Ye shall dress in damask fine, My goud and gear shall a' be thine, And I to ye be ever kin'.
His doublet was sae trim and neat, Wi' reid goud to the chin, Ye wad hae sworn, had ye been there, That a maiden stood within.
And lang, lang may the maidens sit, Wi' their goud kaims in their hair, A' waiting for their ain dear loves!
O she has bribed her father's men Wi meikle goud and white money, She's gotten the key o the prison doors, And she has set Young Bicham free.
For I think again I'll ne'er thee see: I wad betray nae lad alive, For a' the goud in Christentie.
Then she gied them the beer and the wine, And they gied her the ginger; But she gied them a far better thing, The goud ring aff her finger.
For on every finger she has a ring, An on the mid-finger she has three, An there's as meikle goud aboon her brow As woud buy an earldom o lan to me.
For goud and pearl that was sae rare, By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
And ye's get my goud and my gouden girdle, By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
Every ane o' her seven brethren 25 They had a hawk in hand, And every lady in the place They got a goud garland.
Then till her sorrow, and till her wae, I'll tell the truth to thee; For she was sald frae fremmit lands, 155 For mickle goud to me.
They've carried her into fremmit lands, 5 To a duke's son of high degree; And he has gie'n for Fair Annie Mickle goud and white money.
Then she gied them the beer and the wine, And they gied her the ginger; But she gied them a far better thing, 15 The goud ring aff her finger.
But Pégoud still carried his good luck and, managing to steady the craft, sailed away amid a hail of German bullets.
Even into the serious business of war Pégoud carried his freak aeronautics, though it must be added that his remarkable skill in that direction had enabled him to escape from many a perilous situation.
The following two of his innumerable thrilling exploits deserve to be recorded: "At one time Pégoud caught sight of a German ammunition depot and dropped nine bombs on it.
A few days before he fell Pégoud carried out a flight of 186 miles over German territory.
Whan the goud cock crew, quaiet as a moose She cam creepin ower the flure.
Oh, the tane has a daddy is poor and is proud, And the tither a minnie that cleiks at the goud '.
For there is nonne in your cuntre that we myght wryght to for trust so well as unto you; for, as we be enformyd, ye be owr well wyller, and so we pray you of goud contynuaunce.
There's nane, that gaes by Carterhaugh, But maun leave him a wad; Either goud rings or green mantles, Or else their maidenheid.
Every ane o her se'n brethren They had a hawk in hand, And every lady i the place They got a goud garland.
An four and twenty gay ladies Will to the mass repair, But well sal ye my true-love ken, For she wearsgoud on her hair.
For I brought as much white money As will gain my men and me; I brought half a fou o good red goud Out oer the sea with me.
An four-and-twenty ladies fair Will wash and go to kirk, But well shall ye my true-love ken, For she wears goud on her skirt.
O goud sall be my little boy's fee, And silver sall be his hire; But an I hear a word mair o this, He sall burn in charcoal fire.
And here it is a gay manteel, It's a' goud but the hem; Ye must come speak to Child Morice, Bring nae body but your lane.
Yer horse sall be siller shod afore, An guid red goud ahin, An bells in his mane, To ring against the win.
For I brought as much white monie As gane my men and me, And I brought a half-fou o gude red goud Out oer the sea wi me.
If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.
O siller, O siller shall be thy hire, An goud shall be thy fee, An every month into the year Thy cage shall changed be.
He stood behind his love's curtains, His goud rings showd him light; And by this ye may a' weell guess He was a renowned knight.
A helmet o' goud I well may ha'e; 25 But dance wi' thee ne dare I, ne may.
Then wrought proud Lady Svane lyle What Rosmer little wist; For she's tane out the goud sae red, And laid hersel i' the kist.
An instance of air camaraderie was that of the Bosche who brought Pégoud down after a fight in mid-air.
The Germans brought Pégoud down, when flying one of the new French machines, that are supposed to have so many wonderful new improvements aboard, and that they’re so secretive about.
And four-and-twenty ladies fair Will wash and to the kirk, But well shall ye my true-love ken, For she wears goud on her skirt.
And four-and-twenty gay ladies Will to the mass repair; But weel shall ye my true love ken, For she wears goud on her hair.
Scott too gives this, but ends with a verse not in Sharpe - And he has paid the rescue shot Baith wi' goud and white money, And at the burial o' Willie Scott I wat was mony a weeping ee.
The buttons that were on his sleeve Were o' the goud sae gude: 50 The gude graie hounds he lay amang, Their mouths were dyed wi' blude.
And he has paid the rescue shot, Baith wi' goudand white monie; And at the burial o' Willie Scott, 195 I wat was mony a weeping ee.
Out then spake the Lady Margaret, As she stood on the stair,-- The fire was at her goud garters, The lowe was at her hair.
For on every finger she has a ring, An on the mid-finger she has three, An there's a meikle goud aboon her brow As woud buy an earldome o lan to me.
O she has bribed her father's men Wi meikle goud and white money, She's gotten the key o the prison doors, An she has set Young Bicham free.
In the lands where Lord Beichan was born, Amang the stately steps of stane, He wore the goud at his left shoulder, But to the Holy Land he's gane.
I forbid ye, maidens a', That wear goud on your gear, To come and gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tom Line is there.
On ilka finger she has a ring, And on the foremost she has three; As muckle goud is on her head As wad buy an earldom of land to thee.
They couldna see her waist sae sma For the goud and silk about it a'.
Ye come in by yonder kirk Wi the goud preens in your sleeve; When you're bracht hame to yon kirkyaird, You'll gie them a' thier leave.
Ye come in to yonder kirk Wi the goud plaits in your hair; When you're bracht hame to yon kirkyaird, You will them a' forbear.
For on every finger she has a ring, An on the mid-finger she has three, An there's as meikle goud aboon her brow As woud buy an earldome o lan to me.
He got her in her mither's bour, Puttin goud plaits in her hair; He left her in her father's gairden, Mournin her sins sae sair.
And he gave her a gaygoud ring His mother got at her wedding.
There was twal an twal wi beer an wine, An twal an twal wi muskadine: 4 An twall an twall wi bouted flowr, An twall an twall wi paramour: 5 An twall an twall wi baken bread, An twall an twall wi the goud sae red.
O sister, sister, tak my middle, An yes get my goudand my gouden girdle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "goud" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
