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... King come Charlie is my Darling Come under my Plaidie Coming through the Rye Contentit wi ' little Cradle Song • Cromlet's Lilt Delvin Side Dinna think , bonnie Lassie Does haughty Gaul Invasion threat ? Donald Caird · Doun the Burn ...
... King come Charlie is my Darling Come under my Plaidie Coming through the Rye Contentit wi ' little Cradle Song • Cromlet's Lilt Delvin Side Dinna think , bonnie Lassie Does haughty Gaul Invasion threat ? Donald Caird · Doun the Burn ...
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... King , Sir ! Here's to you again ! Highland Mary How , wanton Widow ! Introduction I hae nae kith . I'll ne'er beguile you I'll never leave thee I'll never love thee more I winna gang back . Jeanie Morrison Jenny's Bawbee Jenny's Bawbie ...
... King , Sir ! Here's to you again ! Highland Mary How , wanton Widow ! Introduction I hae nae kith . I'll ne'er beguile you I'll never leave thee I'll never love thee more I winna gang back . Jeanie Morrison Jenny's Bawbee Jenny's Bawbie ...
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... King's Quair , " or " The King's Book , " celebrates his love for the beautiful Lady Jane , or Joanna Beaufort , an English lady , daughter of the Duke of Somerset , of whose charms he became enamoured , on seeing her from his turret ...
... King's Quair , " or " The King's Book , " celebrates his love for the beautiful Lady Jane , or Joanna Beaufort , an English lady , daughter of the Duke of Somerset , of whose charms he became enamoured , on seeing her from his turret ...
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... king , " Noi ancora possiamo con- numerar tra nostri , Jacopo Rè di Scozia , che non pur cose sacre compose in canto , ma trova da se stesso una nuova musica , lamentevole e mestà , differente da tutte l'altre . Nel che poi è stato ...
... king , " Noi ancora possiamo con- numerar tra nostri , Jacopo Rè di Scozia , che non pur cose sacre compose in canto , ma trova da se stesso una nuova musica , lamentevole e mestà , differente da tutte l'altre . Nel che poi è stato ...
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From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century. James King of Scotland , who not only composed many pieces of sacred music , but also of himself invented a new kind of music , plaintive and melancholy , different from all others , in which ...
From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century. James King of Scotland , who not only composed many pieces of sacred music , but also of himself invented a new kind of music , plaintive and melancholy , different from all others , in which ...
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aboon ain countrie ain fireside ALLAN CUNNINGHAM ALLAN RAMSAY amang auld baith beautiful Behave yoursel birks of Aberfeldy blaw bloom blythe boatie rows bonnie lassie bosom braw canna cauld charms cheek dear dearie Delvin dinna doun e'en e'er fair Farewell flower frae Gala water gane gang gi'e gin ye green gude gudeman heart heather heaven Highland laddie Jamie Jenny John Anderson Johnnie kiss Lady lass leave thee Lizzy Lindsay lo'e Logan braes Maggie Mary maun mony morning nae mair naething nane ne'er never o'er ower Peter Buchan plaidie Rob Morris ROBERT TANNAHILL says Burns Scotland Scottish siller sing smile snaw song stanza SUSANNA BLAMIRE sweet syne Tea-Table Miscellany tears thegither There's thine Thomson thou wadna wee thing weel Willie Yarrow ye'll yon lane glen young
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Page 112 - I'll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her ; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 112 - I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw...
Page 294 - 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 220 - Ha, ha, the wooing o't. Something in her bosom wrings, For relief a sigh she brings : And O ! her een they spak sic things ! Ha, ha, the wooing o't. Duncan was a lad o...
Page 295 - 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 124 - A chain of gold ye sail not lack, Nor braid to bind your hair ; Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk, Nor palfrey fresh and fair ; And you, the foremost o' them a', Shall ride our forest queen " — But aye she loot the tears down fa
Page 108 - O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly : And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.
Page 214 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 105 - YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o
Page 123 - The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.