wages

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For sure 'twould break thy gentle heart My breaking heart to see, Wi' a' the wrangs and waes it 's tholed, And yet maun thole for thee.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

My mother has tried to comfort me, by telling me o' the waes o' Ane higher than mortal man, wha was pursued to the death by envy and malice, and wha yet triumphed.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

But, ah! waes me! wi' their sodgering sae gaudy, O!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

Some that hae least to dree are loudest wi' "waes me."

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Gae scour the country, hill and dale; Oh! waes me, where is Menie Hay?

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles