gowd
Americannoun
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"If ye'll forsake young Hazelgreen, And go along with me,50 I'll wed you to my second son, And your weight o' gowd I'll gie."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
But gowd will gar the castles grow, And he had gowd and jewels free; And soon the pages around him thrang'd,95 To serve him on their bended knee.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Ye say that because he has a' them gowd maidles hing on his jocket!
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
Out has he ta'en a purse o' gowd, Was a' fou to the string, "O grant me love for love, ladye, And a' this sall be thine."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
"She shanna want gowd, she shanna want fee, Although her love was easie won; She shanna want gowd to gain a man wi', And she'll still be the fair flow'r o' Northumberland."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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