Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - Ballads, Scots |
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... fair , An ' for to sell his fiddle , And buy some ither ware ; But parting wi ' his fiddle , The saut tear blint his ee ; And rattlin roarin Willie , Ye're welcome hame to me . O Willie , come sell your fiddle , O sell your fiddle sae ...
... fair , An ' for to sell his fiddle , And buy some ither ware ; But parting wi ' his fiddle , The saut tear blint his ee ; And rattlin roarin Willie , Ye're welcome hame to me . O Willie , come sell your fiddle , O sell your fiddle sae ...
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... fair fa ' my Collier laddie . my bread , YE GODS , WAS STREPHON'S PICTURE BLEST ? Tune - FOURteenth of October . THE title of this air shews that it alludes to the famous king Crispian , the patron of the honorable corporation of ...
... fair fa ' my Collier laddie . my bread , YE GODS , WAS STREPHON'S PICTURE BLEST ? Tune - FOURteenth of October . THE title of this air shews that it alludes to the famous king Crispian , the patron of the honorable corporation of ...
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... fair ladie . consort's ideas on the subject , collected his vassals , and , pur- sued the lady and her paramour to the borders of England , where , having overtaken them , a battle ensued , in which Faw and his followers were all killed ...
... fair ladie . consort's ideas on the subject , collected his vassals , and , pur- sued the lady and her paramour to the borders of England , where , having overtaken them , a battle ensued , in which Faw and his followers were all killed ...
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... fair lady , The tane she cry'd , and the other reply'd , She's away wi ' the gypsie laddie . " Gae saddle to me the black , black steed , Gae saddle and mak him ready ; Before that I either eat or sleep , I'll gae seek my fair lady ...
... fair lady , The tane she cry'd , and the other reply'd , She's away wi ' the gypsie laddie . " Gae saddle to me the black , black steed , Gae saddle and mak him ready ; Before that I either eat or sleep , I'll gae seek my fair lady ...
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... fair . I bow'd fu ' low unto this maid , And thank'd her for her courtesie ; I bow'd fu ' low unto this maid , And bad her mak a bed for me . She made the bed baith large and wide , Wi ' twa white hands she spread it down ; She put the ...
... fair . I bow'd fu ' low unto this maid , And thank'd her for her courtesie ; I bow'd fu ' low unto this maid , And bad her mak a bed for me . She made the bed baith large and wide , Wi ' twa white hands she spread it down ; She put the ...
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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
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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.