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Page xxxiii
... hills where flow the Lugar and Cluden . His loves are of no age ; with them it will be con- tinual spring , embalmed in the beauty and grace of song . Hector Macneill has simplified simplicity , and mingled silliness with prettiness ...
... hills where flow the Lugar and Cluden . His loves are of no age ; with them it will be con- tinual spring , embalmed in the beauty and grace of song . Hector Macneill has simplified simplicity , and mingled silliness with prettiness ...
Page xxxiv
... Hills of Gallowa , ' by Thomas Cun- ningham . Few songs are stamped with the same beauty , and the same originality . I will now string together some encomiums on the songs of Scotland . 66 " The songs of Scotland , " said Sir Walter ...
... Hills of Gallowa , ' by Thomas Cun- ningham . Few songs are stamped with the same beauty , and the same originality . I will now string together some encomiums on the songs of Scotland . 66 " The songs of Scotland , " said Sir Walter ...
Page xxxvi
... hills . Many of these rustic bards have passed away without leaving a name behind them ; nothing re- mains of them but these sweet and touching little songs , which live like echoes about the places they once inhabited . Most of these ...
... hills . Many of these rustic bards have passed away without leaving a name behind them ; nothing re- mains of them but these sweet and touching little songs , which live like echoes about the places they once inhabited . Most of these ...
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... hill . And he took out his little knife , Loot a ' his duddies fa ' And he was the brawest gentleman That was amang them a ' . The beggar was a clever loon , And he lap shouther height , O ay for siccan quarters As I gat yesternight ...
... hill . And he took out his little knife , Loot a ' his duddies fa ' And he was the brawest gentleman That was amang them a ' . The beggar was a clever loon , And he lap shouther height , O ay for siccan quarters As I gat yesternight ...
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... hill , And Boreas , wi ' his blasts sae bauld , Was threat'ning a ' our kye to kill ; Then Bell , my wife , wha lo'es nae strife , She said to me right hastily . Get up , gudeman , save Crumie's life , And tak your auld cloak about ye ...
... hill , And Boreas , wi ' his blasts sae bauld , Was threat'ning a ' our kye to kill ; Then Bell , my wife , wha lo'es nae strife , She said to me right hastily . Get up , gudeman , save Crumie's life , And tak your auld cloak about ye ...
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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM ALLAN RAMSAY amang auld auld lang syne baith ballad beauty Bessy Bell birks birks of Aberfeldy blaw bloom boatie rows bonnie lassie bosom bower braes braw breast canna cauld charms coming dear dearie e'en e'er fair flowers frae gane gang glen green gude gudeman hame heart hill ilka JAMES HOGG JAMES THOMSON Jamie Jean Johnie kiss lady Lady Ann Lindsay lass lo'e love thee lover maid Mary maun merry mither mony nae mair naething nane Nanie-o ne'er never night o'er poet Preston Mill printed ROBERT BURNS ROBERT TANNAHILL rose sang says Scotland Scottish Songs shepherd sigh siller sing smile snaw sweet syne Tea Table Miscellany tears There's thou thro verses weel wife Willie Ye're young