Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - Ballads, Scots |
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... the country down , Sae tak thy auld cloak about thee . Every land has its ain laugh , Ilk kind of corn it has its hool , I think the warld is a ' run wrang , When ilka wife her man wad rule ; Do ye not see Rob , Jock , and Hab 2.
... the country down , Sae tak thy auld cloak about thee . Every land has its ain laugh , Ilk kind of corn it has its hool , I think the warld is a ' run wrang , When ilka wife her man wad rule ; Do ye not see Rob , Jock , and Hab 2.
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... - surrounded , Gaudy day to you is dear . Gentle night , do thou befriend me , Downy sleep the curtain draw ; Spirits kind , again attend me , Talk of him that's far awa ! . YOUNG DAMON . THIS air is by Oswald . BLYTHE 11.
... - surrounded , Gaudy day to you is dear . Gentle night , do thou befriend me , Downy sleep the curtain draw ; Spirits kind , again attend me , Talk of him that's far awa ! . YOUNG DAMON . THIS air is by Oswald . BLYTHE 11.
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... kind unto me . * Mr. Pinkerton , after observing that none of the " Scotch amatory ballads , " as he remembers , " are written by ladies ; " and that the " profligacy of manners which always reigns before women can so utterly forget all ...
... kind unto me . * Mr. Pinkerton , after observing that none of the " Scotch amatory ballads , " as he remembers , " are written by ladies ; " and that the " profligacy of manners which always reigns before women can so utterly forget all ...
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... kind of dramatic interlude acted at coun- try weddings , in the south - west parts of the king- dom . A young fellow is dressed up like an old beggar ; a peruke , commonly made of carded tow , VOL . II . * I am a poor silly auld man ...
... kind of dramatic interlude acted at coun- try weddings , in the south - west parts of the king- dom . A young fellow is dressed up like an old beggar ; a peruke , commonly made of carded tow , VOL . II . * I am a poor silly auld man ...
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... block . They are a kind of awkward , mulish non- descript . Their half - formed notions of refinement unfit them for the useful homely drudgery of a rustic life , and in their clumsy And there will be happer - ars'd Nansy , And 37 366.
... block . They are a kind of awkward , mulish non- descript . Their half - formed notions of refinement unfit them for the useful homely drudgery of a rustic life , and in their clumsy And there will be happer - ars'd Nansy , And 37 366.
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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.