"If I were ANCE at London tower, "Where I was wont to be, "I never mair suld gang frae hame, "Till borne on a bier-tree."
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
It's my opeenion ye're goin' to find yer son an' tak him in yer arms ANCE mair.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Now lang, lang are the nights And dowie are the days That sae cheerie were ANCE for me.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond