Citations:lilly low

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English citations of lilly low

Noun: "(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) Alternative spelling of lilly-low"

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  • 1849, James Orchard Halliwell, “Riddle-rhymes” (chapter 5), in Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales:  [], London: John Russell Smith, page 146:
    Lilly low, lilly low, set up on an end,
    See little baby go out at town end.
  • 1912, John Malham-Dembleby, “In T' Burnin O T' Greean”, in Original Tales and Ballads in the Yorkshire Dialect  [], Walter Scott Publishing Co., page 85:
    O lilly low,
    Mi heart is cowd ;
    O lilly low,
    An E am owd !

    Bud lilly low
    If nah ta blaze
    To mei't sal show
    For breeter days.