And whae did I find, sittin' on a bench at the door, but the auld man Yeddie.
But she may marry whae she likes now, for I'm clean dung ower.
Whae wad hae thought that young Milnwood and Cuddie Headrigg wad hae taen on wi' thae rebel blackguards?
The balladist finely represents him as saying-- My hands are tied, but my tongue is free, And whae will dare this deed avow?
He tell't me whae ye were, and how ye were sent frae your father's house because ye wadna be a dealer, and that ye mightna disgrace your family wi' ganging on the stage.
Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is--God forgie me!
O whae is this at my bower door, That chaps sae late, nor kens the gin?
She hadna walkd in the green-wood Na not a mile but barely ane, Till there was Willie, her ain true love, Whae frae her sisters has her taen.
Sae weel she minded whae he did say, And young Tam Lin did win; Syne coverd him wi her green mantle, As blythe's a bird in spring.
O whae has done the wrang, sister, 65 Or dared the deadly sin?
Whae was sae stout, and fear'd nae dout, As thraw ye o'er the linn?
IV So he is up to England gane, And even as fast as he can hie; And when he cam to Carlisle gate, O whae was there but the King Henrye?
V ‘My hands are tied, but my tongue is free, And whae will dare this deed avow?
IV ‘O whae is this at my bower door, That chaps sae late, nor kens the gin[272]?
Whae are ye," he said, "that come here, and what do ye seek?
Tam was deein', and as he was a guid auld man the minister, whae was great at death-beds and consolation, cam to speak to him aboot his latter end.
And the first man I clappit eyes on was yin Jock Cadder, whae was yince a freend o' mine, so sitting doun aside Jock, I fell into crack.
Ye meddlin' deevil," said one, "whae askit ye to come here?
Some of the folk seemed willing to resist, because, as they said, "Whae kenned but that the body micht be a leear and they werena to hae a' this wark for naething?
You see here twelve honest sodgerswhae will gie ye a penny a piece for the ploy.
Weel, I roared as loud as I could, and the auld runt whae bides i' the Castle heard me.
But she's trysted to the Captain's cousin, Burnet o' Barns, whae has been in Holland for mair nor a year.
We didna dae ony hairm except to oorsels, and there's nane o' us killed save Kennedy whae dee'd a naitural death, so there can be nae word aboot that.
Syne I gaed dounstairs to the landlord, whae is a decent, comfortable kind o' man wi' no muckle ill aboot him.
But when he had it a' sellt, whae does he meet in wi' but Wull Hislop the travelling packman, whae's sair needing a beast.
Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sall ken whae he is gane: O'er his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sall blaw for evermair.
O whae is this at my bower door, "That chaps sae late, nor kens the gin?
My hands are tied; but my tongue is free, And whae will dare this deed avow?
Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sall ken whae he is gane, Oer his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sall blaw for evermair.
And as we crossd the Bateable Land, When to the English side we held, The first o men that we met wi, Whae sould it be but fause Sakelde!
He speired whae had ta'en my place that day, and I let on I thocht him daft.
Whae are ye that comes stravaigin' here on the Sabbath mornin'?
So he is up to England gane, And even as fast as he may drie; And when he cam to Carlisle gate, O whae was there but the Warden, he?
Thou speakest against my honour and me, Unless thou gie me thy trowth and thy hand, Thou'lt steal frae nane but whae sta' frae thee.
My head shall hang on Hairibee; I'll ne'er cross Carlisle sands again, If I steal frae a man but whae sta' frae me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whae" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
