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Page 325
... gang ower the muir , She shall a lover find me ; And that my faith is firm and pure , Though I left her behind me ; Then Hymen's sacred bonds shall chain My heart to her fair bosom ; There , while my being does remain , My love more ...
... gang ower the muir , She shall a lover find me ; And that my faith is firm and pure , Though I left her behind me ; Then Hymen's sacred bonds shall chain My heart to her fair bosom ; There , while my being does remain , My love more ...
Page 326
... gang tapsalteirie , O ! ; For you sae douce , ye sneer at this , Ye're nought but senseless asses , 0 : The wisest man the warld e'er saw , He dearly lo'ed the lasses , O ! Auld Nature swears , the lovely dears Her noblest works she ...
... gang tapsalteirie , O ! ; For you sae douce , ye sneer at this , Ye're nought but senseless asses , 0 : The wisest man the warld e'er saw , He dearly lo'ed the lasses , O ! Auld Nature swears , the lovely dears Her noblest works she ...
Page 337
... gang sae braw ; When I see thee I love thee , but hearing adore , I wonder and think you a woman no more ; Till mad with admiring , I cannot contain , And kissing those lips , find you woman again . In all that I write I'll thy judgment ...
... gang sae braw ; When I see thee I love thee , but hearing adore , I wonder and think you a woman no more ; Till mad with admiring , I cannot contain , And kissing those lips , find you woman again . In all that I write I'll thy judgment ...
Page 338
... gang now sae braw , They'll lie down wi ' auld men o ' four score and twa ; The haill o ' their marriage is gowd and a carriage ; Plain love is the cauldest blast now that can blaw . Auld dotards , be wary ! tak tent when ye marry ...
... gang now sae braw , They'll lie down wi ' auld men o ' four score and twa ; The haill o ' their marriage is gowd and a carriage ; Plain love is the cauldest blast now that can blaw . Auld dotards , be wary ! tak tent when ye marry ...
Page 341
... gang say , Wae's me 1 like a ghaist , and I carena to spin ; I daurna think on Jamie , for that wad be a sin ; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be , For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me . LANGSYNE . MISS BLAMIRE . TUNE - Auld langsyne ...
... gang say , Wae's me 1 like a ghaist , and I carena to spin ; I daurna think on Jamie , for that wad be a sin ; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be , For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me . LANGSYNE . MISS BLAMIRE . TUNE - Auld langsyne ...
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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM amang bairns baith bawbee blaw blythe bonnie lassie braes braw BURNS busk Campbells are coming canna cauld Charlie Cockpen dear dearie deil dinna Donald doun e'en e'er fair frae Gala Water gane gang gaun glen gowd green gude hame Haud awa hawkie heart Herd's Collection Highland laddie hinnie ilka Invermay Jamie Jenny Jock Johnnie Johnson's Musical Museum kiss lady laird lass leave thee Little wat ye lo'es Maggie married Mary Mary Hay maun mony morning mysell nae mair naething nane ne'er never o'er ower Puir auld maidens Robin Saw ye Scotland Scots Musical Museum Scottish siller sing song sweet syne Tea-Table Miscellany There's thou TUNE-The verse wadna wat ye wha's weary wee thing weel wife Willie ye wha's coming ye're young
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Page 632 - You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own ; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th...
Page 621 - Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Waken, lords and ladies gay...
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Page 465 - MY luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June : O, my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I : And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a
Page 565 - PIBROCH of Donuil Dhu, Pibroch of Donuil, Wake thy wild voice anew, Summon Clan Conuil. Come away, come away, Hark to the summons ! Come in your war array, Gentles and commons. Come from deep glen, and From mountain so rocky, The war-pipe and pennon Are at Inverlocky.
Page 339 - I have been writing a ballad, my dear ; I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes. I have already sent her Jamie to sea, and broken her father's arm, and made her mother fall sick, and given her Auld Robin Gray for her lover ; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow within the four lines, poor thing ! Help me to one.'—* Steal the cow, sister Anne,
Page 566 - The bride at the altar ; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges : Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes. Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded : Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster, Chief, vassal, page and groom, Tenant and master.
Page 463 - Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake wad gladly die? Or canst thou break that heart of his, Whase only faut is loving thee ? If love for love thou wilt na gie, At least be pity to me shown ! A thought ungentle canna be The thought o
Page 381 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne. For auld, &c. We twa hae paidl't i...
Page 621 - Diamonds on the brake are gleaming, And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green ; Now we come to chant our lay Waken, lords and ladies gay...