The Tea-table Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Scots Sangs. In Three Volumes. The Ninth Edition, ... by Allan Ramsay. ...sold, 1733 - 356 pages |
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... kisses . H The Bush aboon Traquair . Ear me , ye nymphs , and every fwain , I'll tell how Peggy grieves me , Tho ' thus I languifh , thus complain , Alas ! fhe ne'er believes me . My vows and fighs , like filent air , Unheeded never ...
... kisses . H The Bush aboon Traquair . Ear me , ye nymphs , and every fwain , I'll tell how Peggy grieves me , Tho ' thus I languifh , thus complain , Alas ! fhe ne'er believes me . My vows and fighs , like filent air , Unheeded never ...
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... kissed ! And live on thy heaven of charms ! I'd laugh at fortune's caprices , Shou'd fortune capricious prove ; Tho ' death fhou'd tear me to pieces , I'd die a martyr to love . M. SONG . A SO To the Tune of , The bonny Gray - ey'd ...
... kissed ! And live on thy heaven of charms ! I'd laugh at fortune's caprices , Shou'd fortune capricious prove ; Tho ' death fhou'd tear me to pieces , I'd die a martyr to love . M. SONG . A SO To the Tune of , The bonny Gray - ey'd ...
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... kiss my treasure a ' the live lang day : A ' night I'll dream my kiffes o'er again , " Till that day come that ye'll be a ' CHORUS . my ain . Sun , gallop down the weftlin skies , Gang foon to bed , and quickly rife ; Olafb your feeds ...
... kiss my treasure a ' the live lang day : A ' night I'll dream my kiffes o'er again , " Till that day come that ye'll be a ' CHORUS . my ain . Sun , gallop down the weftlin skies , Gang foon to bed , and quickly rife ; Olafb your feeds ...
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... kiss ; But what's that to you ? The rofe and lilly baith combine , To make my Jeany fair , There is nae bennifon like mine , I have amaist nae care ; Only I fear my Jeany's face , May cause mae men to rew , And that may gar me fay ...
... kiss ; But what's that to you ? The rofe and lilly baith combine , To make my Jeany fair , There is nae bennifon like mine , I have amaist nae care ; Only I fear my Jeany's face , May cause mae men to rew , And that may gar me fay ...
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... kiss me , And comfort my fight , With beauty by day , and kindness by night , And nae mair my lane gang fauntring on't . My Chrifty fhe's charming and good as fhe's fair ; Her een and her mouth are inchanting sweet , She fmiles me on ...
... kiss me , And comfort my fight , With beauty by day , and kindness by night , And nae mair my lane gang fauntring on't . My Chrifty fhe's charming and good as fhe's fair ; Her een and her mouth are inchanting sweet , She fmiles me on ...
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