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You know the end of the old ballad; "Sae dauntonly, sae wantonly, Sae rantingly gaed he, He play'd a spring, and danced a round, Beneath the gallows tree."

From The Black Dwarf by Scott, Walter, Sir

Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he; He play’d a spring, and danc’d it round, Below the gallows-tree.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

In the pulpit he expresses himself easily, often fervently, never rantingly.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

Chorus.—Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he; He play'd a spring, and danc'd it round, Below the gallows-tree.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Whitredge's summing-up was as lame in effect as it was rantingly emotional.

From Branded by Lynde, Francis