Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - Ballads, Scots |
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Page 76
... peace I trow . My master , Duncan , bade me rin , And say these words to you : Restore again that blooming rose , Your rude hand pluckt awa ' ; Restore again his Mary fair , Or you shall rue his fa ' . Three strides the gallant Duncan ...
... peace I trow . My master , Duncan , bade me rin , And say these words to you : Restore again that blooming rose , Your rude hand pluckt awa ' ; Restore again his Mary fair , Or you shall rue his fa ' . Three strides the gallant Duncan ...
Page 85
... peace be there Whar noble William stands . " - " We are the lilies , " answer'd he , May their bluid weit our hands . " " What means my William by sic words ? Whase bluid would William spill ? I thought that horn had blawn in peace ...
... peace be there Whar noble William stands . " - " We are the lilies , " answer'd he , May their bluid weit our hands . " " What means my William by sic words ? Whase bluid would William spill ? I thought that horn had blawn in peace ...
Page 87
... peaceful ear ? " Swift ran the page . " Thus Kenneth says , What seik thae warriours here ? Or why the din of fiery war Astounds the peaceful ear ? ” " Gae tell thy master , frae this arm Mine answer will I gï'e ; Remind him of his ...
... peaceful ear ? " Swift ran the page . " Thus Kenneth says , What seik thae warriours here ? Or why the din of fiery war Astounds the peaceful ear ? ” " Gae tell thy master , frae this arm Mine answer will I gï'e ; Remind him of his ...
Page 116
... peace with these , my love with those ! The bursting tears my heart declare , Farewel , the bonie banks of Ayr ! A WAUKRIFE MINNIE . I PICKED up this old song and tune from a country girl in Nithsdale . - I never met with it elsewhere ...
... peace with these , my love with those ! The bursting tears my heart declare , Farewel , the bonie banks of Ayr ! A WAUKRIFE MINNIE . I PICKED up this old song and tune from a country girl in Nithsdale . - I never met with it elsewhere ...
Page 120
... Peace and plenty , peace and plenty , Peace and plenty be his lot , And dainties a great store o ' them ; May peace and plenty be his lot , Unstain'd by any vicious spot , And may he never want a groat , That's fond 120.
... Peace and plenty , peace and plenty , Peace and plenty be his lot , And dainties a great store o ' them ; May peace and plenty be his lot , Unstain'd by any vicious spot , And may he never want a groat , That's fond 120.
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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.