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When we parted, to my bosom a mournfu 'pleasure gie;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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Granny went home, shaking her head and saying, "I do b'lieve she's losin 'her mind sure, and dat am mournfu' in one so young an 'lubly."
The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand
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He has been soor and mournfu 'like ever since; for he had plighted his troth wi' a sonsie young leddie here, an 'her father, wha has been sinking to the grund ever since the tories -- fuil fa' them -- brak his arm, winna hear o 'the match. "
The British Partizan: A Tale of the Olden Time. By a Lady of South Carolina 1864
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