YOUNG ...
10
The Oriental Herald, and Journal of General Literature
Now the sweetness o' Simmer is faded and past, And grim Winter whistles wild in
the war 0' the blast ,Yet sae happy here '5 we'll be in our low hamely cot, ' And
rejoice 'neath the storm o'er a wee drappie o't. Should Misfortune's grim visage ...