| J. B. Reid - Burns - 1889 - 586 pages
...The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent amang the lasses, O. [vA24] S. Green grow the Rashes. What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses, O Ib. The wisest Man the warl' saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [vAz4] , . Ib. Her prentice ha,f she... | |
| J. B. Reid - 1889 - 596 pages
...wonderful creature, call'd Man, . Ib, For ilka тли that's drunk's a lord. . S. Cane is the day t What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses, OS Green grow the Rashes. Ib. Ib. Ib. An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a gae tnpsalteerie, О !... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1887 - 730 pages
...spent amang the lasses, O ! THERE'S nought but care on ev'ry han', In ev'ry hour that passes, O; \Vliat signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. The warly race may riches chase, An' riches still may fly them, O; An' tho' at last... | |
| American poetry - 1891 - 734 pages
...; Green grow the rashes, O ; The sweetest hours that e'er I spent, Were spent among the lasses, 0 ! The warly race may riches chase, An' riches still may fly them, 0 ; An' though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, 0. Green grow, &c.... | |
| Edward William Cole - 1892 - 412 pages
...all Music-sellers. GREEN GROW THE RASHES, O! Burns. THERE'S nought but care on every ban', In every hour that passes, O ! What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses, O ! Green grow the rashes, O ! Green grow the rashes, 0 I The sweetest hours that e'er I spent Were spent... | |
| English periodicals - 1893 - 684 pages
...that while all up and down the braes and straths most of our men and lads are only too ready to sing What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses O ? the only two persons amongst us — unless we include " awthiest Joe " — who are strict descendants of... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1893 - 354 pages
...Are spent among the lasses, 0. THERE'S nought but care on ev'ry han', In every hour that passes, 0 : What signifies the life o' man, An 'twere na for the lasses, O. Green grow, etc. The war'ly race may riches chase, An' riches still may fly them, O ; An' tho' at last... | |
| Robert Brown (F.S.A., Scot.) - Learned institutions and societies - 1893 - 408 pages
...proposing the next toast, said — Chairman, croupiers, and gentlemen, has it not been truly said, " What signifies the life o' man An' 'twere na for the lasses O !" (Applause.) Well, then, I feel very much honoured in being invited on this great occasion to propose... | |
| Alexander Gordon - Carlgen (Scotland) - 1894 - 334 pages
...while all up and down the braes and straths most of our men and lads are only too ready to sing — " What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses O ? " the only two persons amongst us — unless we include "awtheist Joe" — who are strict descendants of... | |
| Folk songs - 1894 - 244 pages
...Were spent a- mang the lass-es, 0 ! 3=*^ -fi J if ^ -rr »> i y-*- zp-=p=- * u T r ~n2 The warldly race may riches chase, An' riches still may fly them, O; An' though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. Green grow the rashes, O... | |
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