 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 psl.
...his brow, ' Pray, Sir, why did not then your father make, A Gentleman of you ?' JOHN ANDERSON. JOHN ANDERSON my jo, John, When we were first acquent ;...Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is held, John, Your locks are like the snaw : But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John... | |
 | 1845 - 440 psl.
...thric n Liverpool, i< settled with her hushand in New York, North America. JOHN ANDERSON MY JO. JOHN ANDERSON, my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your honnic hrow was hrent ; But now your hrow is held, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But hlessings... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1846 - 120 psl.
...would give whole years of life To dream such dreams as thine ! 08) JJ'IDHH &H1DIE!R§DH KIT JdD. JOHN ANDERSON my jo, John, When we were first acquent,...locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; Bat now your brow is bald, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow,... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - 1846 - 298 psl.
...smooth forehead. In this sense we find it in the well-known Scotch song, John Anderson, my Jo — " John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent...were like the raven ; Your bonnie brow was brent." among the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum (No. 1098), has to brere, or to be brered, as corn just... | |
 | 1847 - 906 psl.
...the shore. Its homeward prow to hail. We cast our lines in Largo bay, &c JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO JOHN ANDERSON, my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, John, Your bonnie brow was brent ! But DOW your head's turn'cl bald, John, Your locks are like the... | |
 | 1848 - 530 psl.
...brought to my mind the well-known lines of Burns : ' John Anderson my jo, John, When we were lirst acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie...now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snow But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. 'John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the... | |
 | British minstrel - 1848 - 480 psl.
...\\iil that's all the use of a guinea. JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO. Music— at ZT Purday's, 45, Uolborn. JOHN Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,...Your locks were like the raven Your bonnie brow was brcu But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snow : Yet, blessings on your frosty... | |
 | 1880 - 1496 psl.
...und vergleichen wir das beigefügte Original mit der Uebersetzung. Jobn Andereon, my jo John, \Vhen we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven,...are like the snaw; But blessings on your frosty pow, Jobn Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo John, We clamb the hill thegither, And inony a canty day,... | |
 | W A. Williamson - 1849 - 134 psl.
...— The term brant, smooth, sloping, is preserved in "John Anderson," in the form brent :— "John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ;...were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent." The term fellow, feal-leaguc, faith bound, is at once a term of respect and of reproach, as fellow... | |
 | 1875 - 676 psl.
...newness, brightness, and freshness I have always read the word brent in the Scotch song : — " John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonny brow was brent." C. Ross. TRIAL OF HENRT WALPOLE, SJ (5th S. iii. 367.) — In answer to DR.... | |
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MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson... 
