Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - Ballads, Scots |
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... death with grim controul , May seize my fleeting breath , But tearing Peggy from my soul Must be a stronger death . for instance , his " Lamentation for Abercairney , " and " Loch- Erroch - side , " are striking specimens of his genius ...
... death with grim controul , May seize my fleeting breath , But tearing Peggy from my soul Must be a stronger death . for instance , his " Lamentation for Abercairney , " and " Loch- Erroch - side , " are striking specimens of his genius ...
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... death . " " The first of these editions , however , so far from having been corrected by the author , is both grossly inaccurate and mani- festly surreptitious , not containing above half the Poem , and breaking off abruptly in the ...
... death . " " The first of these editions , however , so far from having been corrected by the author , is both grossly inaccurate and mani- festly surreptitious , not containing above half the Poem , and breaking off abruptly in the ...
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... her not to drap a tear : Hae I a joy ! its a ' her ain ; United still her heart and mine ; They're like the woodbine round the tree , That's twin'd till death shall them disjoin . MY HARRY WAS A GALLANT GAY .. Tune - HIGHLANDER'S 43.
... her not to drap a tear : Hae I a joy ! its a ' her ain ; United still her heart and mine ; They're like the woodbine round the tree , That's twin'd till death shall them disjoin . MY HARRY WAS A GALLANT GAY .. Tune - HIGHLANDER'S 43.
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... death I should die ! In addition to these remarks it will be proper to add , that William Falconer was born in Edinburgh about the year 1730 , where his father was a barber . William , at a very early age , went on board a Leith ...
... death I should die ! In addition to these remarks it will be proper to add , that William Falconer was born in Edinburgh about the year 1730 , where his father was a barber . William , at a very early age , went on board a Leith ...
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... Death of Monteith , and many other mo- dern productions , which have been swallowed by many readers , as antient fragments of old poems . This beautiful plaintive tune was composed by Mr. M'Gibbon , the selector of a collection of Scots ...
... Death of Monteith , and many other mo- dern productions , which have been swallowed by many readers , as antient fragments of old poems . This beautiful plaintive tune was composed by Mr. M'Gibbon , the selector of a collection of Scots ...
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amang auld lang syne baith ballad Blythe bonie lass bosom braes Burns CALIFORNIA LIBRARY canna cauld Child Maurice COCKPEN crookit horn cry'd dear dearie dinna e'er Edinburgh Ewie fair Findlay frae Fy let gallant gang gangrel grows bonnie wi gude gypsie laddie hame heart Highland Hughie Graham Jamie Johny Jolly Beggars kebars lady laird lassie Leader-Haughs Lord maun meikle merry mony morning Nansy ne'er never night O'er the moor old song owre poem Rob Roy ROBERT BURNS rue grows bonnie sang Scotland Scots Scots Musical Museum sing snaw sodger laddie stanza sweet sword thee thou thro thyme Tibbie tune UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA verse warn Watty weel whare wife Willie wither'd Woo'd and married Yarrow ye'll ye're young
Popular passages
Page 127 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o...
Page 136 - It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee ! We are na fou, &c.
Page 112 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Page 112 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe — My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Page 105 - Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Page 127 - And surely I'll be mine; And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne.
Page 43 - When I upon thy bosom lean, And fondly clasp thee, a' my ain, I glory in the sacred ties That made us ane wha ance were twain ; A mutual flame inspires us baith, The tender look, the melting kiss ; Even years shall ne'er destroy our love But only gie us change o
Page 167 - T do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee. Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none.
Page 250 - CHORUS. A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.
Page 230 - The Jolly Beggars, for humorous description and nice discrimination of character, is inferior to no poem of the same length in the whole range of English poetry. The scene, indeed, is laid in the very lowest department of low life, the actors being a set of strolling vagrants met to carouse and barter their rags and plunder for liquor in a hedge ale-house.