doun
Britishpreposition
Example Sentences
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"I've been awa courtin':—mither, mak my bed sune, For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie doun."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
"Baith my houses and land:—mither, mak my bed sune, For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie doun."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
"O here am I, a pretty little boy, That will win hose and shoon; That will rin quickly to Strawberry Castle, And bid thy lord come doun."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
He shaw'd me up, he shaw'd me doun, He shaw'd me to the ha', He shaw'd me to the low cellars, And that was warst of a'.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
May Marg'ret stood in her bouer door, Kaiming doun her yellow hair; She spied some nuts growin in the wud, And wish'd that she was there.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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