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Page 31
... canna get a better , I'se ne'er tak ane i ' my life . Out spake the bride's sister , As she came in frae the byre ; O gin I were but married , It's a ' that I desire : But we poor fouk maun live single , And do SONGS OF SCOTLAND . 31.
... canna get a better , I'se ne'er tak ane i ' my life . Out spake the bride's sister , As she came in frae the byre ; O gin I were but married , It's a ' that I desire : But we poor fouk maun live single , And do SONGS OF SCOTLAND . 31.
Page 36
... canna want my gruel . There is nae milk into the house , What shall I do my jewel ? Gae to the midden , and milk the soo , For I wunna want my gruel . [ From the Ballad Book , 1824. Mr. Cunningham has printed a slightly different copy ...
... canna want my gruel . There is nae milk into the house , What shall I do my jewel ? Gae to the midden , and milk the soo , For I wunna want my gruel . [ From the Ballad Book , 1824. Mr. Cunningham has printed a slightly different copy ...
Page 51
... canna weel spare ; When I'm wi ' my gossips it angers me sairly : O ! gin my wife wad drink hoolie and fairly ! My Sunday's coat she has laid it a wad , The best blue bonnet e'er was o ' my head ; At kirk and at market I'm covered but ...
... canna weel spare ; When I'm wi ' my gossips it angers me sairly : O ! gin my wife wad drink hoolie and fairly ! My Sunday's coat she has laid it a wad , The best blue bonnet e'er was o ' my head ; At kirk and at market I'm covered but ...
Page 92
... canna get , To ane by law we're stented ; Then I'll draw cuts , and take my fate , And be with ane contented . [ See the beautiful old verses on which Ramsay founded this song , ante p . 36. From the Tea Table Miscellany , 1724. ] GIN ...
... canna get , To ane by law we're stented ; Then I'll draw cuts , and take my fate , And be with ane contented . [ See the beautiful old verses on which Ramsay founded this song , ante p . 36. From the Tea Table Miscellany , 1724. ] GIN ...
Page 135
... canna get her ; Filthy elf , it's for her pelf That a ' the lads are wooing at her . Ten cam east , and ten cam west , Ten cam rowin o'er the water ; Twa cam down the lang dyke - side : There's twa - and - thirty wooing at her . There's ...
... canna get her ; Filthy elf , it's for her pelf That a ' the lads are wooing at her . Ten cam east , and ten cam west , Ten cam rowin o'er the water ; Twa cam down the lang dyke - side : There's twa - and - thirty wooing at her . There's ...
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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 dance dear dearie e'en e'er fair flowers frae gang glen green gude gudeman hame heart hills ilka JAMES HOGG JAMES THOMSON Jamie Jean Jeanie Johnie kiss lady Lady Ann Lindsay lass lo'e love thee lover maid Mary maun merry mither mony Motherwell nae mair naething nane Nanie-o ne'er never night o'er poet Preston Mill printed ROBERT BURNS ROBERT TANNAHILL rose roving sang says Scotland Scottish Songs shepherd sigh siller sing smile snaw sweet syne Tea Table Miscellany There's thou thro verses weel wife wild Willie Ye're young
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Page 290 - O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.
Page 274 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied : Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide ; And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland, more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar...
Page 234 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, O!
Page 219 - Green grow the rashes, O ; Green grow the rashes, O ; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent am'ang the lasses, O ! THERE'S nought but care on ev'ry han', In ev'ry hour that passes, O ; What signifies the life o' man, An
Page 293 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone : By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand. And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Page 244 - 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' that ! For a
Page 301 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 275 - But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
Page 256 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Page 275 - While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, "Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.