BA

Example Sentences

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That ba’ was really the start o’ football here,” said her son Davie, according to the club’s official history.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2015

She saw twa bonnie bairnies play at the ba' Down by yon greenwood bonnie O!

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

It's four and twenty ladies fair Were playing at the ba'; 55 Janet, the wightest of them anes, Was faintest o' them a'.

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

A' the boys of merry Linkim War playing at the ba', An up it stands him sweet Sir Hugh, The flower among them a'.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Its four and twenty ladies fair Were playing at the ba'; Janet, the wightest of them anes, Was faintest o' them a'.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir