Wearie

_The Water o 'Wearie's Well_, although it is in another version given by Buchan, under title of _The Gowans sae Gay_, that the name of the lady is disclosed, and the elfin nature of the eccentric lover revealed.

Ballad Book Katherine Lee Bates 1894

Seat, the hill to the east of Edinburgh; another song connected therewith is "The Water o 'Wearie's Well", also given by Warrender (118), and previously in Peter

Paddo's Song 1828

[This is the common English stall copy of a ballad of which there are a variety of versions, for an account of which, and of the presumed origin of the story, the reader is referred to the notes on the Water o 'Wearie's Well, in the Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads, published by the Percy Society.

Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England Unknown 1833

No. 3, 489 yards, par 4 (Blaw Wearie): This plays into the prevailing wind, hence the name of the hole, which means "out of breath."

Breaking down all 18 holes of British Open host Turnberry 2009

Alexander Abernethy Ritchie, author of "The Wells o 'Wearie," was born in the Canongate, Edinburgh, in 1816.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

Our "Wearie Willie" snapped out a remark now and again, and apparently always to the point.

A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross

By the well o 'the woods o' Wearie O! Oh, gi'e me my kail, my hinnie, my heart,

Paddo's Song 1828

By the well o 'the woods o' Wearie O! Oh, gi'e me my castock, my hinnie, my heart,

Paddo's Song 1828

"The Bonnie Wells o 'Wearie", a 19th-century sentimental ditty well suited to pub harmonies.

Paddo's Song 1828

Wearie_ is used in Scotland, or was used a few years ago, ... to mean the devil. "

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879