do-na-gude

Updated: June 16, 2025

The mother that was standing near her husband was blithe to hear this, and reminded her gudeman, how she had often said, that when they did hear tidings of their son her words would be found true, for he had ever been all his days a brisk and a valiant bairn. But the helpless widow was not content, and she came forward drying her tears, saying, "And what is my poor fatherless do-na-gude about?

John Galt - Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters