sark

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I hadna a plack in my pouch That night I was a bride; My gown was linsey-woolsey, And ne'er a sark ava; And ye hae ribbons and buskins, Mae than ane or twa.'

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

The firsten bower that he came till, There was right dowie wark; Her mither and her three sisters145 Were makin' to Annie a sark.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

"Deed it's an awkward thing, your reverence, and how ye are to gae hame in your sark sleeves, and your bald head to the win, I dinna see."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

‘When thou hast gotten thy turns well done, Then come to me and get thy sark then.’

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

"Here is a silken sark," he said, "Thy ain hand sewed the sleeve; And ye must gae to the merry green woods,35 To Johnie Scot thy love."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various