My bonny lass. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
If she's clever compared with the rest of them then I pity our cousins in bonny Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [Something is Rotten....] Reference
'She used to be -- bonny, that is, as a button or a buckle micht be bonny. From Wordnik.com. [Heather and Snow] Reference
"Eh, but ye wad mak a bonny munsie o 'me, Grannie, to hae me feart at the deil an' a '!. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
I am acquainted) -- equally joyous would Mr. Evans have been to have had the inspection of some of these 'bonny' songs. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance] Reference
Bloom like the rosy cheek of my bonny Forest Maid. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
And the wind plays so sweet in thy bonny brown hair. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
And sweet was bonny Mary as the song of forest bird. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
They say (bonny blossoms) 'I'll ne'er get a new love. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
And be thine own for aye, bonny Mary O! LOVE'S EMBLEM. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Her eye is brighter far than the bonny pearls of morn. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
William Hamilton, 'Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny bonny bride.'. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series] Reference
"You've a whole lot to learn about regulations, my bonny lassie.". From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
Oh, I know I shall be a real lady, Duncan, an 'have bonny clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
I'm sair sweirt tae part frae my bonny horses for yon mauk's sake. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
"It was news to me," said he, turning his face away; "bonny news to me.". From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
'"I'll hand ye," replied Claverhouse, wi' a smile on his bonny, sad face. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
"Suppose he said: 'Come away home, wife, I've paid a bonny penny for ye'?". From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
"Oh, my bonny one, how could you?" asked Peggy as she caressed the silky head. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
"What is it?" said I. "Did McKinnon's son say anything about bonny bright eyes?". From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
'Ye partnered ilk ither fine,' said the Governor; 'time and step suited ye bonny. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
"Some lady in Jamaica," said I, "wi 'bonny bright eyes, young McKinnon was thinking.". From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
The one bonny spring fish was an absolute contrast, though of course even clean salmon in. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Quiet, dignified Bert Taylor had promptly taken bonny Natalie under his serene protection. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
"I have been in many places," said he, "but I am not remembering so bonny a place as this.". From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
Natalie, who was fair as a lily, had chosen "sunlight," and was a bonny little sun goddess. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
"Back, my bonny horse," said he to Chieftain, and there was a kind of joyous lilt in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
"A bonny catch," he cried -- "a bonny catch," and at that the boyish lass straightened herself. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
The girls slipped from the horses 'backs, as bonny a pair as ever thrilled an older woman's soul. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
bonny lassie O! O meet me at the shed, bonny lassie O! With the woodbine peeping in, and the roses like thy skin. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
bonny lassie O! 'T is agen the running brook, bonny lassie O! In a grassy nook hard by, with a little patch of sky. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
bonny lassie O! There's the daisy all the year, bonny lassie O! There's the king-cup bright as gold, and the speedwell never cold. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
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