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Page xxvi
... published , consequently several of its most powerful lines must remain unknown to the general reader , till some one possessed of the broadside copy takes the trouble of reprinting it . Burns thought the subject worthy of his pen , and ...
... published , consequently several of its most powerful lines must remain unknown to the general reader , till some one possessed of the broadside copy takes the trouble of reprinting it . Burns thought the subject worthy of his pen , and ...
Page xxxix
... published in the Reliques . This list is but scanty , and little would either country have to boast of its early Minstrelsy were its limits to be thus circumscribed by the mere * It is written that Arthure tuke great delectatioun in ...
... published in the Reliques . This list is but scanty , and little would either country have to boast of its early Minstrelsy were its limits to be thus circumscribed by the mere * It is written that Arthure tuke great delectatioun in ...
Page xlii
... published in a more complete form in the Border Minstrelsy , with the title of the " Broomfield Hill . " The song is popular still , and is often to be met with . In a catalogue of John Stevenson , bookseller , Edinburgh , 1827 , occurs ...
... published in a more complete form in the Border Minstrelsy , with the title of the " Broomfield Hill . " The song is popular still , and is often to be met with . In a catalogue of John Stevenson , bookseller , Edinburgh , 1827 , occurs ...
Page lv
... published collections in which they are contained come to be recapitulated . It may assist those who have hitherto paid little attention to the Tra- ditionary Song of Scotland now to give a few slight notices of the several works in ...
... published collections in which they are contained come to be recapitulated . It may assist those who have hitherto paid little attention to the Tra- ditionary Song of Scotland now to give a few slight notices of the several works in ...
Page lvi
... published , as is supposed , in the year 1549 , and reprinted at Edinburgh , under the care of Dr. Leyden , in 1801. It is peculiarly valuable , as preserving in that division of it , styled " Ane monolog of the actor , " what may be ...
... published , as is supposed , in the year 1549 , and reprinted at Edinburgh , under the care of Dr. Leyden , in 1801. It is peculiarly valuable , as preserving in that division of it , styled " Ane monolog of the actor , " what may be ...
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Page liii - For Wetharryngton my harte was wo, That ever he slayne shulde be ; For when both his leggis wear hewyne in to, Yet he knyled and fought on hys kne.
Page 122 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Page 121 - THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. They hadna...
Page 45 - Hame cam his gude horse, But never cam he! Out cam his auld mither Greeting fu' sair, And out cam his bonnie bride Rivin' her hair. Saddled and bridled And booted rade he; Toom hame cam the saddle But never cam he! "My meadow lies green, And my corn is unshorn, My barn is to bigg, And my babie's unborn.
Page 374 - Lie you there, dove Isabel, And all my sorrows lie with thee ; Till Kemp Owyne come ower the sea, And borrow you with kisses three, Let all the warld do what they will, Oh borrowed shall you never be !
Page 7 - As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, " Where sall we gang and dine to-day...
Page 184 - O mak' my bed, Lady Mother," he says, " O mak' it braid and deep ! And lay Lady Marg'ret close at my back, And the sounder I will sleep." Lord William was dead lang ere midnight, Lady Marg'ret lang ere day — And all true lovers that go thegither, May they have mair luck than they ! Lord William was buried in St.
Page 98 - O what hills are yon, yon pleasant hills, That the sun shines sweetly on ? ' ' O yon are the hills of heaven,' he said, ' Where you will never win.' ' 0 whaten a mountain is yon, she said, ' All so dreary wi' frost and snow ? ' ' O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cried,
Page 21 - The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — " Johnie tarries lang !
Page 183 - They lighted down to tak a drink Of the spring that ran sae clear; And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood, And sair she gan to fear. "Hold up, hold up, Lord William," she says "For I fear that you are slain!