The Illustrated Book of Scottish Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century |
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... I think upon the stormy wave , Where many a danger I must dare , Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr . ' Tis not the surging billows ' roar , ' Tis not that fatal , deadly shore ; Though death in ev'ry shape appear , The wretched have ...
... I think upon the stormy wave , Where many a danger I must dare , Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr . ' Tis not the surging billows ' roar , ' Tis not that fatal , deadly shore ; Though death in ev'ry shape appear , The wretched have ...
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ALLAN RAMSAY appears arms auld baith banks beautiful behave bloom blue blythe body bonnie lassie born bosom braes Burns cauld charms collection comes dear dearie died dinna early fair fear fireside flower frae friends gang glen green grow gudeman hame hand happy heart heaven Highland hills I'll ilka John John Anderson kind king kiss laddie Lady land lass leave leave thee letter live lo'e look lover mair Mary maun meet mind morning ne'er never night o'er ower pleasure poor rise Robert rose rows says Scottish sing smile song sweet Tea-Table Miscellany tears tell thee There's thing Thomson thou thought true weary weel wife Willie wind 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Illustrated Book of Scottish Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century National illustrated library |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | N. Cooke, 1854 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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