 But O, I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo; See where she sitteth: come away, my joy; Come away, I prithee: I do not like the cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy.  Thomas Dekker - Page 41by Thomas Dekker - 1887 - 473 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 424 pages
...Ix> yonder she sitteth, her breast against a brier, But O, I spy the cuckow, the cuckow, the cuckow^ See where she sitteth, come away my joy : Come away, I prithee, I do not like the cuckow Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy. O the month of May, the merry month of May, So... | |
 | Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1812 - 688 pages
...I'eggy to heare thy true-loues tale, Loe yonder she sitleth her breast against a brier. But OI spye the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo, See where she sitteth, come away my ioy: Come away I prethee, I doe not like the cuckoo Should sing when my Peggy and I kisse and toy.... | |
 | 1844 - 680 pages
...to heare thy true loues tale : Loe, yonder ?he sitteth, her breast against a brier. " But O, I spie the Cuckoo, the Cuckoo, the Cuckoo ; See where she...prithee, I do not like the Cuckoo Should sing where my Peggie and I kisse and toy. " O, the month of Maie, the merrie month of Maie, So frolicke, so gay,... | |
 | Robert Bell - English drama - 1854 - 290 pages
...thee, sweet Peggy, to hear thy true love's tale : Lo, yonder she sitteth, her breast against a brier. But O, I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo ;...cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy. O, the month of May, the merry month of May, So frolick, so gay, and so green, so green, so green ;... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1859 - 1044 pages
...Peggy to heare thy true-loves tale, Loe yonder she sitteth her breast against a brier. But OI spye the Cuckoo, the Cuckoo, the Cuckoo*) See where she sitteth, come away my ioy: *) Cf. Nares sv und Diez, etymolog. Wörterbuch av cucco. Archiv fn Sprachen. XXVI. G Come away... | |
 | Phil Robinson - Birds in literature - 1883 - 540 pages
...thee, sweet Peggy, to hear thy true love's tale ; Lo ! yonder she sitteth, her heart against a brier. But O ! I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo ;...do not like the cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy I kiss and toy. — Wilson : Shoemaker's Holiday. (29) The idle cuckoo, having made a feast On sparrow's... | |
 | Thomas Dekker - 1886 - 172 pages
...brier. But O, I spie the Cuckoo, the Cuckoo, the Cuckoo; 10 See where she sitteth: come away, my ioy; Come away, I prithee: I do not like, the Cuckoo Should sing where my Peggie and I kisse and toy.' O the month of Maie, the merrie month of Maie, So frolike, so gay, and... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - Ballads, English - 1889 - 288 pages
...thee, sweet Peggy, to hear thy true love's tale : Lo, yonder she sitteth, her breast against a brier. But O, I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo ;...cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy. O, the month of May, the merry month of May, So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green ;... | |
 | Carl Kalisch - English drama - 1890 - 264 pages
...thee, sweet Peggy, to hear thy true love's tale; Lo, yonder she sitteth, her breast against a brier. But O, I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo; See...cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy.« O the month of May, the merry month of May, So frolick, so gay, and so green, so green, so green! And... | |
 | Henry Macaulay Fitzgibbon - Drama - 1890 - 578 pages
...thee, sweet Peggy, to hear thy true love's tale ; Lo, yonder she sitteth. her breast against a brier. " But O, I spy the cuckoo, the cuckoo, the cuckoo ; See where she sitteth : come away, my joy ; Corre away, I prithee : I do not like the cuckoo Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy."... | |
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