O I will gae back to fair England, Tho' death should me betide, An I will relieve the damsel That lay last by my side.
There's ne'er a clean sark gae on my back, Nor yet a kame gae in my hair; There's neither coal nor candle light Shall shine in my bower for ever mair.
Wi' heavy heart they twa did part, She mintet as she would gae hame; Hind Soldan by the Greeks was slain, But to base Violentrie she's gane.
O ye's gae kill your berry-brown steed, And serve him up to me.
Till Graeme gae Bewick an awkward stroke, Ane awkward stroke strucken sickerly; He has hit him under the left breast, And dead-wounded to the ground fell he.
But thanks to a the powers in heaven That I gae maiden hame!
I carena for your hens, mither, I carena a pin; I shall gae to my love's gates This night, gin I can win.
And wha was't thatgae the poor precentor the whiskings, and reduced a' his sharps to downright flats?
About midnight, however, he heard a dog barking; it likewise gae twa or three melancholy yowls, and then ceased.
Then messengers he called forth, And bade them hie them speedilye-- "Ane of ye gae to Halliday, The laird of the Corhead is he.
A message ye maun gang for me; Ye maun gae to yon Outlaw Murray, Surely where bauldly bideth he.
But will ye stay till the day gae down, Untill the night come o'er the grund, And I'll be a guide worth ony twa, That may in Liddesdale be found.
Aweel, there was a grand gentleman, wha had a daughter wha was very subject to melancholy; and her father gae out that whaever should mak' her laugh would get her in marriage.
It's a stranger lad that I gae a lift till upo' the road.
Whan midnicht cam', the mither rase-- She wad gae see and hear.
Jean, gae butt the hoose direckly," cried Thomas, on the mere chance of his attendant having lingered at the door.
The deilgae wi' ye and a sixpence, and ye'll neither want money nor company.
I carena whether the fire gae about the roast, or the roast gae about the fire, if the meat be ready.
Had we twa been upon the green, And never an eye to see, I wad hae had you, flesh and fell, But your sword shall gae wi' me.
Wilt gae and be the Leddy o' Drum, And let your shearing a-be, O?
And ye maun gaeto the Miles Cross, Between twelve hours and one, Tak' haly water in your hand, And cast a compass roun'.
We will gae to the house o' the Rodes, To see that fair ladie.
Awa, awa, ye ill woman, Gae frae my door for shame; For I hae gotten anither fair love, Sae ye may hie ye hame!
My maids, gae to my dressing-room And dress to me my hair, Where'er ye laid a plait before, See ye lay ten times mair.
Now gae up to the Otterburne, And bide there dayis three, And gin I come not ere they end, A fause knight ca' ye me!
Gae hame, gae hame, my seven brothers; Gae hame an' blaw your horn!
Where will I get a bonny boy, to win hose and shoon, Will gae to Glenlogie, and come again soon?
I didna gae slapdash to them wi' our young bra' bridegroom, to gar them baud up the market.
The Carmichaels say wally dugs is no' the go noo at a'.
Quhair sail I get a bonny boy, That will win hose and shoen; That will gae to Lord Barnards ha', And bid his lady cum?
And there it is, a silken sarke, Your ain hand sewd the sleive; Ze maun gae speik to Gill Morice: Speir nae bauld barons leave.
And ze maun rin my errand, Willie; And ze may rin wi' pride; Quhen other boys gae on their foot On horse-back ze sail ride.
Yes, I will gaezour black errand, Though it be to zour cost; Sen ze by me will nae be warn'd, In it ze sail find frost.
An hae ye quite forgotten her That gae you life an liberty?
Oft have I by thy cradle sitten, And fondly seen thee sleip; But now I gaeabout thy grave, The saut tears for to weip.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gae" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
