"Tatter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Kenn'd ye the nobles that revell'd sae rarely; Saw ye the chiefs of Lochiel and Clanronald, Wha rush'd frae their mountains to follow Prince Charlie? But saw ye the blood-streaming fields of Culloden, Or kenn'd ye the banners were tatter'd sae sairly; Heard ye the pibroch sae wild and sae wailing, That mourn'd for the chieftains that ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various
... loo, ritoorala loorala loorala loo!" chorused everybody, as he sang the last verse to the vulgar melody of 'Tatter Jack Welch,' knocking the poetry out of my constitution at once and forever, like the ashes out of a pipe. "Hooray for Miss Mac! Who should have thought it, Darby?"—That was my pet name in ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 9, July, 1858 • Various
... The tatter'd scarlet banners there, Right soon will leave the spear-heads bare. Those six knights sorrowfully bear, In all their heaumes some ...
— The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems • William Morris |
