XXVI ‘Lay down, lay down thebigly bier, Lat me the dead look on!
Erlinton had a fair daughter; I wat he weird her in a great sin; For he has built a bigly bower, An a' to put that lady in.
She hadna been i that bigly bower Na not a night but barely ane, Till there was Willie, her ain true love, Chappd at the door, cryin 'Peace within!
Your lady's in her bigly bowr, An for you she drees mony sharp showr.
Ye'll do you to yon bigly bower, And take a silent sleep, And I'll watch in my highest tower, Your fair body to keep.
She said, when in her bigly bower, She wore gold to her tae; But this night is lighter mang your horse feet, And fears she'll die or day.
She has taen her to her bigly bour, As fast as she could fare, And she has drank a sleepy draught, That she had mixed wi care.
She is doen her to her bigly bowr, As fast as she coud fare, An she has tane a sleepy draught, That she had mixed wi care.
She's doen her to her bigly bowr, As fast as she could gang, An she has dresst him Brown Robin Like ony bowr-woman.
Lord John stands in his stable door, Says he, I will gae ride, His lady, in her bigly bower?
O biggit ha they a bigly bowr, And strawn it oer wi san, And there was mair mirth i the ladies' bowr Than in a' their father's lan.
For he has broke mybigly bowers, And he has stole my fee, And made my daughter Ann a whore, And an ill woman is she.
She has gane to her bigly bower, Her ain gude lord to meet; A trusty brand he quickly drew, Gae her a wound sae deep.
If this be true ye tell to me, As your tongue woudna lee, I shall be in your bigly bower Before the clock strike three; I shall be in your bigly bower, Dressd like a gay ladye.
She said, when in her bigly bower, She wore but what she would; But this night is lighter mang your horse feet, And fears she'll die for cold.
Then out it spake the king again, Says, Bonny boy, tell to me Wha lives into yon bigly bowr, Stands by yon green oak tree?
Lay down, lay down the bigly bier, Lat me the dead look on;' Wi cherry cheeks and ruby lips She lay an smil'd on him.
But he is haunted to her bower, Her biglybower o stane, Till he has got her big wi bairn, And near sax months she's gane.
Erlinton had a fair daughter; I wat he weird her in a great sin, For he has built a bigly bower, An' a' to put that lady in.
She has ta'en her to her biglybour As fast as she could fare; And she has drank a sleepy draught, That she had mix'd wi' care.
At the court of king Arthur there came a young man and bigly made, and he was richly beseen, and he desired to be made knight of the king, but his over garment sat overthwartly, howbeit it was rich cloth of gold.
Then Sir Tristram came in, and began so roughly and so bigly that there was none might withstand him, and thus Sir Tristram endured long.
O bigged hae they a bigly bour, Fast by the roaring strand; 10 And there was mair mirth in the ladyes bour, Nor in a' their fathers land.
She has ta'en her to her bigly bour As fast as she could fare; And she has drank a sleepy draught, That she had mixed wi' care.
Then Sir Tristram came in, and began so roughly and so bigly that there was none might withstand him, and thus Sir Tristram dured long.
She has doen her to her bigly bower As fast as she could fare; And she has ta'en a sleepy draught, That she had mix'd wi' care.
Yet have I heard, that how mighty soever may the Gods be, and chiefly our God, they be at whiles nought so bigly made as we of the Bears.
Walter saw of them, that though they were very tall and bigly made, they were not so far above the stature of men as to be marvels.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bigly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
