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THE GLEN COLLECTION
OF SCOTTISH MUSIC
Presented by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-
Brise to the National Library of Scotland,
in memory of her brother. Major Lord
George Stewart Murray, Black Watch,
killed in action in France in 1914.
28f/i Januari/ 1927.
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THE SCOTISH
MUSICAL MUSEUM;
CONSISTING OF UPWARDS
OF SIX HUNDEED SONGS,
WITH
PROPER BASSES FOR THE PIANOFORTE.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
BY JAMES JOHNSON;
AND NOW ACCOMPANIED WITH
COPIOUS NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LYRIC
PQETRY AND MUSIC OF SCOTLAND,
BY THE LATE WILLIAM STENHOUSE.
WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME VL
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH;
AND THOMAS CADELL, LONDON.
M.DCCC.XXXIX.
^ OF SCOTLAND ^
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Frtnted Sc J»V/t/ h/jAMES ^/owSTSON Miisic Seller EdinbztrgH U' l'€ kad at
TPrestonn^P'j Stro/nd London, MfFADYEN GLAJSG{m^,<^cdralltheprfh,ifi,d
Miific Sellers.
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P B.4 E F A C E
!t!li^ ITditor now presents to the Pdblir the Sixth Voluii.c i.t tl.i
Scots Musical Museum; which in aii probability ,wiU be the last.
These Volumes contain everj- Scotish Air and Song, which tl.r ex
-ertions of the Kditor, and those of his friends and numerous torn s
-pondents, have been able to procure during a period of sixteen 3 tai.s.
He is therefore inclined to think that the Scots Musical Museum now
'ont;«iivs almost ever_^ Scotish Song extant. However, as he. wishts l<i
make it as complete as possible, he will spare no pains in endeavour-
ing to procure an\- which ma^- hitherto have Escaped his rcsearch;anJ
if successful, th<A- will be publislied at some future period.
Without wishing to over rate this publication, the Editor ma> be
permitted to observe, that it unquestionably contains the greatest Col
lection of Scotish Vocal Music ever published, including many excel
lent Songs written for it by BUKNS; He therefore flatters himself
with the hope that the prediction of our celebrated BARD respecfint,'
it will be verified; and that "To future ages the Scots Musical Muse nm
'*will be the Text Book and Standard of Scotish Song and Music." 5(r
* See extract from BUKNS S Letter in the Preface to Volume ^! '
EdinT June 4*f|jl803.
Entered in Stationers Hall.
IV
I X D E X.
Not;i, The .Son<4;s in the .v preredin<; Volumes marked R.and U. the
K.litor is now at liberty,' to say are the production :of Mr. BURNS The
Originals of Mr.BL'KNS S' writing are in his possession Thc_>- were^
written for this work, but being often sent the Editor on the spur of the
moii.cnt, Mr. BC KNS requested these marks only, and not his name should
be ad(I<(l to them.
Til St line of earh Song. Authors • ^*g*
\s' I went oer the highland hills _____--.^-- 526
As walking forth to view the plain _ _--_____ -526
Ae da\ a braw wooer ^ '^ _ _ . ^ Burtis __...__ 533
Ah Mary sweetest maid farewell _^- ^_-__ --_ 546
Anna thy charir.s ha bosom fire _ - Burns ______ 547
\ cogie of ale and a pickle ate meal _ ^ Sherrifs JVlusic b_>' M?Iiitosh564
\n I was wallting h\ yon river side -^__^_ _ __ 566
Xrgyll is n.y nan e ^ ^ . _ _ By J. Duke of Argyll . ^ ^ 573
An* PlI awato*bonn\ Tweed -s id e - -- ___- ^--.- 580
As 1 lay on n y bed on a night _--._- -_-__ 601
A Soldier for gallant atchievements renound ^ _ _ - _ - 608
Adieul a h«^arf warm, fond adieu ^ _ Burns . _ - . _ 620
B
Behin'l \ on hills where vivlets row, ^ _ Burns - _ _ - . - 600
Bright tl'.e moon abnon yon mountain - Hamilton _ _ __ _6l2
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Come iindf r iva plaid\ ______ MaCncil.^sqT - _ - _ 550
Come follow, follow _ __ __ _-_--_- - 552
Chanticleer, wi' nois^ whistle- -Music by S.Clarke - - - - ^568
Can Id is the e'cnin blast _^ - _ _ _ Burns - - - _ - _ 603
D
Dors haughty Gaul invasion threat -Burns, Music by S.Clarke.- -565
F
Krae Dunibier aU I cam through ------ -.._ . 528
liitiAfll \c fields an meadows green- - Hamiltbh - _ _ _ 597
(Jo to Berwirk Johnny ----- Hamilton ----- 534
rjudcon to %()u kimmcr . - - - - Burns ----- 540
Tientlv blaw yc eastern bree/.es - ,- Andereon _ . - . 58l.
Go plaintive sound - . - - . - W.Haoiilton Esq^. - 595
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Have >e an^- pots or pans -_- -_.--._--- 536
Heyl m^- k,itten ny kitten - . -------- - 577
How sweet is the scone at the dawning o* morning . Gall - - . 586
How sweet this lone vali - - A. Erskine, ICs^V - - - 58u
Hard is the fate of him who loves _ - Thomson - - - - - 6lO
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In Brechin did a wabster dwell - . ^ _ ^ . _ . .541.
I ;iiii a ^oung bachelor winsome _,_-----_.- 556
111 \on garden fine an guy --_ -- ---.__ 5u2
Jockey's taen the parting kiss - ^ _ Burns - _ - - _ -589
I cart- na for your een sae blue - _ .. HamiUon - _ _ 619
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Lord Thomas and fair Annet .-_-_,..---_ o53
Little wat _>e wha's comings _ . - - ._ _ - . _ 591
Liv'd ancc two lovers in yon dale _ _ ^ _ . . - . - f>l6
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M> rcLTgy-'s face, niv Fcgtj\^s form, - - . Burns - _ _ _ 517
My Daddy left me gear enough ..___- - _ _ 542
My Lad\-*8 gown there's gairs iiport't - - Kurns _ - _ _ 57.i
My Jeany and I hav« toil'd _-_,_-. ,_590
Now bank and brae art claith'd in green __ - _ ._-537
No Churchman am 1 for to rail and to write _ Hums . - _ 606
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O siccr her up and had her gaun _ . - - - - - 52 O
O Chtvub Content . _ - ^ - - -Campbell - - .526
O Hf)thwtll bank thou bloomest fair. Music b^\' J, ttrgus - - 529
O ;i\ n:v wife she dang me ^ - . , Burns . - , _ . 549
O tell me my bonn\- young lassie . _ Macniel, lisq! , 553
O Mary turn uwa that bonny face _ - . Gall . . _ . _ 5bO
O gudc ale ronus _ _ _ _ _ - 1 Hyrns _ . 561
O whi re and O where does ^our hiijhiand laddie dwell 56f»
O once 1 lov'd a bonnie lass _ . . _ Burns _ - 570
O dinna think bonnie lassie .____- - . _ . 574
O gin I were fairh shot o' her - - _ Anderson . ^576
O ken \ e what Metr o' the mill has gotten - Hums - 5o5
O leave novels, je Mauchlin belles _ - _ Burns - - - ^ 592
O fay ll.\ loof in mine lass _ ^ ^ _ Burns ,. _ - - 593
O heard ve of a silly Harper _ _ _ _ ^ - _ - _ ^ 59ii
O turn awav those cruel ej^es . ^ . - . ^ .. - - 604
O Mary yts be clad in silk ^ Music b\ Viss G. C. . - - - 605
O that I \.-m\ ne'er been married - - Burns _ . - - 6M
O gin ny love were ^on red rose , - , . . _ _ '14
O Mally's meek, Mai ly's sweejt _ - - fit ins . b!7
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Bed gleams the sun on von hill tap - _ ' DT Couper _ , 5\9 ,
Bow saft!\' thou stream ^ - _ ^ _ -Gall _ . .524
Kobin sliure in hairst_. . _ ^ _ _ Burns _ - - - _ 5^2
Heturn hanuward ii.\ heart again __-_-- . - 5^ ^
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.S'r<ins of wf)e anil sr»ncs of pleasure - _ Kurns _ tbc Music b\ ' v*ij,^
A.Masterton j
.St<in winter h:>^ \ii'- -rr^ . ^ __...-__.- - •544
.Swccttst May let love iiispUf tfne . _ _ Burns . _ ^ ^ , 57(J
Sure ni^ Jean is bcauf>» blossom _ _ _ Gall _ - - - - - -'o/
Saw \e the Thane o' meikle pride _ _ - Mackenzie, ICsqr - - ^ o94
*'Srot.s- wha hue ui' Wallarc bled - _ - - Burns _ _ - _ - 0.9o
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'Iho' for yevrn ^ tars and iiiair - _ _ ^ Hams:i>- _ ^ ^ - - 5^2
'I'was Summer ;<nd softlv the bree/.es _-_-- _- - •532
'Twas at the .shining midda_j- hour _ - _ Hamsay - - _ _' - - •534
Tlie Queen o' thf Lothians cam cruisin to ^'ife _ _ _ _ - 0.5.Q
'l"h\ cheek is o' the roses hue - _ _ _ Gall - -. _ - - ^5-^3
'Tia:is at liir silent solemn hour _ - - Mallet ^ Music hvr
S. Clarke)' " ^"^^
The sun in ihe west _ _ . ^ ^ .. ^ Gall _____ _ 557
Thtre A IS a vsifo wonn'd in Cockpcn - - Burns _ . _ _ _ 55d
*Tis nac vcr\ lany- sins_y-ne _- -._ __-_-__ 569
'I'ljt n\ iiiph.s and shejiherds are met on the green _ _ _ - _ 574
Thcr::- Aus a nol)Ie Iad\ __^_ ______--_ •^oZ
The rain rins down tliro' Merry-land toune _ _ - . - fi02
There was a bonie lass _ - _ - - -Burns _ _ _ _ 'iJ6
I h|< re news lasses news _ _ _ _ _ Burns _____ 60^
Til! me Jessy tell nie _ _ _ _ _ _ Hamilton _ _ _ ^61u
Tiie night is m\ departing night ______ _ __ 620
.Vyiiar hae _j e been a'da\, m\ hoy Tamm\ _ _ Macniel,Ksqr i- _ _ 5l8
Uhen 1 gaed to the mill ii;\ lane _ _ _ _______ 521
VNjiar' V.sk its silver current leads _ _ Care^_ _____ 522
Wee VSillie Gra\ . _ . _ ._ _ _ _ Burns _____ 530
When the da\s lhe\- are lantj _________ 5"^0
Wind's rave and Willy's fair ________ _ 542
Wlia wadna be in lo\e wf bonr\- 'VlagLr\ bander ______ 5b2
When I think on uy- lad __.-_______-_ 5'7(.)
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Voii ask me charming fair _ ^ - _ ^^'^.Uatiufton THsq*! . /)o4
Ve Musts nine, O lend Vour aid _ . !___ _____bll
\ovi sini,"^ of our goodman frae hame _ _ _______ 614
TABLE! OF CONTENTS,
VOLUME VL
Page
Songs DI. to DC, 517
Illustrations, 439
Additional Illustrations, , *513
Indexes of Airs, . . . , , ' i
Indexes of Songs, . xxii
General Index, ...,,..,..,,,. xxvii
517
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My K'ggvs frtcp.
NAritten tor this Work b\ Kobtrt Burns.
)1'V^ M\ Vc^^ys face, !ti\ Pftgvs form. T hf froO^ of hermit
a^., aiigbt warm; My I't'tj^gv's worth, mv Vci^' _ e'v's mind, Miyht
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charm the firft ot human kind. \ love my Vc^ ^. gye an^ot
'[\ t lil\ .s hue, the rofe's die.
The kindline; luftre of an i&y^-;
■V\ho hiit owns their niaf^ir fway,
^y^ ho liiit kno'As the\ all dcrit^'',
T^f tourer thrill, the pitying .t'-.iV\
[h( ^!/'<)t''\-<y\[» ,Jirpo(e noblv dear,
The ;.'ef;Llf> look thiit H;(|';r' difariiis,
'I he^f o'' h[\ Iiiiinort.il char'Hf).
Dear Ml" Puhlirh.-i.
1 hofj( ig-ainft I return, you will be able to tell rtit
trotn Mr. C'L ^Hl< 1<; if thedr- words will fuit tho tune If the\ don't luit,
I tru-ft think on fonie o'^her Air; as i have a very ftrong private i Mlon
tor wilhire thi-m rn the 2. Volume. Dont forjrft to tranfnilH- me tht
lift of thf Antiquar.an Muf'i . Farowei.
^ K. BUKN.S.
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My boj Taiuiuy.
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V\'har hue \e been a day, my boy Tannuy whar'hae \e been a' da\-
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V hoy Taininy. ! ve been b^' burn and flowry brae meadovv green and
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And whar gat je that young thing my bo\ lamm% r
I gat her dowrn in ponder how,
.Smiling on a brooin^ know, '
fferding ae wee Lamb and JJwe for her poor \liniii;\ .
V\hat faid Ve to the bonn\- bairn iii\ bo^- 'l;imib\?
I praisd.her ten f'ae lovel;)' blue.
Her dimpled chff-k.and cherry mou;
1 prted it ait as \e ina\- true She i';iid, ilie'd tell her Mammv,
I held her tomv beatiny heart"^mv >(;ung m\ fniilinij: l.ammv.
"I hae a houfe it roft me dear,
I've walth o' |)lenifhan and geer;
' Ye f( fjet it a v\;ir't ten times mair, gin \o wfll leave \our M.unmv /
'The fmilr gade- nH her bonn\- fare _"l manna lea^r my Mamn;\-.
'.Shes ge en me meat; fhes geen me claife;
'She's been m% comfort a' mv da\s
''M\ Fathers death brought mon\- Vvae s \ canii leave ixiy Mam...\ .
'VWI! tak her ii.niic and ma htr fain, m\' airi kind hearted Lammvi
'V^'e'll gee h(r m'^,•(f; we I! ^'e^ her rhufe.
'We'll be her ronii'Ti ;i. hni- liaysV
The wee thing ;.ri es her haml and iuyi^ 'There! gang and afk mv Mamm\
Has fhe been to Kirk wi' ihcc iiiv hay Tamm;y?
She h;js been to Kirk wi' me.
And the tear was in her ee, __-
Hu' Oh! fhe's but a young thing ^u^t conn irae her Mammj-!
Hc(\ ^^Icams the Inn,
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on the gowan; Dctp murmurs thro her glCifis the -*^pey, A _
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Ihe I,,H\r(i( k fin^^s ainang the clouds,
I'hf Lainb.s the>- fport fo cheer)-,
And I fit we<ping by the birk;
O where art thou nn dearie!
Att maj^ I meet the morning dew;
Lang greet till I be weaty /
Thou canna, winna, gentle maid.
Thou can a be xny doary-
C) fteer her up and tad her gaun
Written for this Kork by Robert Burns.
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thing a_niifs E'en 1st her ffyte her fill, jo
Q fteer her up and be na blate.
An' ^in ("he tak it ill, jo.
Then leae tho lafsit till her f;it»'.
And time nae lander fi>iU, jo:
Ne er break your heart for ay rebute,
But think upon it ftin,jo,
That f^in the Infsi^- winna do't,
Ye'll fin ani«tier will, jo.
When I gaed to the iiiill.
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touch and a touch can do nat ill.
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O I loo the niil'lrr l;.<l(|i(^
And iTiv laddif fofs nif ;
Mf has fir ;i ,1)I\ th look.
And a bonnit' blinl< itii,-- ic
What itiiSugh the- l;i'l Ijf kiif n,< ,
Whf-n 1 Was at thij iniHl
A kifs is but a touch
And a touch can do natill.
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V\har'Esk its silver stream
i^Oo'N*^* Whar* llsk ils silver current: leads niang t^reenwoods e:a) wi'
y_-iSES
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Tw;ii- fliere 1 found ah! happy tin:f.
The sweetest flower, and sir a flower
I crori't it in its vir^Mn prime
1o deck my sweety my sl;ridv bowtr
Ijut soon the ')l;ist houl'd in tin ;ur
That robbd me of this uiMtrhless flowfr
\n*sf>rrow since and rii<jn\ a ' .u t
?da\ slript an.i withireH ;i iry bower.
Tho' for seven years.
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i307"S X Tlio' for se-ven >ears ami in;iir hnnonr sliourl rerivr me,
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spirits thy Rweet.s hit- irulrntrd. And love sjiall. preserve ;iv v»hat love has
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inipnnteH, Leave thre leave thee 1*11 never leave thee gang the warlH
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O Johiiy. I U) jertloMS whene'er ^e discover
Mv ^entiiiu-nls yielding, \ (Ml turt\ a loofo rover;
And nouj^ht i' ihf- warld wad vex xry heart sairer
If ynu prove unronstant, and fancy ane fairer.
Grifve me, grieve nie, oh it wad grieve niel
A' the lang; night and daj , if yoii deceive nie.
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My Velly, Ift nrvir sick fan'^if s opjjress ye,
J'or while ii.y blof)ds warm Tl^ kindly caress ye:
Vour bloorii.Miy^ saft heauties first beefed Love's fire,
Your virtue and wit make it ay flame the higher.
Leave thee, have thee, I'll fiever leave thee.
Gang the w;irld as it will, dearest, believe me.
ni:ll\ .
Then,Johnv, Ifranklv this uiiiuite allow ve
To think me your mistress, for love gars me trov. vc
And gm you prove fa'se, to ye'rsellbe it said then;
Ye'll win but sma' honour to wrang a kind maiden.
Keave ire, reave me, Heav'ns! it wad reave mr
Of my rest night and rjaj , if ye deceive rue.
jOlfNY.
Bid iccshogle.s hunmer red gad" on the studd_y.
And fair simmer iii'irnings nae mair appear rudd^-;
Kid Britons think ae gait, and when ^they obev yc.
But never till that time believe I'll betrry ye.
Leave thee, leave thee, I'll never leave thee;
The stams shall gantj withershins e'er T deceive thee.
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Row fiftly, thou ftreain.
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Row saftly, thou ftream.thro' the wild /panglcl vallcj', O green be thy
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Wl aft on thy baniss hae we pu'd thf wild gowan.
An twjffed a ringlet beneath the hriw thorn.
Ahi then each fdfid moment wi' pleafure was glowin.
Sweet days o' delight 'vhich can never return!
Now rvcr, wae's me!
The tear fills mine ee.
An fair is mv heart wi' the rigour o <pain.
Nae profnt-ct ri-fi.irning
lb gladden life's mornine-.
l"'or ^reen waves the willow o'er Captain O Kaine.
A'. I V ^ lit o'er ^Cc.
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A Iitt!f Slow
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a.skd me if I had a wife hut ni;tiriagel de . ry d.
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I ("ourted her the lea long nit^ht.
Till near the dawning day
Vv'hen frankly she to nie did say,
Alang >'ith you I'll gae;
Jbr Irv-T.ind is a fine countr\.
An the Scots to yo\i are kin.
So I will gae alang with >r)ii.
My fortune to begin.
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Your offer Sirl is ver\ good.
An I thank yov. too: said I,
But T cannot be your son in law,
I'll tell ^ ou the reason why;
Mv business calleth me in hasfe
I'm the King's servant. 'vmiiiJ,
An' I must gae away 'M-s '!;>'/,
iS'fraii;^;t on, to K litihinLrh town.
Day being come, an brea'^fnst o'er, O! Te^av liawn thou art my own.
To parlour I was ta'en. My heart lys in thy brr-ast.
The gnodman kindly askd me. An' tho' we it a distance are.
If Id miiry his daughter Jean; Yft still I Ir)v< thff best;
^ ivc hundred marks I'll give to thee, Aitho' w{ at a (iistancebe,
Besides a piece of land, An' seas between us rr)ar;
But scarceh had he spoke the word. Yet I'll be constant, Peggy Bawn,
Till I thought On Vcggy Hav\n. To thee, for ever more.
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O Cherub Content.
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content at thy nooft coverd fhrine I would all tce
Cherub content at thy nooft coverd fhrine I, would all the
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But th\' prefence appears from my purfuit to fij-,
l.ike the gold coloiird cloud on the verge of the fky;
Kg III lire that hangs on th<r green willow tree
h fo (hart as the fmilc of thy favour to nie.
In the pulfe of niy heart I have nourifhd a rare
Thitt forbids me th\- fweet jnfpiration to fliare;
The noon of my youth flow departing I fee;
But its \ ears as the\- pafs bring no tidings of thee.
0 Cherub content! at thj- mofs -coverd fhrine
1 would offer my vows if Matilda were mine;
Could I call her my own whom cnrapturd I fte,
I would breathe not a vow but to friendfhip and thee.
As wr\lkinL' fortli^
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H» f-
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I caft mine e>e,and did efpj- A_jouth who irade great clu Tror; And
JT^lfJ f [^
Upon his breaft he la\ aloiit;;.
Hard' hy a murin'ring river.
And mournful 1\ his doleful fong
With fighs he did deliver;
Ah! Jeany's face has comely grace.
Her locks that fhine like lammer.
With burning ra^B have cut my da^s;
Tt'or omnia vincit amor.
Her glancy ren like comets fheen.
The morning-fun outfhining.
Have caught my heart in Oupids net.
And make me die with pining.
Durft 1 complain, nature's to blame.
So curious^- to frame her,
Whofe beauties rare make me with care
Cr} , omnL'i vincit amor.
Ye cr>rtal ftreaTiis that fwift!) glide.
Be partners of my mourning.
Ye fragrant fields and meadovvs wild.
Condemn her for her fcorning:
Let every tree a witnels be.
How Juftly I may blame her;
Ye chanting birds, noJe thefe my word*.
Ah. omnia vincit amor.
Had fru." been kind as fhe was fair.
She long had been admired.
And been adord for virtues rare,
Wh of life now makes me tired.
Thus iaid;, his breath began to fail
He colild not /peak, but. ftammer;
He figh'd full fore, apd faid no more.
But omnia \incit amor.
When I obfervd him near to death,
I run in haft to fave him.
But quickly- he refign'd his bixath.
So AfitV' th-j wound love gave him.
Now for her fake this vow I'll make,
M>' tongue fhall ay defame her.
While on his hearfel'll write this verfe,
Ahl omnia vincit amor.
Straight I confiderd in my mind
t'pon the matter rightly.
And found tho* Cupid he be blind.
He proves in pith moft mighty.
For warlike Mars, and thutvdVing Jove,
And Vulcan with his Hammer,
Did ever prove the flares of love
For omnia vincit amtor
Hence we may fee th' effe<?^8 of Jove,
Which gods and men keep under,
That nothing can his bonds remove.
Or torments break afunder;
Nor wife nor fool, need go to fchoolt
To learn this from his grammar;
His hearts tke book where hc» to look,
Yor omnia Tincit amor.
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The Battle of Harlaw."^
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ar. I th( Cor\ _norh on hie, A -las! alasl for the Harlaw.
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All folks War in a fiery fairv :
I wist nocht qua was fac or friend;
Zit quietly I did nu carric
But sen the da\s of auld kin^ llanie.
Sir slaii/>hter was not hrrdf nor sf ne.
And thair 1 had nae tynie to tair\ ,
Vnv bissiness in Aberdene.
Thuii as I walk it on the way.
To liivrriiry as I went,
I met a id tii, and bad him sta^,
Reqiifisiinij liiir to make me quaint.
Of the boi^innirii; and the event.
That hipptnir thair at the Harlaw;
Then he entrited ntc f;jk tent.
And ht the truth ,'^oiild tomed)aw.
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tr lought iipprv Iridav, July 24,' 1411, against Donald of the Isles.
^ Robert Duke of Albany, uncle to King James 1, The account of this
famous battle may be seen in. our Scots histories.
Grit Dorald of the YIes d'id claim.
Unto if'c lands of Hoss sum richt.
And to the Qovr rnour "^ he came,
Thaim for to half {jif that he micht;
Quha saw his interest was but slicht:
And thairfore answrrt with disdain;
Ho hastit haine baith day and nicht.
And sent nae bodward back again.
But DonaJd richt impatifnt
Of that answer Duke Kobert gaif.
He vowed to God omnipotent.
All the hale lands of Boss to haif.
Or ells be graithed in his graif.
He wald not quat his richt for nocht.
Nor he abusit lyk a ^laif.
That bar<'in sou!d be dcniv bochtA'c.
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''^ O Bothwell bank tjiou bloomeft fair. But ah thou
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Sad he Itn; me ae dreary <f»y,
And haplie now fleeps in the clay-^ •
Without ae figh his death to moan,
Without ae flowV his grave to crown,
O whither is my lover gone,
Alaslfeai- he'll no or return.
O Bothwell banif thou bloomtft fair,
But a^l thou mak'fit nn- hea'-t fu fair.
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Wcc Willie Gray.
Written for this Work b\-R. Burns.
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Wee Willy Gray and his leather wallet;
Twice a lily-flovver will be him fark and cravat;
tc»ther* of a flee wad feather up his bonnet,
leather* of a flee wad feather up hi« bonnet.
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When the d-\ys thcv arc l^ng.
8 the;>- are larii.-., an' the fields thc\ grow green.
I'al lal lal lai la fa la ra
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There's iDony a fill^ come in on the frore, FA lal,(<r.
Wi' galloping graith,clad ahint «n' afore, >rtl I»l,/^r,
Our ancient W^ger for to win.
The Prize nae left than fort\' pun';
To fee them is the beft o' fun, Jal lal^&r.
The rout the town officers held at comTiiand, I'arial,*c.
An' Bullies wi' halberts weel fcour'd, in their hand, Jal Ial,i<:c.
To clear the courfe, the caufe was pude.
An guide the rabble, wild an rude,
>br ilka ane on tip tae ffooJ, lal lal, ^c.
Now Kirkfield frae braw Lefmahago came, T*al lal,^:c.
Our filler, nae doubt, for to tak wi' hini ham* Fal lal X.c.
But tho' he cam wi' noife an' din,
The beaft was unco laith to rin',
Fn fhort the lad w»8 ahin, Fal lal itc.
An' Glentowin's horfe, he was fairlj out -worn, t'al lal &c.
That wiorninq- he gat a haill firlet o' corn, Fal lal Ike.
His groom kept him but carelefslj-;
"I ho, had he fed him foberlv
Twas thought he wad hae won the grce, ¥:t\ 'a I Ike.
But Kingledore'.s mare, fhe brak aft" at the firft, Fal lal fir.
Sax paces an' mair afore a' the reft, Fal lal iK:c.
.She was fae fupple an far ftfjut^
She led tte lave a' round about.
An cam in firft -a« fhe gade out, lal Ul kc.
Now Glentowins horfe, he could do nae niair, I'"?-! lal Aic.
An' Kirkfiel's, o'er heavy to har ony fhare, lal lal l<^r.
Sue Kingledore's brown •bonn\ mare,
Set aff wi' a' our daint\ geas.
An caper'd croufly thro' tho- fair Fal lal ^c.
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The banks of the Dee.
*-^ the nigfeting'tle fun^ from the tree at the foot of a rock where the riv€rwas
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But now hes gone froin we and left roe thus mourning.
To quell the proud rebels, for valiant is he.
And ah there's no hope, of hi." fpeed^ returning,
I'o wrander again on the banks of the Dee.
He's gone, haplefs >outh,o'cr the loud roaring billows
The kindoft and fweeteltof al' the g;i\ fellows.
And loft uie to ftray mong'st thife once loved willowij.
The lonelioft maid on the banks of the Dee.
But time and my prsyers may perhaps y^t reftore him,
Bleft peace may reftore vay dear fhepherd to me.
And when he returns with fuoh care I'H watch o'er him.
He nerer fhall leave the fwect banks of the Dee.
The Dee then fhall flow, all its beauties difplaAing,
The lambs on its banks fhall again be feen placing.
While \ with my Jamie am carelefsl\- ftraying,
And tafting again all the fwectJ»" of the Dee.
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Scenes of woe and. scenes of pleaswre,,
W litter. b> R^urns.
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ct-nes of woe aii/d scenes of pica . sure. Scenes t'. .t
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thoughts re'_ncv>; scenes of wo£ and scenes of pteasuic.
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Bowers aJien. v\Iier<- Inu- !< c'o\ ing.
First enthrairfl tlii.s luatt o" mine.
There the .-rifitsr s^fcts t ii|(;v ing.
Sweets- that nciin', ne'er shall tine.
''Vii-nds HO ntii- nn hosoiii ever,
Vc hat render^J moiiients dear;
But alas! when fovc 1 to sever.
Then the stroke, O how se\trel
lViends,that parting tr>ir rfscrvt- it,
I'ho tis df>iibly dtar fn mo;
foil Id 1 think T did deserve it,
H()v\ much happier woud I be,
.S'rehe.s ot woe and Scenes ot plrasun .
Scenes that former thought renew;
Scenes of woe and Scenes ofploa.'-uic
Now a sad an<i last adieu.
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An' rej^ain 3 our honour
Drive them o'c-r the Tweed,
An' f haw our S<-otti(h b;inn»r.
I am Hah the King,
An' yrr are Jock mv hrither.
Bur I, (fore we lofe her,
\Vt''II t' there the gither.
TVvr^Ai ^t the Ihinintj niid d^.y hour.
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And fuch the hands that fords *\ad hae,
VVre thej- kept clo/l a( v/ark .
Ffi» head was like a heathen, hiilh
Beneath his honnet blcie.
On his htaid ch- eka frae lug to iiig,
^fls bairdN briftles t^rew.
But hunger, like a ^nawint' "aoiuj,
Q«di ruinbrini;; thro' his kvtc.
And nothing now l)uf folid g<r(r
Could give his heart del\te.
He to the kitchen ran with fpeed,
To his lov'd Madu't ht ran.
Sunk down into the chiiiincv nook
With vifa^e four and v^■^\^.
fiet up, he cries, my crdh\ love.
Support nrj' finking faui
With Ibmething that is fit to rhew,
Bf t either het or caul.
This i« the how and hun<.'•r^ hour,
When the beft cures for grief
Are cogue fous of thy l\th>- kail.
And a good Junt of berf-
Oh Watt\, Watt>, Madge replies,
I but oer jnftlx trow'd
Your lore whb thowle^s and that ye
For cakfiUDnd pudding woo'd.
Bethink tlie«,Watt^ on that night,
Wh»n all were faft afleep.
How ^e ki{sd nu frae cheek to cheek
Now leave thefc cheeks to dreep.
How coud ye ca mv hurdles fat.
And comfort of ,\our fight?
How couti ye roofc my dinipl(d han<^.
Now all m)' dimples flight?
Why did yov promiie me a fnood.
To bind my locks fae brown?
W)u- did you me iine garters height,
Yet let my hofe fa' down 1
O faithlefs Watty think how aft
I mend _) our farks and hofel
For you how man} bannocks ffcj^n,
How man\' cogues of brofe.
liut hark! the kail bell rings and I
Maun gae link aff the pet;
Coiiie foe, ye fiafh, how fnir I {\\cA,
To ftegh _>'0'jr guts,\e fot.
The grace was faid.the Mafter ferv'd,
l"at Madge retjurn'd again,
Blyth Watt}' raii/e ruid rax'd himfell,
And fidfc^ci Vf was fie fain.
He h)d him to the favour^ bench,
Where a warm haggles ftood.
And gart hisgool^- thro' the bag
Let out its fat hearts blood.
And thrice he cry cl, come eat,dear Madii»o
Of this cklicious fare;
■Syne clawd it aff moft clevrrlv.
Till he could eat naii m.Hr.
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Hrive jori any Fots or Pans,
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i'll flo't to jouv conttntiiient,.
Anii (Jiiina care a sini^:!*? ilie
^or an-v usan s resfntment;
For lad\ fan, ihouy^h I appear
To ev r\ ane a tinker,
V(t (o \f)iirs(ll rii) bauld to (ell,
S am a [j;entU jinker.
I.ovL Jupiter into a «w -
lurn'd for his loveiv l.eda;
Ho like a bull oer meadows ran,
r<) carr\' ait turopa.
Then may not I, as v\ell as he.
To cheut \our Ar^us blinker.
And win your love like a]ight\ Jove,
Thujs hide aie in a tinkler.
Sir, ye appear a cuniiin^man.
But this fine fil"t \ou'li fail in,
l^or there is neither pot nor pan
Of mine >ou'Il drive a nail in.
Then bind your budget on your back,
And nails up in your apron,
I'br I've a tinkler under tiick
That's us'd to. clout nn> caldron.
Now baok an brae.
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'Ihf chield wha boafts o' warlds walth.
Is afteri laird o' meikle care;
but MiiT} she is a' niin« ain,
Ahl Kortujie canna gie me mair.
Then Jet me range b\' CalfiHj* banks.
W'i' her the Jaffie dear to me.
And catch her ilka glance o' love,
The bonny blink o' Marys ee .
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Ae day a braw wooer, 8C<j.
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A weel stocket mailen hitDsel o't the laird.
An*! bridal aff han' was the proffer,
I never loot On, that T ken'd or I car'd.
But ihouffht I might get a waur offer.
He Spake o' the darts o my bonnj black een,
. An' o for my love he was diein';
I said, he might die when he liket for Jean,
The gude forgie me for liein*.
But what do ye think, in a fortnt^ht or less,
(^The diefs in his taste to gae near her^
He's down to the castle to black cousm Bess,
Think how the Jade I cou'd endure her.
An' a' the niest ouk as T freted wi' care,
I gade to the trvst o' Dulgarlock;
An wha but my bra' fickle wooer was there,
VVha glowr'd as if he'd seen a warlock.
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Continued.
Out owre my left shouther I gied him a blink,
Le«t neighbour shoud think I was saury;
My wooer he caperd as hed been in drink,
An' vow'd that I was a dear lassie.
I ppier'd for nry cousin, fu' couthie an sweet.
An' if she'd recoverd her hearin ;
An' how. my auld ^ shoon fitted her shachel'd Icct
Gude saf us how he fell a swearin.
He beggcloie for gudesake that I'J be his wife.
Or else 1 wad kill him wi' snrt-ow;
An just to preserve the poor bodit- /in life,
I think I will wed hitii to morrow.
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To the Foregoing^ Tune.
' I ""HlC Qu«en o' the Lothians cam cruisin to l<"ife
-*- J'al de fal, lal de ral, lairo, -
To see gin a wooer wad tak her for life.
Sing he^., fal laJ de ral, la! de ral, lal de ral,
Ht>, fal lal de ral, lairo.
She had na been lang at the brow o' th* hill, ]^al <*tc.
Till Jockie cam downfor to visit Lochriell, Sing hey, fal <^r.
He took the aunt to the ncuk o' the ha, _ Fal <tr.
Whare naebodj heard, and whare nae body saw, _ Sing h.; fal K.r.
Madam, he sa^s, I've thought on youradvire _ Val ^c.
I wad marr;) _yt>ur niece, but I'm fleyd she'll be nice, — Sin^hcyfil
Jockifc, she sa\8, the warks done to >our hand, _ Vul ^c.
I'^ve spoke to my niece, and she's at your command, ._ Sing bej i.Afyc.
But troth. Madam, I canna woo, _ l<"al &c.
Jbr aft I hae tried it, and ay I fa' thro, _Sing he\ fal ^c.
l{ut,0 dear Madam, and y-e wad begin _ l*'al 'tc.
l*'or I'm as fle>'d to do it, as it were a sin, —Sing he\ fal ^c.
Jenn\- cam in, and Jockie ran out, _ Fal ^c.
Madam, she says, what hae ye been arbout, _ Sing hty fal <>;c.
Jeiin^, she sa> s, I ve been workin for you, I'al <V< .
for what do ye think, Jockie's come here to woo, —Sing he\ fal <v
Now Jenn^ tak care, and dash na the lad, — I'al ^c.
For offers like him are na ay to be had, Sing hey fal fee.
Madam, l!ll tak the advice o' the wise, _- Fal &c.
I. ken the lad's worth, and I own he's a pri/.e, _Sing hey h.I <Vc.
Then she cries but the house, Jockie come here, — YA fee.
Ye've neathing to do but the question to spier, _ Sin^ hoy fal fee.
The question waa spier'd, and the bargain was struck, _ Fal fee.
The neebors cam in, and wish'd them gude luck, _ Sing bey fal ^:c»
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GiicJeen to ^oii kiminer.
Corrected hy Burns.
Gud_cen tQ j'ou kim^irer and how de ye do?
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S'uppin hen broo;
Dei I tak Kate
An* fhe be na noddin tool
We*re a' noddin &c.
Hows a *\i' >ou, KiiiiiTier,
. And how do ye fare?
A pint o' the beft o't.
And twa pints mair.
We're S noddin ^c.
Hows a wi jou, kimmer,
And bow do ye thrive;
How iiion> bairns hae _>^?
Quo* kimmer, I hae five,
Were a' noddin ^
Are the)' a* JohnyB?
Ehl atweel no:
Twa o them were gotten
VVhen Johny was awa .
We're a' noddin ^c.
Cats like milk
And dogo like broo;
Lada like lafses wee I,
And lafges lads too.
We're a' noddin i^c.
In Brecliin did a wab«ter dwell.
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»i*re lie had a lus, ty Jade, Baith stur
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Vnr mtt^^'r s:' ' 1 « orn nor h;n ,
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r?»if ?"in?' :» I . iiisd dmiJ^ I! f ,
^nd rjj»!^,;.s >jj« frfMv tf«. tfinn,
I am n»it worfh f? \ srortw,.
The wahster Bworf- » bloody frA\h.
And out hf drew a knif* ,
If one word ron.e out of th\ h<^t'),
1 vow ni tak* th\ \iU .
The mare ay, for fear ii\ .,
♦ietl faintinj; to the if round.
And tfToanmjrand moanlne
KeH in a dtadl^ SHOfm.
ThcA took from her the skin;
The haunches, and the paunches,
1hf\' quicklj- brought them in:
Make haste, dame, said he.
And wash this grease, and dr_j*t,
For I will hazard on n\ life.
The do<?^or'8 wife-will bu_>-t.,
rhe\' rumb!cl her, thc_> tumbl'd her,
'Yhfv shot her o'er the brae:
With rumb!inti;,-^nd tumbling.
She to the ground did gae.
Hut the night being cauld,
And the mare wanting her skin.
And diirkness came out o'er the land,
And fain woud she been in. ^c.
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Ycstrttn 1 made ny bed fu' brade. Or came you by \on meadow green.
The night I'll make it narrow; Or saw you my sweet Wilh .''
J'or a' the live lang winters night,
I lie twin'd of my marrew. She sought him east, she sought him west
She sought him brad and narrow;
O cam^ ^ou by yon watjc-r side. Sine in the clifting of a craig,
Pu'd you the rose or lily; She found him drown'd in Yarrow.
My Daddy left me 8Cc.
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A hMrpkcM heckle, and apiell. With an auld broken pan of brass,
A tar-horn, and a weather's bell. With an auld sark that wants the arse,
\ TTUct fork, and an auld peet creel. An auld-bhnd,Snd a hoodling how.
The sprtkea of our auld spinning wheel. I hope, my bairns, ye re a weil now,-,
A pair of branks,^ea,and a saddle,
W'ith our auld brunt and broken laddie. Aft have I borne ^e on ii,\ back,
^ whang-bit, and ;• '■nif^le- bit; With a this riff-raff in ny park;
Cheat up, t]]^ bairns-, and dance a fit. And it was a' for want of gear,^
Th;tt i^art me steal Mtss John's grty ma"'
A f!:<ilin,u-st;iff nnd a timmer spit.
An auld kirn and a hols m it,
Yarn-winnles,and a reel,
A f« tter - lock, a trump of steel,
A whistle, and a tup horn spoon.
With an auld p^ir of clouted shoon,
A timmer sp:tc!{ , and a gleg shc^r,
A bonnet for nn' bairns to wear.
^ timmer tong.a broken cradle.
The pillions of an auld car-saddle,
A gullie-knife and a horse-wand,
A mitten ff*r *hf- W h hand.
Kut now, my bairns, what ails \e now
For y e ha'e naigs enough to plow;
And hose and shoon fit for 3 out ffft^
Chtar up, m^- bairns, and dinna grtet»
Then with m\ set I did advise,
M\ daddy's gear for to comprj/e;
S'ome neii^hbours I c»'d in to see
V\ h.<t gear ny dadd\- left to me.
1 hey sat three qtiarters of a _> ear,
Compri>'ing of r\:v daddvs gear;
And when thev had gien a' their votes,
Twas scarcely- a worth four pounds sroN
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Stern winter has left na
7 <^f!i Stern winter has left U8, the trees are in bloom A cowslips <te
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J^cky Among the young lilies, my Jenny, I've stra\-*d.
Pinks, daisies, and woodbines T bring to my maid;
Hires thyme swjfetly smelling, and lavender gay,
A posy to form for my Queen of the May.
Jenry Ahl Jocky, I fear you intend to beguile.
When seated with IVfoIly last night on a ,sa|e.
You swore that you'd love her for ever and aj-,
forgetting poor Jenny, your Queen of the Maj'.
Jof ky Young Willy is handsome in shepherds green dress.
He gave you these ribbons that hang at ^our breast.
Besides three sweet kisses upon the new hay;
Was that doriif: like Jenn\, the Queen of the May?
Jenny This garland of roses no longer I pri/.e,
Sinct Jock^, titl.sfr hearted, his passion denie»:
Ye flowers so hlooniing, this instant deca\.
For Jen in 9 no longer the Queen of the May.
Jocfc^' Believe me, dear Qiaiden,your lover you wrong.
Your name is for ever the thtme of mv song;
From the dews of pale eve' to the dawning of day,
I sm<i but of fcnnv, my Queen of the May.
Jenny Again, balmy comfort with trans|><)rt 1 view,
Mv fV us are all vanish'! since Jocky is true;
Then to our blyth shepherds the news I'll convey.
That Jcniu alone > ou've crown'd Queen of the May.
Jocky Come all \e joung lovers, I praj- >ou draw near.
Avoid all suspicion, whate're ma^ appear;
Believe not your ej es, lest \ our peace they betray.
Then come, my dear Jenny, and hail the new May.,
Stern winter hns left us. Second Sett.
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Fkdi^cl the morn to be \ our bride! Ah hue >e, haeje tacn the rue.
^* Ye canna wear a rugged gown, O beggar wed wi' nought u _ va My
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Wilhes sake I Willie lo*ed tho' poor, ,c arc try Willie .sttH.
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Yfe canna thok- the- vMnd and rain. Pardon lovei twas a' a snare
Nor wander friendless far frae haaie: The ilocks are safe _we reednupart;
Cheer cheer jour heart some richer swain, I'd forfeit. then:i and ten tinies auar,
Will soon blot out lost Willies name. To clasp thee, Mary, to my heart.
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I'll tak my bundle in my hand
And wipe the dew_drap frae my ee;
T'll wander wr^e o*er the land,
Vll venture wi' ye o*er the fca.
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Could } e wi' my feelings sport,
Or doubt a heart sae warm and true.
I should wish mischief on ye fort.
But canna wish ought ill to }<>\i.
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Thy cheek is o* the ro.se.> hue.
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ll« '^an^ o' joy fu' chperJe, O.
Mej»jiring in the simmer morn,
N.u care to niak it eerie O!
H\tt fittle kenH the fyjingster eweet
Aii;;ht o' the care I hae to meet,
I'liiit gats my reetles boBotn beat,
Mv onK joe and dearie, Oi
V^hin VNO war bairnies on yon brae
Aiifl youth vvai) biinkin' bony Ol'
l\(l 'A' vvtdl daff the leelan^ cfa\,
Oiii )(»vs fu' t>*^tet and monie O.
Aft I wad chare thee oer the lee,
•Vnd. round ^bout the thornie tree,
Or pu* the wild -flonerH a* for thft.
My OnK Joe and dearie O.
I hae' a wish I canna tine
Man|t> H the cares that <<rif v«» «i e O.
A wifih that thou w(rt fvr-r a,mi).
And never iiiuir to kb\c- me O.
Then I wad daut thee niji^ht and <in: ,
Nnr ither war'l_> care v»a,| h.»«'
Til! Iifes warn) stream forjfc^ot toplav,
Mv ')n!v- for- and dtarie O.
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/^"TO ^*^ O 3\ tr\ imI- sf)f- dariL' Mt, An att n ■, wi<< nut
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When a' thir da^« arr done, iii:in,
M> pain* o* hfll on earth is piist,
I'm Bur«- o bliss aboon man
O a\ n;^ wife «ht- i'ic*
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Come nnder my plaidy.
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*Gac- *WH m* your plaidyl sulci Donald gae* wal
*1 fear na the cauld blaft, the drift, nor the f^aw.
*Gae wa wi' ^our plaidyl I'll no lye befide _>e,
*Ye may be my gutchard, auld Donald gae wa.
'\*m ga*en to meet Johnny, he's young and he's bonm,
'He's been at Meg's bridal, fou trig and fou brawl
'O there's nane dance fae lightl}-, fae gracefu' fae tightl\ ,
'His cheek's like the new rofe, his brow's like the fnaw .
"Dear Marion let that flee ftick faf> to the wa,
"Your Jocks but a gowk, and has naething ava,
"The haill o his pack he has now on his back,
"He's thretty, and I'm but threefcore and twa.
"Be frank now and kmdh', I'll bufk you aye- fintl^ ;
*At kirk or at niarket they'll few gang fae braw;
"A biin houft to bid? in, a chaife for to ride in.
And flunkus to tend yc as aft as ^e ca'.
My father's a^- telld me, my mithcr and a,
'Ye'd mak' a gude hufband, and keep me ay br:*w,
'It's true I loo Johnny he's gude and hes bonnj-,
'But waes mel je ken he has naething ava.
'I hae little tocher, ;>ou've made a gude offer,
M'm now mair than twenty, m\- time is. but fma
'Sae gie me j, our plaidie, I'll creep in befide ye,
'r thought je'd been aulder than threefcfSt-e and tw.-K
She crap in a\ont him, befide the ftane wa
Whar Johnn% was lift ning and heard her tell a.
The da\- was appointed, his proud heart it dunted.
And ftrack 'gainft his fide as if burfting in twa. •
He wander'd hame weary, the night it was drearj .
And thowlefs, he tint his gate deep mang the fnaw.
The Howlet was fcreaming, while Johnn\ cried. Women
V\'ad marr\ auld nick if he'd keep^thcm ay bra.
"O the doel's in the lafsesl thej- gang now fae bra,
"The\ 'II I;, -down wi' auld men o' fourfcore and twa,
1 he haill o' their marriage, is gowd and a 'carriage,
'I'lain love is the cauldeft blaft rtow that can blawi
But lo'e them I canna nor marry I winna
*Wi' on\ daft lafsie. tho' fair as a Queen,
TiH love ha'e a fhare o't, the never a'hair ot
Shall gang in my wallet at morning or een!'
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Come follow, follow me.
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Knd snoring in th ir nest;
Unhfed, and unes]:.y'(i.
Through key holes we do glide.
Over tables, stools and sheKes,
We trip it with our I'airN elves.
And if the house -be foul.
With filatter, dish or bowl,
Vp stairs we nimbl\ en tp.
And find the sluts as!tf|!;
Then we pinch their arms and thighs:
None us hears, and none us t.pies.
But if the house be swept.
And from uncleanness k<pf,
W^e praise the hous' hold maid.
And syreK she is paid:
iLver^' night before we go.
We drop a teeter in hersi^oe.
Then o'er a mushroom s head
Our table-cloth we spread,
\ grain of r\«Hor wh.eat»
The diet that v>x eat;
Pear!\ drops of dew vH drink.
In acorn cups fill'd to the brink.
The brain of nightingales.
With unctious fat of snails,
Between tv\ocockles stewd.
Is meat that's eas'K chewd.
And brains of worms K marrow of mice
Do make a feast that's wondrous nic«. f
The grasshopper, gnat and fly.
Serve for our minstr*ls>.
Crace said, ne dance a while.
And so the time beguile;
But if the- mx)on doth hide h*r head*.
The glow -worn) lights u«„ home to b**
o'er tops of deM/y grass
So nimbljy we do pass.
The young and tender stalk;
Ne'er bend^ where we do v-alk;
Yet in the morning maj- be seen.
Where we *ht Night before Lave been,
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Lord Tbomns and fair Annet.
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^^O^'^ ■** Lord Thomas and fair Annet Sat a' day on a hill Whan
Lord Thomas faid a word in Jeft,
Fair Annet took it ill;
A. I win never wed a wife
Againft mj- ain friends will.
Gif ye will never wed a wife,
A wife will neer wed yce.
Site he is hanie to tell his mither.
An' knetd upon his knee:
O rede, O rede, mither, he fa\s,
A ^ude rede gie to me.
O fall I tak the nut-biowne bride.
And let fair Annet be;'
Ife rede ye tak fair Annet, Thomas,
And let the browne bride alane.
Left ^e fould figh, and fay, Alas
What is this we brought hame.''
No, r will tak my mithers counfel.
And marrifcJJie out o hand.
And I will tak the't^ut-browne bride,
Fair Annet maj' leave the lancf.
Up then rofe fair Annets father
Twa hours or it MeredaV,
And he is gane into the bowei-
Wherein fair Annet lav-
The nut-browne bride has gowd ^ gear. Rife up, rife up, fair A n net, he fa) s,
Jair AuRet fhe's gat nane. Put on your filken fheene.
And the little bewtie fair Annet has. Let us gae to St Maries kirk,.
O it y(ili foon be gane. And fee that rich weddc-Q..
^nd he ha» to his brither gane. My maids- gae to my drrffing-room.
Now, brither, rede ^e me. And drefs to me ray hair,
A. fall r marrie the nut-browne bride, Whair ere ye laid a plait before.
And let feir Annet bej". See ye lay ten times mair.
The nut-browne bride has oxen, brother, My maids , gae to my dreffing-rooii.
The hut-browTie bride has kye. And drefs to me m\- fmOck,
I wad hae 3,* marrie the nut-browne bridc,The one half^is o' the hoUand fine.
And ca-it fair Annet by . The other o nc*dk-work.
Her oxen may d)e 1' the houre,Billie,
And her kye into the hyrc.
And f fali hae naething to vnyfell
But a fat fadge hy the {yre.
And he has till his fifter gane:
Now, lifter, rede _>e ire,
O fall T marrie the nut-browne bride.
And fet fair Annet free?
The horfe fair Annet rade upqn*
He amblit like the wind,
Wi' filler he was fhod before,
Wi' burning gowd behind. .
Four-and-twent;>- filler bells
Werrra tied till his mane,
Wi \ae tift o the norland wind.
They tinkled ane bj- ane.
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Hadti by fitir Annctl* fide,
Ar.J four anr}. twenty fair liidits.
As gin fhe had bin a bride.
And whun Oie ean to Marie^ kirkt-,
.She- fat on Marie's ftean, "
The ckading that fciir Annet had on
h fkinkled in theiceen.
And v\han (he cam into the kirke,
Sh^ -fkimmerd like the fun.
The belt that was aboiite her waift
,Was a wi'pearles bedone.
Ibr J did get that ver\- rofe -water
Into my inither's wame.
The bride fhe drew a long bodkin
Prae out her gay head gear.
And ftrake fair Annet unto the fctart.
That word fpak never mail .
Lord^ Thomas faw fair Annet wax paJe,
And marvelit what mote bee.
But whan he faw her dear hearts blude,
A' wood wroth wexed hee.
He drew his dagger that was fae fharp.
That was fae Iharp and meet.
She fat her hy the hut-browne bride. And drave it in to the nut broune bride.
And her een they wer fae clear.
Lord Thomas he clear forgat the bride.
When feir Ann.et drew near.
Ho had a rofe into his hand.
He gae if kiisfes three.
And reaching b\ the nut-browne bride.
Laid it on fair Annets knee.
Lp then (pak the nut browne bri'de.
She fpak wi' meikie fpite,
An^d wfaair gstt 3* tfoi^ rofe-water
That does xnAk _>ee fae white?
O I did ^t the roCe-^ water
Whair ye wiill neir-^et nane.
That fell deid at his feit.
Now ftav for me,,dear Annet, he faid.
Now fta\-, my dear, he crj^d;
Then ftrake the dagger until his heart.
And fell deid hy hir fide.
Lord Thomas was burjd without kirk-wa
J'air Annet within the quiere;
And o'- the tane thair grew a birk.
The other a bonny briere.
And ay they ^-' w, and a\' thej' threw.
As the^- ,v,jhI taine be neare,
And by thi's \e ms\ ken right weil,
T^e_)' wer twa luvers deare.
William and Margjaret.
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face was like an April morn clad in a wintry cloud and chy
So ftiail the faireft face appear "VV^y did >t)u % my lips wjts f^^fet,
When >outh and ye&rg are flown» "And made the fcarlet pale?
.Such is the robe that Kings muft wear "And why did I.young witlefs maidi
When Death has reft" their crown. "Believe the flattering' talc? ,
Her bloom was like the fpringing flow'r "That face, a las I no iiiore.-tti -fair.
That fips the filTcr dew; "Thofe lips no longer red: ^
The rofe was budded in her cheek, "Dark are my ejes.nov, clos'd in death,
juft op'ning to the view. "And every churm is ilcd.
Hut love had,like a canker- worm.
Confum'd her fcarh prime.
The rofe ^rew pale, and left her cheek;
She dv'd before her time.
"Awiikel "ihe cr\''d,"thy true love calls,
"Come from her midnight grave;,
"Now let thy pity hear the maid
"Thj' love refus'd to fave.
This is the dumb and dreary hour
"When injur'd ghofts complain,
"VShen \ awning grtives give up their dead
"To haunt the faithlefs fwain.
"Bethink thee, Williaml of thy fadlt,
'Th_\- pl^ge and broken oath,
"And gne me back my maiden vow,
"And give me back my troth.
Wh;>' did >ou promife love to me,
"And not that promife keep?
Wh}- did ^'ou fwear my e3'es were bright
"Yet leave, thofe e;yeB to weep?
'How could you fay my face was fair,
"And >et that face forfake?
Hqw could you win my virgin heart,
"Yet leave that l^eart- to break.
"The hungry worm my fiftcr is;
"This winding fhect I wear;
"And cold and wear_)- lafts our night,
"Till that laft norn appear, (^hotire;
"But, harkl the fitick has warnd me -
"A long and late adieu 1
"Come fee,fal{e man! how low (he lies
"Who d\-'d for love of ^ ou.
The lark fung loud,the morning riiiii cl
With beams of rol} red;
Pale William quak'd in ^v^ry Jimb, .
And raving left his bed.
He hy'd him to the fatal place
Where Matg'rets body i&y, (tnrf
And ftretch'd him on the green giafs
That wrapp'd her breathlefs c[:i}'. ^
And thrice he callci on MargVets name,
And thrice. he irept full forf^
, Then laid his cheek to her cold grave .
And word fpoke never^raore .
Such be the fate of vows unpaid.
And pledge of sacred lovel
Tfi<) thry miily {enipt theyif-ldiii;,'^ rjistid,
Th(V re rt^istt -'d abovei
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What ails the lafsps at rue.
I am a young bstchclor winfome a fanner hy rank Nl a^ree am
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few I fee ganff out mair handfome to kirk or to mar_ kct than uie. I ve
Wy bughts of good ftoie are no fcanty.
My byras are well ftocked wi'fc}^.
Of iTical i' m>- girnels is plenty.
An twa or three eafments forby.
An horfe to ride out when they re wearj;
An' cock with the beft the^- can fee.
An then be cad dawtj' and dear_j-,
r ffirh what ails them at me.
O, if I kend how but to gain them.
How fond of the knack wad I be.
Or what an addrefs could obtain them.
It fhould be twice welcome to me.
If kiffing an' clapping wad pleafe them.
That trade I fhould drive till I die;
But, however I ftudv to eafe them.
They ve ftill an exception at me.
Hehmd backs, afore fouk Tve vvoo'd them, There's wratacks,an cripples,an cranfhaks,
An' a' the tjates o't that I ken. An a' the wandoghts that I ken.
An' v.hen thf \ leugh o' me I trow'd them, Kq fooner they fpeak to the wenches.
An' thought I had won, but what then; But they are ta'en far enough ben;
When r fpeak of matters they grumble. But when T fpeak to them.that's ftately
Nor are condefcending and free, I find them ay trt en nith the gee.
But at my propofals &y ftumble. An' get the denial rieht fiath';
i wonder what ails them at me. What, think \e, can ail them at me,
\ ve tryd them baith highland (Si lowland, f have yet but ae offer to mak' them.
Where I a good bargain coucl fee.. If thev wad but hearken to me.
Bat nane o' them fand I wad fall in. And that is, I'm willins> to tak them.
Or fay thej wad buckle wi' me. If they their confent wad bat gee;
V\ithjooks an wi'fcraps I ve addrefs<ithem,Let her that's content write a billet.
Been with them baith r?iodclt And fi-<5e. An get it tranfmitted to me.
But whatfcver way I carefs'i fht-m, I hereb\- engage to fulfil it,
'1 hue's fomething f*ill ails them at me. Tho' cripple, tho' blind fhe fudt be.
The fun in the weft
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As the aik On the mountain refifts the blaft rain,
Sae did he the brunt o* the battle fuftain.
Till treachry arrefted his courage fue darin.
And laid him pale, lifejefs upon the drear plain.
Cauld winter the flower divcfts o i^i* cleidin'.
In fimmer again it blooms bonn\- to fee;
But naething, alas! can ha'e tny heart bieidin,
Drear winter remaining for eyar wi' me.
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Sf-roggam
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Scroggam; Scroggam, (^tither
The priest o the parish fell in anither. That the heat o' the tane might cool the
Sing auld Cowl, \x\y yon down by me, Sing auld Cowl, lay you down bj- me,
Scroggatn, lEy Dearie^ ruffum. Scroggam, my Dearie, rbffum. i.
() Tell inc my bonny cCc.
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V^'^^O J^ O toll ire mv bonny young laf8ie,0 tell iiie how for to woo; O
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fcorninge O tell me dear lafsie the way for to
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0 far hae I wander d dear lafsie»
To fee thee fail'd the fait fea,
I've 'travfl'd o'er muirlan an' mountain.
An houfelefs Iain cauld on the lea;
1 never hae try'd yet, to reiak love to ony.
Never loe d om , till ance I loe'd jou,
-An now were alane in the greenwood fae bonny.
Now, tell me dear lafsie the way for to woo.
What care J, for jour wandering, laddie.
Or yet for your failing the fea.
It was na for nought ye left Pegg\-,
My tocher it brought _>e to me;
An fajy-, hae ye goud for to bufk me ay gaud^-.
Ribbons an pearlins an breaftknots enow,
A houfe that is canty, wi' plenifhin* plenty.
Without them, ye never need come for to woo.
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I hae naC goud to bufk ye a\' gaudy.
Nor jet, buy ribbons enow,
I brag not o' houfe or ©'plenty.
But, r ha'e a heart that is true;
f came na for tocher, I ne'er heard of ony.
Never lo ed Peggj-, nor e er brak my vow;
I ve wander'd, poor fool, for a face faufe as bonny;
[ little thought this was the wa^- for to woo.
Hae na ye roofd my cheeks like the morning.
An roofd my cherry red mow.
Ye ve come oer the Sea, Muir, and Mountain^
What mait* Johnny need ye to woo;
An far ha'e ye wander'd 1 ken, my dear laddie.
Now ye hae found me, ye ve nae caufe to rue,
Wi' health we'll ha^e plenty, I'll never gang gaud\ ,
I ne er Kifh'd for mair than' a heart that is true.
She hid her fair face in his bofom.
The tear fill'd ilk lovers ee.
An fabbclbj- the fide o' the burnie.
While the mavis fang fweet on the tree;
He clafpci her, he prefs'd her an cad her his honey*
Look'd in her face wi' a heart leel an' true.
As aften fhe figh'd an faid, my dear Johnny*
Nae body need tell ye the wa\' for to woo.
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O Mary tcira awa
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That bonn^- face o thine;
O dinna, dinna fhaw that breaft
That never can be mine I
Wi' love s fevereft pangs
My heart is laiden fair, ^grow
An oer m_\- breaft the grafs maun
IE re 1 am free frae care!
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y^HAT aife this heart of mine?
What ails this wTitrj^- ce?
V\7iat gars me ay turn ca!d as death.
Whan I tak' leave o* thee?
When thou art far awa'
Thou'It dearer grow to me.
But change o' fouk an change p' place,
M:'y gar thy fancy Jee,
Then I'll fit down and moan,
Jult by _>"on fpreadin' tree,
An^ gin a leaf fa* in my lap,
I'll ca't a word frae theel
Syne I'll gang to the bower.
Which thou wi* rofes tied,
Twas there by mon\' a blufliing bud
I ftrove my love to hide.
I'll doat on ilka fpot
W^har I ha'e been wi tfcee
I'll ca to mind fome fond love tale
By evry burn an tree.
Tis hope that cheers the mind.
The' lovers abfent be;
An when I think I fee thee ftill,
1 think I'm ftill wi' thee.
O ejnde ale comes bCc.
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Gude ale hauds n;e bare and bua^',
Cjars me moop wi' the servant hi/zie.
Stand i' the stool when I hac done,
Gude ale keeps my heart aboon.
O gude ale comes and gude ale t<ocs»
Gude ale gars me sell n^^- hose.
Sell my hose, and pawn nn- shoon,
Gude ale keeps my heart aboon.
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Robin share in hairst
Chorus Written for this Work bv Robert Burn
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Was na Robin bauld,
Tho* I was a cotter,
Pfery-'d tre sic a trick
And me the Eller's dochter?
Robin shure fie.
Robin proinis*d a<e
A' an- mnter Wttle;
Fient haet ho had but three
Qoos feathers and whittle,
Robin shure '^c
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Macgj, quoth he, and by my bags,
Tm fidging fiin to see >-ou;
Sit down b\- ux-, u :\ bonn_y bird.
In troth I Kinna stter thee:
tor Vm a piper to my trade,
M\- name is Rob the Ranter;
The lasses loup as they were daft
When I blaw up my chanter.
Piper, quoth Meg, hae you your hags.
Or is your drone in order?
If you be Rob, I've heard of >ou.
Live you upo' the border?
The lasses a\ baith far and near.
Have heard of Rob the Ranter;
I'll shak m> foot wiVij/ht good will,
Oif _>ou'H bhiw up your chanter.
Then to his bags he flew wito .^pct.l.
About the drone he twisted,
Meg up, and wallopcl o'er the tfttm,
Pbr brawly coud she frisk it.
Weeldone,quoth he;r!a\- iip,quctjt sh.-
Weel bob'd,quoth Rob the HiDier
*Tis worth my while to pla\ in'it< J,
VVhen 1 hae sic a dancer.
'^eel hae you. pla\-cl your part ouiihMe;?
Your cheeks are like the crinison;
There 8 nane in Scotland pl;?vs sac wpr!.
Since we lost Habby Simpson.
I've liv'd in Fife, baith maid and wife.
These ten j ears and a quarter;
Gin 3 ou should come to Enster fair.
Spier ye for Maggy Lawder.
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' A Cogie of ale, and a pickle ait meal,
A coffic of ale and a pick!e ait meal, \nd a daintj- wte
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drappy of whisky was our fore fathers dose to swiel down their broseX;
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hey for the ale^and he_>- for the whisk\ X:. hc\- for the meal; when mix'd a the
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As I view our Scots Imis, in their kilts and cockades,
A' blooming and fresh as a rose, man;
I think wi' mNSel', O^ the meal and the ale.
And the fniits of our Scottish kail brose, man.
Then hey for the cotjie ^c.
When our brave highland bhides,wi' their clajmores and plaids,
in the field, dri\^, like sheep, a' our foes, man;
Their courage and pow'r, spring frae this, to be sure,
They re the noble effects of the brose, man.
Then hev for the cogie k.c.
But _>our spindie shank'd sparks, wha but ill set their sarks.
And jour pale i'isag^d milksops, and beaus, man,
\ think when l see them, 'twere kindness to gie them,
A cogi* of ale and of brose, man,
Then hev for the co^ie &c.
The Dumfries Volunteers.
Written for this^Work b> Robert Burns.
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Me permit a foreign foe. On Britifh ground to ral _h-. We'll ne'er per
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niit a foreign foe^ On BritiOj ground to ral ^ t\:
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O let us not, like fnatling curs.
In wrangling be divided.
Till, flap, come in an unco Ioun«
And wi a rung decide it;
I Be Britain ftill to Britain true,
Aniani; ourfels united:
For never but hy Britillt hands
Maun Btitifb wrangs be righted.
For never but <tc.
The kettle o* the Kirk and State,
Perhaps a clout may fail int;
But deil a foreign tinkler loiin
Shall ever ca a nail in't:
Our fethet-8 blude the kettle boughtl
Ajid *»ha lAad dare to fpoil it,
By Hca^tn9, the farrilc^ous dog
Shall fuel be to boil iti
By Heavens, <tc.
The wretch that would a Tvrnnt own.
And the wretch, his tme fworn brother.
Who would tet the Mob :ibove ihc throne,
Mr.\' the^ be dainn'd toLrefher.
Who will not finir, (^od i-.vo the km^r;
Shall hang- as hiirh's the fteeple;
But whiJ,e MX: f!ng,Ged favc the kj«i^-.
We 11 ne'er forget the People.
But while wo fing &c.
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He*s dear d^^ar to rne ^c
Very -Slow
fair and O but I was wean- 1 thouekt upon the da^-s that are paft anc
thought upon the da;^-s that are paft and
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gane for fee s dear dear to me tho he's far far frae me
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I ve betn in the lowlands whpre the\- fnear the fhttp,
i^n' up in the highlands where the\- pu the heathe?,
I ken a bonnv ladie that ?o*es me weel,
But he's far far aw a that 1 loe far better.
But I'll write a letter; an' fend ic to him.
An tell him hes dearer to me then cm,
^n' that I've ay been fbri-_%', fen he {^af d awi',
Tho hes far far away, _) ft he's dear dear to iiif.
If winter war' paft, an the fimmer come in.
When daifies an' rofes fpring fae frefh an bonnv.
Then I will change my filfcs for a plaiddm coat.
An' avsa to the lad that is dear dear to me .
The blue bells of Scotland.
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O where and O where does your highland laddie dvscll; O
A little Livel_>
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fweeth fmeli and all in my heart { love my laddie well
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O what lafsie what does ^our highlaiid laddie wear,
(' what lafsie whai does >'Our highland laddie wear,
A fcarlet coat and bonnet blue with bonny jeliow hur,
And none in the world can with my love compare.
O where and O where is yx>uT highland laddie gone,
O where and O where is _vour highland laddie gone,
Hes gone to fjght for George our King, and left nic all aton«'
Ibr notle and brave's my loyal hig'hlandman.
O what lafsie what if \our highland lad be flain,
O what lafsie what if vour hi^-^hland lad be lluiii
O no triie love will be his guard and bring him fafe again,
ibr 1 never could live withoui my highlandman.
O when and O when w^ jour. highland lad come hamc,
O when and O when will your highland lad come hame,
VVhen e er the w^r is over he'll return to n»e with fame.
And Til plait a wreath of flow'rs for my lovcij- highiand'man .
O wi*at will you claim for jour conftancj- to him,
O what will you claim for your conftancv to him,
111 claim a Prieft to marry us, a Clerk to f^rv Amen,
And ne'er part again from my bonqj- highlandman.
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Colin Clocrt
Chanticleer, wi* noifv whiitie bids the houfe_*il^
A little LiveU
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t; To^Iin Clout be gins to hir^fic- n^w_ .TT
A' frac- his fl7tp_lefs ntft. Love that raifts fic a cla^mour.
cuoft his Klammir o'er poor Coiin luck _ lefs lad.
Cruel Jennv, lack a (lAiCeyl
Lang had gart him grtet an grane,
^olins pate was haftlins era/)-,
ycnny laugh d at Colins pain,
Slawly up his duds he gathers,
SiiiwI}-, flawij' trudges out.
An' frae the fauld he drives his wedders Ati a' the day I grane an grummte.
Happier far than Colin Clout. Jenm-, this is a' for thee.
What is this? cries Colin glowVin',
Glaiked -like, a'' found about,
Jenn^-, this is paft endurin;
Eteath maun eaie poor Colin Clout.
A the night I tofs an tummle.
Never can I clofe an e'e
Now the run,rai8d frae his nappie,
•Set the Orient in a low,
Drinkin, ilka glanrin* drappie,
I' the field, an a" the knowc.
\l.mv a birdie, fweetly fingin,
Flalferd brifkly round about;
An' mony a daint\- iluw'rie fpringin,
^'"*ere bl) the but Colin Clout.
Ve'll hae nane but farmer Patie,
Caufe the fallows rich I trow,
Abfins, tho' he fhoud na cheat Ae,
Jenny, \e'll hae caufe to rue.
Auld, an gl.e\d, an' crooked -backed.
Siller bought at fic a price,
Ahl Jenn^ , gin ye lout to-tak' it,
Ko'k will fay ^eVe no o'er nice, i^c.^c
Tis- iiae very lan^j JfitilVne.
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But Tm biyth, that m_\ hearts my ain.
And I'll keep it a' my life,
Lnti> that I meet wi' a lad
Wha has (enfe to wale a good wife.
Jbr though I fay*t mjfell.
That ftiou'd nae fay't, tis true.
The lad that gets me for a wife,
He*U ne*er hae occafion to rue."
* gang ay fou clean and fou tofh.
As H the neighbours can tell;
Though iVe feldom a gown on my hack
But fie as I fpin myfeU.
And when 5 am clad ir> m_\' coutfcj,,
I think myfell as braw
As Sufie, wf a' her pearling
Thats tane m\- laddie awa*.
But 1 wifh thej- were buckled together.
And may they live happy for life;
Tho* Wiilit- does flight mc,ands Jeff int,
Ihe chield he deferves a good wjfc.
But,Ol Tm bl>th that I »c mifs'd him*
As biyth as I weei can be;
For ane th;<t*s fae keen o the fllUr
Will nevt r agree wi* me.
But as the truth is, l*m hearty,
I hate to be (crimpit or T^ajif;
The wie thing I hae, I'll muk ufc o't.
And nae ane about me {}iri!I want.
for I'm a good guide o the war id,
I ken when to ha'd and to gie;
For whinging and cringing for filler
Will never agree wi' me.
Contentment is better than riches.
An' he wha has that has enough;
The mafter is feldom l:ie hnppj-
As Robin that drives the plough.
But if a \oung lad woud caft up»
To niak me his partner for fife;
If the ch'f id haa the feijfe to be hripp^.
He'll i:t t>n his feet for a wife.
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^^* hnnnu lafsts I hae f(fn,
AnfJ irotn full as braw,
Bijf for n irodtft ^rarf fu' mein
'I h»- Ilk* I never faw.
\ bonn^ l.tfs I will confefs.
Is pN-nfant to the t-V,
But without fomc better qualities
•Sh« 8 no a lafs for me.
•Shis drefses ay fat- clean and neat.
Both decent and ^( nteel;
And then there's fomethin^ in her ft^it
Oars ony drefs look wee I.
A ^aud\ drefs and gentle air
M:.^ flightlj touch the heart,.
But its innocence and modeftN-
That polifhes the dart.
«ut Neifys looks are blythe and fweet.Tis this in Nelly pleafes me.
And what is beft of a\ 'Tis this enchants my foul;
Mtr r^pulrttion is compleat. For abfolutely in my breaft
And fur without a flaw; She reigns without controul.
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When I think on my lad.
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Love fpic-rs na advice
Of parents oer »vife.
That iiave but ac bairn like nic,
Tbat looks upon rafh.
As naethir.^ but frafli.
That fhackles what ftould be- frr r
And tho* my dear lad
No ae penn\ had,
.Since quaJities better ha^ he;
A' beit I'm an Heirefw,
I think it but fair is.
To love him fince fae Iove« roe.
Then, my dent Jamie«
To thj- kind Jcanie,
Hafte.hafte thee in oVr the fea^
To her wha can find
Nae ea(e in her mind«
Without a biyth fijrht of thee.
Tho ir.\ dadd\ forbad.
And ni\ iDinnv forb;id.
Forbidden ! will not be;
Viiv fince thou alorw
\t\ favour h.dt won,
Nnnt elfe fhall e'er ^ct it for inc.
Ytt them VU not grieve.
Or without their leave,
Oie try hand as a v\if( to thee:
Be content with a heart.
That ran n<^erdiftrt,
Till they ceafe to rifpofr or be.
My parentH mr.', pro,\e
V« t fritnd in our lf)Vf ,
V^hen our firm refolves fh«'\ fn:
Then I with pleafwr*
VSilI >ieH vip my trini-trf.
And a' th;>t love or'^^ rs J^ th<?cr
Ketnrn hatnewarr}
My h<yrt letTe fie fantalie. Love onI>- where thou haft good caufe; Sir
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f^rn and liking ne'er agree, the fient a crum o thee fhe faws.
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To what effect fhould thou be thrall?
Be huppy in thine ain free will,
Mv heart, be never beftiaU
But ken wha does thee good or ill,
At haire with mc then tarry ftill.
And fee wha can btft play their paws.
And Itt the fi!h- fling her fill.
For fint a crum of thee fhe faws.
Tho fhe be fair I will not fen/ie.
She's of a kind with mony mae;
For why they are a fellon inen/.ie
Ihat fccmcth good and are not fae.
M>- heart, take luither fturt nor wae
For Mf|j, for Marjory, or Maufe,
But be thou bi> th,and kt her gae,
J'or fint a crum of thee (he faws.
Hfniember, how that Mtdt-a
Wild for a fight of Jafon vied,
i^cinembtr how that jouni^ Crtffida
1^4'r Trojjus for Dioirtr(( •
Kemeniber FTelen as we read,
Bi-ought Trov from biifs unto bare was:
Then kt her gae where (he may fpccd
For fint a crum of thee (he faws.
Becaufe Oie ffiid I took it ill»
Tot her depart my heart was fair.
But » WHS beguil'd; gae where fhe wiH,
Bfcfhrew the heart that firfr takes rare.
But be thou merr^^- late and air.
This is the final end and claufc.
And let her feed and foulh- fair
For fint a crum of thee fhe faws.
N^eer dutit again within mv- breaft,
\e*c-r let her flights th\- coura(£?e fpili,
Nor gi^ a fob altho* file fneeft,
Shes fuirc-ft paid that g«t8 her will i
She's geek as gif { mean'd her ill.
When ft* glaicks paughtv in her brrms;
Now let her fnirt and f\ ke her fill,
For fint a rrDU) of thit fbi fiv»N,
-My Lirfy.s gowok there's chairs upoii't.
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lies his game, ff Colin's Jfnn\ he at hame.
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lVi\- Ladys white, m^^- Lad\'s red .Sae sweetFv move hergent\ limhs,
^nd kith »nd kin o Cassilhs Hlude, Like music -notes o* Lovers hvmiist
But her tenpund lands o tochrr gude The diamond -dew in hereen n.»p hfur.
Were a the charms his Lordship, fo'ed, Wher« laughing fove sae wanton eviinis.
My Lady's gown ftd, M\- Lad\*s gown i'i.c.
Out r>er yon moor, out o'er 3 on' moss. My Ladys dtnk,nnv Lady's drest,
^^^Jare gor-cocks thro' the. heather pass. The flower and f:«nry o* the west?
There wons auld ColinV bonie lass. But the Lassie that man loes best,
N lil>- in a wildemegs, O that's the Lass to mak him blest.
My Lady*a gown <tec, M3- Lnd>*8 gown «tc.
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May Morning.
3-'3^'^ ^ ^^^ N\niphs and ftifpherds are met on the green VMth garlands toJ
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DitHia think bonie Lafsi'e I'm gaiin to leave you.
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ftay this ae night wi* jour love, an (|inna gang an Ictivo lue.
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Urifls.Its but a night an* haV a day that 1*11 leave niv dearie,-
But a night an ha'f a da^- that I'll leave my dearie.
But a night an' ha'f a day that I'll leave my dfarir.
When e'er the fun gaes weft the loch, I'll come again an' fee thfPi
"^low. Dinna gang my bonie lad, dinna gan^- :»n' leave me,
Dinna gang my bonie lad, dinna gang an leave me.
When the lave arc (bund afleep lam dull an eerie.
An a' the lee lang night I'm fad, wi* thinkin* on my dearie. .
Brifk.O Dinna think bonie lafsie iVn gaun to leave you,
Dinna think bonie lafsie I'm gaun to leave you,
Dinna think bonie lafsie I'm gaun to leave you.
When e'er the iiin gaes out o' fight I'll come again an' fee ^j-ou.
Slow. Waves are rifing oer the fea, winds bla loud an' fear ree,
Waveg are rifing o'er the fea, winds bla loud an' fear me.
While the waves an winds do roar, I am wae an dreary.
An gin ye lot me as ye fa), ye winna gae an leave me,
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Brifk.O Never mair bonie lalsie will I ?ang an' leave thee.
Never mair bonie lafsie will J gang an leave thee.
Never mair bonie lafsie will t gang an' leave thee.
E'en let the warld gae as it will, Hi ftay at hame an cheer thte;
Slow.Frae his hand he cooft the ftick, 1 winna gang an leave thee.
Threw his plaid into the neuk, never can I grieve thee.
Drew his boots an' flan^ thett hy, cryd vay lafs be cheeric,
m kif» the tear frae aff thj- cheek, an* never leavei my dearie.
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D //in I were Cairlj shot o' her.
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* O ftm I were faidv shot o her fairh- fairfv lairK-
\y fairly fairfj- shot o her,,
dance on the tap o her. lill we were njarriedn cou'd na see lig^ht till her
for a {lonth after a* thing av gaed right wi* her but these ren%earftlhae
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praiyl foT a wright to her O gin 1 were iair_I\ shot o' her
N«ne o her relations or frien's cou^d h\av wi'her
The neighbotn-R and batrn« are fain to fly frac her.
An* I my atn sell is forr't to gie way till her
O irin T were fairl}- Xlc.
She gangs a\e sae braw, she's sae nnckle pride in her
There's no a goodwife iu the haill country side like her
VV'i dress an* wj* drink the d -I wadna bide wi' her
O gin T ^eiff fairly J^c.
If the tinr© woji^ but conie that to the kirk gate wi* her
Ah into the jerd l*d mak my Nt>li quit o* her
Id th*n be as bl\th as first v\htn I met wi* her
O gin ! were fairly kx.
Hey my kitten my kitten.
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r r o A^ Heyi tt.v kitten ray kitten. An hey my kitten a. dearie fic a fKcct
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pet as this is nei ^ther fiir nor nearie. Now we gac up up
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up An here we gang down down downy. Here we ga«
Chicky,cockow, my lily cock;
. See, fee, CiC a downy J
Gallop a trot, trot, trot.
And hey for Dublin towny.
This pig went to the market;
•Squeek moufe, moufe, mou^-;
Shoe, fhoe, fhoe the wild colt.
And hear thy own dol doufv.
Where was a jewel and pett}.
Where was a fugar and fpicy;
Rufh a b;tba in a cradle.
And we'll go abroad in a tricj".
Did a papa torment it?
Did.e vex his own babyrdid-e?
Hufh a baba in a bofiej
Take ous own fucky: did.e?
Good-morrow, a pudding is broke".
Slavers a thread o cryftaU
Now the fwcet pofset cornea up;
Who faid my child was pif« all?
Come water my o^ickens, conie dork
Leave off or hell cmwl yDu,he'll crawl you;
Come,gie me your hand,ane I'll beat Irttn;
Wha was it vexed vty bab>'?
Where was a I.tuffh and » craw;
Where was- a g'gling honey?
Good.\-, cood child Ihall be ied
But na'Qghty child ftall get nony
Get ye gone, raw-head. and biwody bonc»
Here is a child that i«ont (cur yt*
Couie pifsy,pifsy, my jewel,
And ik, ik av, my deary.
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Sweetest May.
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t.3i5'^"*( ''^ Sv^^t'e-^t May !et love inspire theejTake a heart which he designs thee
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Proof o* shot to Birth or Mone>;v,
Not the wealth^-, but the bonie;
Not high-born, but noble-minded.
In |-ove*» silken band can bind it.
Argyll is my ni^me.
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Arg\ I! is my nam e» and you tna\- think it strringe,Tn live at a'
h;tve fac*d in citj' or battle 1 ne'er was disgrace! I do evV^- thing for wy
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country's wccl an* Hi feast upon Wnnf>cks o harlty -ir.eaL
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Adieu to the courtie of London town,
lor to my ain country I will gang down;
At the sight of Kirkcalc{^ ance again,
I'll cock up my bonnet, and march amain.
O the muckle de*il tak a* your noise and strife,
l*m fuliy resolv'd for a country Uie,
Where a' the bra' lasses, wha kens me wcl!.
Will feed me wi* bannocks o* barley-meal.
ril quickly lay down my sword and ti:j gun.
And ril put my plaid and my bonnet on,
Wi' my plaiding stockings and leatlier-heeTd shoon;
Thcv'li mak me appear a fine sprightly loon.
And when I am drest thus frae tap to tae,
Hame to my Maggie I think for to gae,
Wi' niy claymSre hanging down to my heel.
To whang at the bannocks o' barley meal.
Fil bu> a fine present to bring to my dear,
A pair of fine garters for Maggie to wear.
And some pretty things else, I do declare.
When she gangs wi' me to Paisley fair.
And whan we are married we'll keep a cow,
M\ Maggie sail milk her, and I will plow:
We'll live a' the winter on beef and lang-kail.
And whang at the bannocks o' barley-meal.
If m^- Maggie shou'd chance to bring me a, son.
He's fight for his King, as his daddy has done;
ril send him to Flanders some breeding to learn.
Syne hame into Scotland and keep a farm.
And thus we'll liA-e- and industrious. be.
And wha'll be fae great as m\ Mi.^i^iit and ni«-;
We'll soon grow as fat as a Norway seal,
Wi' feeding on bannocks o barley-meal. <<ic. >^c. '<ic,
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An* ril awa to bonnj TWeed-fidc
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ke it my care to fe , cure m^fell in a jo; J'ni no fie a
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Will eithK-*perfuade,
Tho* blufiiing I daftly fay no
viae on with your ftrain
And doubt not to g»rn.
For I ' h»te to lead apes below.
l/ntyd to a nmn,
Do whnte'er wf- c?tn.
We never can thrive or dow,
I hen I will do well.
Do better what will,
And 1st them (cad apea below.
Our time is precious.
And gods are gracious
That beauties upon us beftow
Tis not to be thought
We got them for nought
Or /to be fet up for a <how.
Tis carried by vot'os.
Come kilt up your coats
And let us to "Edinburgh go.
Where fkc that's bonn\-
M&y catch a John\-.
And never lead apes below.
Gently blivv SCc.
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f\C^O<y^ Cfr.tl\ >)lnvv \e fast .fin br« « /.:.s. Hide >our piercin|^'
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O shf*s bf)n - n\ ;inH R^^«c^ to see Vaiv the bis'l an
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bnnn\ blossoti Ayf- tie >)l\ti',e blink.s in her oi .
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Vr;u winters secure, '!;< simnier tonreiit Reds her cheek, and sweets lier fci'ijie
Ho«iyni!Htf* that point the air r-Jhiiirin een like dininfjiidH bti:.'l,i
Krae ^rief o mind that ;dt does foirftif FTandso'neshH[ie, fhe chf)iCe o iinUire
VlakiPi; life a drear\ 'are Wonder o' the d;i\ atul nitrht
f) she's bonii^^^-'c. O she's bonn\r''Z( .
Vor shes as- the new bfawn rose If, but this bud and bonrn blof^som
That s nourishd vsith the sinin;ers sun * I could say twereonl^ hjiiu
Her sillies is like the sweet repose lof plant it deep within 1113- bosoiij
Man seeks when his last sand 19 run An round nv heart Id it entwine
O she's bonr\ <*lc. (> she s bonny fie.
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'^ eath'rins flowrs of il - ka hue, I wift n» then «hat love coud do.
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Where lore is planted there it grows.
It buds and blows like an)- rofe
It has :« fneet and pleafant fmc-ll.
No floAi- on earth can it exrel.
J put my hand .into the biifh.
And thought the fwectcft rofe to find,
But prick'd my finger to the bone.
And left the fweetcft rofo behin'!.
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She call'd upon her ftrvant man.
Her fervant that on her did wait,
"Gae open thr >etts, both braid and wide,
"And let the- poor pedlar in in in,
"And let the poor pedlar in.
He fet the >etts, both braid and wide.
And let the poor pedlar in;
And then fhe took him by the coat neuks.
And ftie led him from room to room room room.
And fhe led him ^c.^
Till he came to my lady's room,
Mv lady's room where fhe lay;
•*i wad gie a* my pack he fai(i,
**Jor the night of a ga> lad}', lad\ ;
*'>br the night <tc.
"Wilt thou gie me my park again,
"M\' pack, and my pack pinn,
"An thou gie me my pack he faid,
"I'll gie thee both broach and ring, ring ring,
"I'll gif thee both &c.
"I'll no gie thee thy park again,
"Th\ pack nor thy pack pinn;
"I'll no gje thee thy pack fhe faid. ^
"Tho* thou wad greet till thine t>eB gae blin gae blin,
"Tho* thou wad Sic.
Out then fpal- the noble k)rd.
Out of his bow'r within,
"O who is this into my houfe
**That makes fuch a noife and dinn dinn dinn.
"That makes <tr.
"As I came throu^li>our garden Sir,
"I pull'd fome of > our flowers;
"A box of fpice was in m\ park,
"And I borrowed a morter of }ours of } ours.
"And I borrowed i'ic.
"Ci'e the poor pedlar his pack again,
"His park and his pack pinn,
"Keep nathing frae a poor pedlar,
"Who has a' his living to win to win.
"Who has fee.
Shi took the pack by the twa neuks.
And fhe flantr it out o'er the wa\
*'rpo' my footh, quo the poor pedlar,
"My pack it has gotten a fa' fa' fa".
"My pack fee.
He took the pack upon his back.
Went finging out o'er the lee,
**0 r ha'e gotten my pack again,
"And the kifs of a gay lady l«f^y.
"\nd the kifs fee.
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You ^sk me ch^rminc; fair.
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a chartfting fair Why tnus 1 pensive go.
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etc Bt the cause to find of ills that 1 en -dure ^hl
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hy »o*vatn!\ kind un ^less re - solvd to cure.
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If nredn no tua^ft- lUn,
To know whence ij.\ alarh)««
Kxrimine >our own heart,
Go read them in your rharnis.
V^Tieneer the youthful quoir,
'\lonLC *he ^»^e advance.
To raihc, Ht >our dssire,
'I'he lay, or form the dance.
tttnefiVertt to cai h.
You noHie kind urace afford,
Qtntit in rlifed or ^^peech,
A smile or friend I\ word.
Whilit on niV love \ou put
No Value; On the »ame, .
As if uij fire was but
.SoH;e paltry rillaj^e flame.
At this my colour flitsj
IVI\ breast with sorrow heaveB,
The pain I would disr^tii.vc.
Nor Ulan nor iiiaid dec< ives.
My love stands all displav d.
Too strong for art to hide.
How soran the hearts b«tra^ d
With huch a clue to ijuidel
How cruel 18 im fate,
.\ifronts .1 could have born,
Vo u lid c(j iiifort in } iru r hate.
Or triunvpli'd in >otir scorn.
Kut whilst 1 thus adore,
I'ov Jriv'n to wild desp»ir; f
hidiffetence is mote
■ Than raging love can bear.
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early anrl thrtts nhat Moe; o the mill loes Jear _ I\ .
O ken _ve how Meg o the mill was married, •
And ken ye how Meg o' the mill was married;
The Frieft he wa« «xtercl, the Clerk he was carried.
And that's how Meg p the mill was married
O ken ye how Meg o' the mill was bedded.
An ken ye how Meg a the mill was bedded;
The groom gat fac fu' he fell awald befide it.
And that's how Meg o the mill was bedded.
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How fweet iy the fcene.
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O lang hae 1 lo d , he*" an loe , her fu' dearl_)-.
An' aft hae I precd o' her bonn\- fweet mow.
An aft hae I read in her ee blinkin clearh',
A language that bade ire be conftant an true!
Then others may doat on their fond war'ly treafure.
For pelf, fill)- pelf, they may brave the rude fea;
To love my fweet lafsie be mine the dear pleafure
Wi' her let me live _and wi' her let me die!
Sure my Jean.
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•She's the flower attracts mine ce;
VVhan fhe tunes her voice fae cheerie.
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.Soiinrj ami I'afiU may he lleep,
.S'vM(tl\- bl\-the his waukenint!: be,
He vm!! think on her he io\es,'
fbndlv he'll repeat her name;
I'or wharo er he diffar.!: roves
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Am titjht aB ony fillc: Hide that fweet face of thirte,
O {i( k a leg was never fien. That I may only be the man
Her fkin was white as milk; Unjoys thefe looks divine.
Ht r h.ijr was black as ane could wilh, O do not proftitute, my dear,
A till (wcrt fweet was her mou; Wonders to common view.
Oh. J«an> diiintily can kifs. And I, with faithful heart, fliall fv\ear
Hut whjit's th;it to you? For ever to be true.
The rnff- and lily baith combine
To m;»kc my jeany fair.
There is no bcnnifon like mine,
I hrtve am^ill: n;ie care;
Onl\ I fear my Jcsmys tace
M;n raufe mae mtn to rue.
And fh;u may e'-*'' ""' f^'V, Mas.
Kilt haTs thrnt to vnu.
King Solomon had wives enew.
And mon\- a concubine;
But I enjoy a blifs mair true;
His jo}8 were fhort of mine:
And Jeany 8 happier than they,
She feldom want« her due;
All debts of love to her I'll pa^.
And whatV that to you?
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Borland and his men's coming.
The Camerons and McLeans coming.
The Gordons and M. Gree;ors coming
A' the Dunywaffles' coming
Little wat }e, &c.
M'. Gilvny of Drumglafs is coming.
J ^'igtons coming,NithsdaIes coming;,
j Carnwaths coming, Keninures coming,
j Derwentwater and Fofters coming
Withrington and Nairn's coming
Little- wat ye, J<ic.
Blyth Cov^hill anrJ a's comin^j
The Laird of M? kitofh is cominp:,
M? Crabie and M? Donalds coming.
The M? Kenzies and M^PherfJjns comint;
A' the- wild M? Craws* coming.
Little wat ye, kc.
Donald Gun and as coining.
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They gloom, they glowr,thcj look iui:
At ilka ftroke they'll fell a Whig;
They'll fright the fudn of the I'ockpu'Jv
For mony a buttock bares coming.
Little wat ye,Mc.
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A heart that warmh' feems to feel;
'Ihaf feelin heart but acks a pnrt,
Tis rakifh art in Hob Mofsi^'iel.
'I he fr.iv.k addrefs, the foft carefs.
Are woiTe than poifoned darts of ftcel,
'1 he frank :ic'« 'n f«, and politef'ie.
Are all firufHe in Hob Mofsuicl.
O lay thy loof iii mine lafs
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flave to loves unbounded fwa>'. He aft has wrought me niti - kTc
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That for a blink I hae lo'ed beft;
But thou art queen within my breaft
hor ever to remain.
O lav thy loof ^c.
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«■ Saw ye the Thane « meilde pride. Red aneer in hii
Harki hark! or was it but; the wind, Kestoreagain that blooming rose.
That through the ha' did sing; \aur rude hand pluckt awa^
HarkI harkf.agen.a wa^-Iike sjound, Hestore again his Mary fair,
riie black woods round do ring. Or you shall rue his fa*.
*Tis na for naught, bauld Duncan cr\'d.
Sic. shouting on the wind. Three strides the gallant Duncan tuk,
Syne up he started frae his seat. He struck his forward spear:
A throngof spears behind. Gae tell thy master, beard less.jouth.
We are nae wont to fear.
Hafltc, h-aste, my valiant hearts, he said. He comes na on a wassail rout,
Anes mair to follow me; Of revel, sport, and play;
We'll tueet yon shouters by the burn. Our swords tjart l^kme proclaim us men,
I guess wha they may be, Lang ere this ruefu da\ .
But wha is he that speids.sat fast,
Frae the slaw .mal^ching thrang? The rose 1 pluckt o' right is mine,
Sae frae the mirk cloud shoots a beam. Our hearts together grew,
The sk_y 8 blue face alang.
Sopie messenger it is, tuayhap,
Then not at peace I trow.
My master, Duncan bade me rin,
And say these words to you.
Like twa sweet ro.se.s On ae stak
^rae hate to love she flew.
■Swift as a winged shaft he sped;
15ald Duncan said in Jeer,
Gae tell thy master, beardless jrouth.
We ait nae wOnt to fear.i'tc ACc >^c
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YeB, plaintive sounds, yet, yet delay,
Howe*er toy love repine.
Let that gay minute pass awa> ,
The next perhaps is ihine.
Yes plaintive sounds, no lonsjcr crost.
Your griefs shaJ! soon bo o'er,
Her cheek undimpled now, has lost
1 he smile it lately wore.
Yes, plaintive sounds, she now is _yours,
Tis now ^our time to move;
Essay to soften all her pow'rs.
And be that softness, love.
Cease plaintive sounds,^ our task is done
That anxious tender air
Proves oer her heart the conquest won,
1 see }ou melting there.
Return ye smiles n^ntti again.
Return each sprightly grace,
T yield up to your charming reign.
All that enchanting, face.
1 take no outward shew amiss.
Hove where they will, her e\es,
•Still let her smiles each shepher.J b/ess,
•So she but hear ruy sighs.
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Wha can fill a cowards grave?
'Wha Cue bafe as be a flaAX?
TraitorJ coward! 'ttirn 'arid fleel
By opprefsions woes and painsl
By your Tons in frrvile chains!
' We will drain our deareft veins,
"But they fhall be-fhall be free!
Wha for Scotland's king and law Lay the proud ufurper* low!
' Jreedom's fword will ftrongly draw, "Tyrants fall in every foe;
Free-inan ftand, or fre«-nian fa', 'Liberty's in everj- blow!
"Caledonian! on wi' me! "Forward! let us do, or die!"
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The- a/.ure (ky the hills arounJ,
Gave double beauty to the fcene
The lofty fpires of H.ii.tf in vjcw,
On ever\- fide th< wavii-.j^^ grain:
The tales of love n.y junic told,
Jm fuch a fa ft .tn moving ftrain.
Have fo engag'd m\ tender heart,
I'm loth to leave the place ag^ain.
Kut if the Jatcs will bo fuo. kind.
As favour irv return oricc more.
For to enjoA' the peace o' mind.
In thofc retreads 1 hud before:
No-.v, fnrev, ■ ^ ! Kanff! the nimble fteedt--.
Do l)e;tr me hence, I muft awaj,
Yet time perh;ips may bring me back.
To part nac mair from fcen^s fog;v.
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Wi a' tlie speed that he cou'd thole;
This wark.quo he, will never work.
Without a luare that has a foal.
This wark, ^c.
Quo sl:e,llioL; has a giidc grey mare.
That'll rin o'er hills baith low (^ hie;
Ciae tak the gvej- mare in th\- hand,
And leave the foal at hame wi me.
Qac (ak', kc.
And tak' ;i lialter in thy hose.
And o thv purpose'dinna fail;
Hut V!/ap it oer tlie v\aiitori's nose;
And tie her to the grev mare's tail:
Hut wap,fec.
.Syne ca' her out at \tiVi back Acate,
Qer aH)ss aiuJ muir and ilka dale,
Kir she'll ne'er let tlie wanton bite.
Till she come hame to her ain foat.
l^br she'll, .'<cc.
So he is up to England gane.
Even as fast as he can hie.
Till he came to King Henrj's _>"eate; ]
And wha' was there but King Henrv- ii
Till iie, f^c.
Come in, quo' he, thou silly blind Harper; i
And oi thv harping let me hear,
O. by m\ sooth, quo' the silh- blind Harp
Id rather hae stabling for my aiare.
Ol by 11. y, Mc.
The King looks o'er his left shoulder,
And says unto his stable groom,
Gae tak the siHj' poor Harpers mare, '
And tie her 'side my wanton brown. |
Gae tak, <^c.
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And ay he harped, and ay he carpit. Let in thy master and hi.s mart.
Till a' the Lords gaed through the floor, Kise,quo' A:c.
They thought the music was saa sweet,
That they forgat the stable door. Then up she raise, pat on her clats,
The^- thought,<tc. And iookit out through the lock hole;
O. by my sooth then quoth the lass,"
And ay he harpit,and a^- he carpit. Our mare has gotten a braw bi^ foal."
Till a' the noblejj were sound asleep, Ol hy my ^c.
Than quictl_y he took aff his shoon.
And saftl;>' down the stair did creep. Come h.iud th^- peace, then f^plish lass-.
Than quietly- ^c.
Ihe moons but glancing in thy ee,
I'll wad my haill fe« 'gainst a groat,
Its bigger than eer our loal will he
I'll wad i<ic.
.^yne to the stable door he hies,
Wi tread as light as light coucJ be.
And whan he openci and gaed in.
There he fand thirty good steeds At three. The neighbours too that heard the noisr.
And whan ^c.
He took the ha Iter frae his hose.
And of his purpose did na fail;
He slipt it oer the Wanton's nose.
And tied it to his gre\' m^res tail.
He slipt <kc.
He cad her out at jon backjeate,
Oer moss and muir & ilka dale.
And she loot ne'er the wanton bite.
But held her still gaun at her tail.
And she &c.
Cried to the i*ife to put her in.
By my eooth, then quoth the wife,
Shes better than ever he radfr on.
B\- my Xic.
But on the morn at fair d;(\- light.
When ihcy had ended a' their cIicmi,
King Henrys wanton brown was stjivvn,
And eke the poor old Harncrs iiiare.
King Henri's <^c.
Alacel alacel 333,8 the silly blind Harper,
Alace! alacel that I came here.
In Scotland I've tint a braw cowte foal»
The grey mare was right swift o' fit. In England thcyve stawn myguid, grey
And didna fail to find tl:c wa) ,
For she was atl.ochmalKn veate,
ru lang three hours ere it was day.
Yor she ^c.
When she came to the Harp* r.s door.
There she gae monv a nichtr and snear.
Rise, quo the wik-,t|]()u lai?.y 'ass.
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Come had thy tongue, thou silJy- blind har
And of thy alacing let me be,
tor thou shall get a better mare.
And wf cl paid shall thy cowte foal bi;;
For thou shall get a better mare.
And weel paid shall thy t owte foal bo.
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weftlin winds blaws loud an nirill,The nights baith mirk an'
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Mj' Nannies charming, fwect, and joung,
Nae artfu' wilc-s-to win >e O;
Ma^ ill be fa' the flattering tongue.
That wad beguile my Nannie O:
Her face is fair, her heart is true.
As fpotlefs as fhe's bonnie O;
The op'ning gowan wat wi' dew,
Nae purer is than Nannie O.
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A country lad is nry- degree.
And few there be that ken me O;
But whilt care I how few thej- be,
I'm welcome ay to Nannie O:
My riches a's my penny fee.
And 1 maun guide it cannie O;
But warld s gear ne'er troubles me.
My thoughts are a'^ m\- Nannie O;
Our auld guidman delights to view, . "
His fheep an k^e thrive bonnie O;
But I'm as bl\ the that hauds his picutrh
An' has nae care but Nannie O;
Come well, come woe, I care na b> , "
I'll tak' what Heav'n will fend me 0;
Nae ither care in life have 1,
But live, and iove mv Nannie O-
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I gentl\- calTd her by her name.
Then up she rose, put on her clothes.
And whisperd to me slow,
.Saying, go from uy window. Love, d(j.
My father and my mother aic asleep.
And if tho\- chance to hear you speak.
There will be nocht but great abuse,
Wi' man^- a bitter blow, /0''^^.^^
^nd it's uo from ir\ window, Love^co. n: fe?:^ i:j
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ri;cn cut and cam tho Jew's dochter.
Said, will je com in and dinel
! winniu) cum in, I winnae cum in.
Without my pl.n feres nini .
She pov. d an apple reid and white .
'lo intice the jouni^ thing in;
She pow*d an apple white and reid,
'\nd that the *;v\tet bairn did win.
When bells wrr rung, and mass was diiiu
And every Iad\- went hame;
Than ilk Iad\- had her \oung son.
But Lady Helen had nane.
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She rowd her muntil her about, !
And sair sair gan she wccp:
And she ran into the Jewis castle, ^
When the\ wer all asUej).
And shf has t^mt out a little pea-knife,My bonny Sir Hew, my pi*tt}- Sir Hew,
And low down b\ her gair, I P^Hy thee to me sp<ak:
Sh( has twin'd the \oung thing o' his life,"0 lady rinn to the de«^> draw well
\ woi I he ne'er spake mair. *"Gin _>e your son wad seek"
^i .i ouf and cam the thick thick bluid,
ind < ut and cam the thin;
And out and cam the bonn^ herts bluid;
Thair was nae life left in.
She- lai<l him on a dressing borde,
And.drest him like a swine.
And laughing said,gae now and play
With \our sweet play-feres nine,
Slie rowd him in a cake of lead,
Hade him ly still and sleep.
SIk cast him ui a deep draw vytll,
\V IS liftA {aihom deep.
Laff,- Helen ran to the deep draw well,
\n<\ knelt upon her knee,
;My bonny Sir Hew, an ye be here,
I pray thee speak to me.
The lead J** wondrous heavy, mither.
The. well is wondrous deep,
A keen pen -knife sticks iu my hert,
A word I downae spi ik.
Hae hame, gae hame, nn iDot her" dear,
I'etch me mv winding-sheet.
And at the back r^' Mirry-land toune.
Its there we twa sail meet.
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Vet no new sufferings can prepare
A higher praise to crown thee;
Tho' my first death proclaim thee fair.
My second will dethrone thee.
Lovers will douht thou canst entice
No other for thy fuel;
And if thou burnst one victim twice.
Think thee ooih poor and cruel.
O Alary ye's be chH in silk
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in jour hair, (iin ye'll con _ .sent to bo mv bridf' Nor
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think on Ar_ thur mwir. Oh wha wad wear a silken ^own Wj'
tear.s blind, ui^ their ee^ B( _ _ fore Til "break mv
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true loves heart, I'll lay me " down and dit
For 1 have pled^'d tin virgin troth, .So trust me when I swear to thee,
Hn.ve ^rthur^s fate to share, Ky a that is on high,
^nd he has ^-iVn to me his heart Thoughje had a;lhis warMs gear,
^''=*' its virtues rare. My heart >e could na buy;
Ihfc- min<I whase ever\ wish tc pure. For langest life can ne'er repay,
l^ar dearer is to nic. The love he bears to im;
^nd e'er Vm forcetl to break wy faith And eVr I'm forc'd to break my troth,
T'l lay n.e do**n an«l di. I'll lay oie dejwn and die.
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There v,as a bonie las.s.
B\ K. Burns.
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386 "S There was a bonie lass, and a bonit, bonie lass. And sh
i^i-^.n }\\Lr-\]\n j^
locd her bonie lad .die dtar. Till wars loud a_larms tore her
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still was a 8trang_er to fear: And nocht could him quail, or his
osom assail. But the bo _ nie lass he lo'ed sae dear
No Churchman am I, By H. Burns
f-i-i^riif.i'l ih^^
3H7 "V ^^ Churchman am 1 for to rail and to write,No statesman norsoldierto
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those that are here And a bottle like this, are my glor\- and care.
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Hfre passes the Squire on his brother -his horse,
IhfUF Centum per Centum, the Cit with his purse;
Hut sve you the Crown how it waves in the air,
'Vhon a big-belly'd bottle still eases n.y care,
llic wife of m\- bosom, alas! she xiid die;
For sweet consolation to church I did f !_) ;
i found that old Solomon proved it fair.
That a big belly'd bottle's a cure for all car*
I once v\-^,s persuaded a venture to make,
A letter inioinid me that all was to wreck;
But the pursy old landlord justwndciled up stairs.
With a glorious bottle that ended ir.\ cares.
Life's cares the\ are comforts 5>' a maxiu) Ind down
By the Bard, what d've call him, that v\orc fl < bl:.ck gown.
All I faith I agree with th' old prig fo a hairi
For a big bel(\ 'd bottle's a hcav'n of care.
A Stan/a added in a Masf-n I.od'^'e:
Then fill up a bumper and iiiakr it o'rrflow.
And honours Masonic preparr- for to throw;
Mav every true brother of fh' Compass and Square
Have a big belly'd bottle when liarass'd with care.
!}■ Young s , Nijfht Thoughts.
6C)8
The Highlanders lament
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A Soldier for gallant atchieveaients rpnown'd, Revolve! in d
pair the campaigns of his youth;Then beating his bosom & sigh_ing pro-
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-found.That malice itself nnght have melted to ruth. Are these heexclaimcl the r=
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suits of nT>- toil, In wantfeobacia-ilythus toretire?l*br this did compassion re-
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strain me from spoil. When earth was all carnage and heaven was on fne?
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Xhe suns bright effulgence, the fragrance of air
•The vari'd hori/on henceforth 1 abhore.
Give me death the sole boon of a wretch in despair.
Which fortune can offer or nature implore.
To Diiadne.ss impel Pd by his griefs as he spoke.
And darting around him a look of disdain,
Down headlong he leapt from a heaven towring rock.
And sleeps where the wretched forbear to complain.
.Supposed to havt; been written in the^ear 1746
rhere.v new« iaj«es ntvv.s.
Written for this Work by Robert Burn.-*.
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Theres news lasses news, Gud news Qe to tell, Thcrt-K a
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A little lively.
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F I fef-^ r g r
boat _ fu () lads Come to our town to sell. The
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no fjantf to my bed Un - til 1 get a nod.
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'^atlier, quo she, Mither, quo' she.
Do what ye can,
I'll no t^ang to my bed
Till I gft a man.
riic wian &c.
I hae as gude a craft rig^
Ah made o' yird and stane;
And waly fa the lej^ crap
I* or I maun till'd again.
The wean &c.
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H \rd IS the fnte ot hi in who loves.
\590 > Hard is the fate of him who Icves, \et dares not tell his
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tremblin^ pain, But to the sj nipa_thetic groves. Hut to the lonely
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^j J irrrt-t--i-HJ J . u j
-ist'- ning plain. Oh, when she bless _ e« next ^our shade. Oh,
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hen her foot . stfps next are seen. In flow' rv tracts
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_ long the mead, in fresh -er ma/_es o'er the green.
l^'^-^-^-irr (■• ic^^-^^ff^^
Y( g( ntlo spirits of the vale, Not her own guardian angel e^es
To wild, II the tears of love are dear. With chaster tenderness his care,
rroiii l\ ing lilies waft a gale, Not purer her own wishes rise.
And sii.'h lii^ sorrows in her ear. Not holier her own sii^hs in pra>V.
O, tell hti- what she cannot blame. But if, at first, her virgin fear
'rhf»' feui im tont^mc must ever bitid; Should start at love'v suspected nams,
')li, tell her, ih.t iii\ virtuous flame Wi*h that of fritr.dship soothe her tar;
In a,* her spot!.*-* -(ml rrtin'd. True love and+iitndship are the Sunie.
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\e Mn.ses nine, () lenrii your aid
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Rather Slow
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bash-fu! maid That s late_ly 3 leld -ed up her heart, A conquest
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to loves pow'rful dart. And no*v would fain at -tempt to sing, The
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jg^gTiircr I" ^fcf-i^fep
prais_'"s of an Hitfh-land King, And nqy/ would fain »t
M-j piJ.pr rirr r rin-^
^ tempt to sing. The praises of my Highland King.
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Jamie, the pride of all th*: green,
fs jusit my age, e'en ga\ fifteen:
When firft f saw him, twas the dnj ,
That ushers in the sp right t\ !Vl;i> ;
When first 1 felt love's powVhil stinig.
And sigh'd for my dear Hisj'liiand King.
^^ith hill) for bea'jt>, shape, and air.
Mo other shephrr 1 cap rompare;
(iocd nature, hone-slv , and truth.
Adorn the dear, the diatchless youtfi;
And graces, more th»n I can sing',
Kedick mv charming Highland King.
Would once the dearesl br)V brtt ^i\y,
lis yoii I love; come come away ,
Unto the kirk, my l()\c, let's h_> ;
Oh me in rapture, I'd comply i
And I should then have cause to '■mg
The praifM of n\ Highland Kifig.
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thT arms of Heep ^vhilft in dreains V)^ #1^ J^""^
It'ah _ cy fighs for William on the deep.
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Loud (lie hears the tempeft howling,
Hi/?h fhe fees the billows roll.
Lightnings flafh and thunders roaring.
Spreading terror to each Pole.
On the sea-beach this beholding.
TrtiTihlin^dreads her William, loft,
YfS, {he cries* he comes I foe him,
O how pale'/tis William's Ghoft.
Sighs and tears, and wild diffraction,
R«nd the maidens -tender breaft,
Williaml wh^ m\- William fhun me,
O my heart is fore oppreft.
Oft }ou fwore ;y-ou love! me dearly.
How have 1 your favour loft
■Bear me to him, rolling billows
Let me ctafp m}' Williams Ghoft.
Nellji mind thus wildly raving.
Deeply drown'd in fleep the while,
VMlliam in the harbour landing.
Went to meet his Nellys fmile.
At her window genth- calling.
Wake my love, 'tis da\' almoft.
Yes, (he cry'd I'll coiih- to thee.
Yes, I'll follow Williams Ghoft.
Clear at length the fun was fhining.
Sleep forfook her death-like throne,
Kelly ftarted from her flumbriiig.
Glad her dream and night was gone.
>air and fpotlefs as the lily,
Laden with the morning dew,
Nelly ran to meet her William,
With M heart both kind and trtie.
O that I had ne'er been Married.
Corrtcted by R, Burns.
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had nae care, Now I've got _ ten wife and bairns An'
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th(\ cry crow_die ever mair. Ance crow die twice crowdje
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Three times crow_ die in a dav; Gin je crow _ die'
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o-ny mair Ye'l! crow _ die a' my 'meal a _ way
Added by BUKNS.
Waefu' Wunt and Hunger fic-y me,
Glowrra In' fhi- Iiailari fn;
Sair 1 {<jiM\ tlum at the door.
But a^ \\n eerie the\ come beTi,
Ance crowd ie 'tc.
f^l4.
O gin vay love were ^on red rose
394 "S ^ si" "'3 lo^«^ v^ereyonre-d rose, That grows upon the castle
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Slow, with nnich expression.
s^ wa. And I m^sell a drap of dew, !ti_to her bonnv breast m {-.^ Oh'
there beyond ex_pression blest I'd feast on beauty a the n
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on her silk-saft falds to rest, Till flyed a_wa by Phabus light
Nae luck about the house when onr gjoodwife's awa .
39<3'Y ^^" **"§ **^ your good _ man frae hame,^ Kut whiles th
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does not toil for a*. There was nae luck a^bout tin hmi.seAn'
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616
Continued.
m^' wame. There was nae • iuck . a_ _bout aiy
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house. When- Mag - gA' gade
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For first the bairns raise frae their bed,
. And for a piece did ca\
Then how could T attend my work,
Who had to answer a'
There was nae luck,&c.
Their hands and faces was to wash.
And coaties to put on.
When evcr\ dud la;y here and there.
Which vexed honest John.
There was nae luck,Hic.
He made the pottage wanting salt.
The kail sing d in the pot.
The cutties Ia\ under his feet.
And cogs the\ stem'd to rot.
There was nae luck,Atc.
The hen and birds went to the fields.
The glaid she whipt up twa.
The cow wanting her chaff and stra'.
Stood routing thro' the wa'.
There was nae luck,^c.
The bairns fought upon the floor.
And on the fire did fa';
Which vex'd the heart o' honest John,
WTien Maggj- was awa'.
There was nae luck,8ic.
^i'ith bitten fingers and cutted thumbs.
And scriechs which pierc'd the skies,
Wliich drove his patience to an end,
VN'ish'd death to close their e^es.
There was nae luck,'Jfec.
Then went to please them with a scon.
And so he burnt it black,
Kan to the well with twa new tans.
But none of them came back.
There was nae luck, <*ir.
The hens ".v< nt fo the nt ighboUr's house,
And ihere they laid their eggs.
When simple John reprrtv'd them fort,
Thev broke poor churkie?* legs.
There was nae lu<k,&c.
He little thought of Ma<vgy's t-oil.
As she was hv 'lie hre,
Hut when he ,t<-ot :i trial o't.
He soon bo^an to tire.
There was nae luck,>tc.
First when he got the task in hand.
He thought all vsould go right.
But O he little wages had.
On Saturday at night .
There was nae luck, Ac.
He had no gain from ivhcel or reel.
Nor \arn had he to srtJ,"
He wishd for Magg)' ha me again.
Being out of money and meal.
There was nao Iurk,Hfc.
Ihe doil gade o'er Jock Wabf'ter,
His loss he could not tell.
But when he wanted M:igg)'» help.
He did nae good hiiiisell.
'I here wns nae lurk,^ic. .
Another want I do not name,
A night he got no ease.
But tumble! grumbl'd in his bed,
A fightinij wi' the flaes..
There *vas n»e luck.'&c.
Wishing for Maggv s muckle hips.
Whereon the ilaes might fo;ist.
And for to be goodwife fljpain.
He Kworeit was nwc je'.SI .
There whp nwe luck,&c.
616
Livd ance twr^ lovers in von Hale.
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^eel, Stae ev'ning late to morning aire.Of luving luv'd their fill f 1-ae .
pjyrji^
Now, Willie, gif \ ou luve me weel.
As sac it .sct-mS to me.
Gar build, )>ar build a bonny ship.
Oar build it speedilie.
Was neverman in a lady's bower
When she was travelling?'
Ht-'s stepped three steps down the stair.
Upon the marble stane:
And we will sail the sra sae green, Sae loud's he heard his >oung sons greet
Unto some far countrie. But and his lady's mane!
Or we'il sail tp STime bonie isle
Stands tanely midst the sea!' "Now come, now come,W^illie, she said.
Talc _> our _y oung son frae me.
But lang or ere the ship was built. And hie him to your mother's bower
Or deck'd, or rigged out. With speed and privacie'.'
Came sick a pain in Annets back.
That down she coud na lout. He's tac-n his young son in his arms.
He's kissd him cheek and chin,
'Now, Willie, gif ye luvt me weel. He's hied him to his mother's bower
As sae it seems to ine, \iy the ae light of the moon.
O haste, haste, bring me to nu' bowV,
And my bowr maidens three'.' And with him came the bold Harori.
'\nd he spake up wi* pride.
Ho s taen her in his anus twa, * Gar seek, gar seek the bower inaidf-ns,
\n(i kissd her cheek and chin; Gar busk, gar busk the bride.
He's brocht her to her ain sweet bow'r.
Hut nae bowr-maid was in. !V1\ maidens, ea.s_y- with n)\ back,
And eus\' with my sidf,-.
Nnw,4eave m>- bower,Wif jie.she said, O set mv saddle saft, Willie,
Now leave riie to n.v lane; 1 am a tender bride .
O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet.
Chorus Written for this Work by Robert Burns.
617
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^^Q7< O Mallv's n:eek, Mul.y's sweet, Mally's modest and discrcejt
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A littleLiveK
Mallv's rare Mai ^ ly's fair, Mal-Iys ev'. ry way compleat. As
tn;:nm^i:i c;c. i:,p^^
1 was walkinij up the street, A barefit naaid 1 chanc d {0 meet/. But
mt
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fajirf' J't-^^js
O the road was ve _ r\ hard, I'br that fair maidens tender {ceX.
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Chorus, MaII_^'s meek &c.
It were mair meet, that those fine feet
Were wee! lacd up in silken shoon.
And twere more fit that she should sit.
Within von chariot ^ilt aboon.
Chorus, Mally's meek Sic.
Her yellow hair, beyond compare.
Comes trinklinii; down her swan white nfick,
And her two e\-f-s like stars in skies.
Would kc(f) a sinking ship frae wreck.
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Tell me Jessy tell me why
Life to me is not more dear,
.'1 lian the hour brings Jessy here.
Death so much I do not fear
As the parting moment near.
Suiiimor smiles is not eo sweet»
As the bloom upon vour cheek.
Nor the chrjs^aldew so clear,
Aa. ^ypiir eyes to me appear.
These arc part of Jesses charms
Which the bosom ever warms
But the charms by which Tm stiin^*.
Comes, O Jes.s\, from th\- tongue.
Jessy bfe' *o longer coy,
Let me tas,te a lovers joy.
With > our hand remove the dart
\pd,heal the wound thats in niy heart.
^ care na for your een sae blue.
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true. Nor yet that dim_ pled cheek o thine, TjB
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ev*- ry snnie ye hae be mine. D_>e th-ink i'll roose jour 8h;tpe ari
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Air, Or ca' you bo-nie sweet an fair L'n less yfe can 'to
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impart, A look which sav \e hae wv heart.
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I care na for your witching tongue.
Which pleases a an' pierces some.
Until 1 hear that tongue declare
Nane but mysel jour heart shall share
An gin that saft an melting ee.
Doth beam on me an only me
My fate is seal'd, then 1 am thine
An let me die when 1 repine
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Good ni^ht and joy be wi* yon a*.
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600 1 '^^^ "'^^* '^ ^-' <^^P^^^'",a: niijht.The morns the day T
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were awa. WTjat
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a my friends, a.s v-tt,Gude night and jo>- be
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Bjt' Burns.
^DITlUI a heart- war Qi, fond adieu! May T^'reedom, Harmony, and Love.
Dear brothers, of the mystic tye! Unite >ou in the grand Design,
Ye fivour'd, ye enlighten a Few, Beneath th' Omniscient E> e above.
Companions of mj- social joyl The glorious Architect Divine!
Tho' 1 to fpreign lands muht hie. That yr^u may keep th' unerring line.
rinsuing lortun's slidd'r;^ ba'. Still rising by the plummets Lw,
With nx lling heart, and brimful e>-e, TiU Order bright completely shir.e,
I'll mind you still, tho' far awa', Shall be my pra^'r when far awa'.
Oft have.l met >our social Kand. And You,farewelll whose merits claim, '
And spent t!ie rhearfui, festive ni.{;hf; JuHtly that highest badge to wearl
Oft,honour'd with su|,remfc command, ' Heav'n bless your honoured, noble Name,
Fresirled o'er the Sons of light: To Masonry and Scotia dearl
And by that Hieroghphir bright, A last fequest permit me. here,
Which none hut Craftsmen ever saw'. When \ earls \r- assemble V,
Strong Mem'rv on my h^art shall write One round. Task it with a tear-.
Those happ> scenes v^hen far awa'! To hiiiKthf Bard that's far awa.
F r N IS
ILLUSTRATIONS
LYRIC POETRY AND MUSIC
SCOTLAND.
PART VI.
DI.
MY PEGGY'S FACE.
This song was written by Burns in 1787, for the second vo-
lume of the Museum, but having been mislaid, it did not make
its appearance till the publication of the last volume of that
work. In a letter, inclosing the song and the fine air to which it
is adapted, the bard thus addresses Mr Johnson : " Dear Mr
Publisher, I hope, against my return, you will be able to tell
me from Mr Clarke if these words will suit the tune. If they
don't suit, I must think on some other air, as I have a very
strong private reason for wishing them in the second volume.
Don't forget to transcribe me the list of the Antiquarian mu-
sic Farewell. R. Burns." Burns alludes to the manu-
script music in the library of the Antiquarian Society, Edin-
burgh. '^
*kMr George Thomson has inserted this song in the third
volume of* his Collection; but the name of the heroine, in
place of>J' Peggy," is changed for that of " Mary," and the
words are directed to be sung to the tune called " The
Ewie wi' the Crooked Horn." These alterations, however, do
not appear to be for the better. It will generally be found,
that the tune which the poet himself had in view when com-
posing a song, if not superior, is, at least, more in unison
2i
440 DI. — MY PEGGY'S FACE.
with the sentiments expressed, than any other that can be se-
lected.
DII.
MY BOY TAMMY.
This fine ballad, beginning " Whar hae ye been a' day,
my boy, Tammy ?" was written by Hector Macneill, Esq.
It first appeared in a magazine, printed at Edinburgh in
1791, entitled " The Bee," which was conducted by his
friend Dr James Anderson. It has since been printed in the
author's poetical works, and has deservedly become a favour-
ite with the public. Miss Duncan (afterwards Mrs David-
son) the celebrated actress, used frequently to sing this bal-
lad on the stage with great applause.
The melody, to which the words are adapted, is very an-
cient and uncommonly pretty. The old song, however, was
quite puerile ; the Editor has often heard it sung by old
people, when he was a boy, and he still remembers some of
the verses. One of them ran thus :
Is she fit to soop the house.
My boy, Tammy ?
Is she fit to soop the house.
My boy. Tammy ?
She's just as fit to soop the house
As the cat to tak' a mouse ;
And yet she's but a young thing
New come frae her mammy.
Another verse contained a very singular sort of puzzle :
How auld's the bonnie young thing.
My boy. Tammy .''
How auld's the bonnie young thing.
My boy. Tammy .''
She's twice six and twice seven.
Twice twenty and eleven ;
And yet she's but a young thing
Just come frae her mammy.
Dili.
RED GLEAMS THE SUN.
This song was written by Robert Couper, Esq. M. D.
author of two volumes of poetry, chiefly in the Scottish Ian-
PHI. RED GLEAMS THE SUN. 441
guage, printed at Inverness in 1S04, and dedicated to the
late Jane, Duchess of Gordon. The title of the song, in the
Doctor's works, is " Kinrara, — tune, " Niel Gow."
In the Museum, the song has accoi'dingly been set to the
beautiful strathspey, called " Niel Gow," which was composed
by Mr Macintyre, the musician, in honour of the late father
of Scottish ball music, Niel Gow of Dunkeld. Kinrara
Lodge was the summer residence of the late Duchess of
Gordon.
DIV.
0, STEER HER UP, AND HAUD HER GAUN.
Ramsay wrote a bacchanalian song to this ancient tune,
and printed it in his Tea-Table Miscellany, 1724. He very
properly suppressed the old song, enough of which is still but
too well known. The first four lines of the song in the Mu-
seum were taken from "Ramsay's, and the rest of it was writ-
ten by Burns for that work. Johnson has made a mistake
in copying the fifth line of the second stanza. It should be
*' Ne'er break your heart for ae rebute," as in the manu-
script.
DV.
WHEN I GAE'D TO THE MILL.
This song was copied from Herd's Ancient and Modern
Songs, printed in 1 776. It is adapted to a tune, which Os-
wald, in his Caledonian Pocket Companion, book ix. calls
" The Birth of Kisses," which was probably the original
title of the song. The author's name has not yet been dis-
covered.
DVI.
WHAR ESK ITS SILVER CURRENT LEADS.
This beautiful song, according to the information of the
publisher of the Museum, was written by Mr Carey. It is
adapted to a very beautiful and plaintive old air, called " I'll
never see him more," printed in the sixth book of Oswald's
Caledonian Pocket Companion, p. 16. Tliis tune is omitted
in the Index of Oswald's work.
442 DVI.— WHAR ESK ITS SILVER CURRENT LEADS.
Mr Carey's song, five years after its appearance in the
sixth volume of the Museum, which was pubHshed on the
4th of June 1803, appeared, for a second time, in the fourth
number of Mr George Thomson's Collection, printed in
1808, with the following alterations, which are evident im-
provements. In place of the 8th, 10th, and 12th hnes in
the Museum, read, as in Mr Thomson's edition,
I deck'd my pleasing peaceful bower — line 8th.
A modest sweet and lovely flower — line 10th.
To grace and chear my bonnie bower — line 12th.
Mr Thomson says the author is unknown, and that
" The Esk here alluded to, after passing the romantic banks
of RosLiN, winds for several miles through a variety of scene-
ry singularly beautiful." There are, at least, six rivers of
that name in Scotland, whose banks are all particularly ro-
mantic, and there is not one line in the song that fixes the lo-
cality to the Esk which washes the ruins of Roshn Castle.
Mr Thomson directs the words of Carey's song to be sung
to the " Braes of Ballochmyle," a song written by Burns,
set to music by A. Masterton, and published in the second
volume of the Museum, page 285, in the year 1790.
DVII.
THO' FOR SEVEN YEARS AND MAIR.
This poetical dialogue between two rustic lovers, was
written by Ramsay to the tune of " I'll never leave thee ■"
and printed in his Tea-Table Miscellany in 1724. Some
lines of the ancient song of " 111 never leave thee," however
are interspersed here and there in Ramsay's production.
The editor of the Orpheus Caledonius, having preferred
Crawfurd's song, beginning « One day I heard Mary say,"
to the same air, published it in that work in 1725,
Mr John Watt, in the fourth volume of his " Musical
Miscellany," printed at London in 1730, published Ram-
say's song, adapted to the tune of " A Lad and a Lassie lay
in a Killogie," which was afterwards called " Bannocks o'
Bear Meal, and Bannocks o' Barley," under the following
1
DVII.— THO' FOR SEVEN YEARS AND MAIR. 443
title, " A dialogue between Jenny and Nelly, to the tune of
I'll never leave thee." As Crawfurd's song to the genuine
air, was published in the first volume of the Museum, page
92, Johnson adapted the same tune that Watt had selected
for Ramsay's dialogue, which suits the words nearly as well
as the proper tune of " I'll never leave thee" would have
done.
liVIII.
ROW SAFTLY, THOU STREAM.
This beautiful song, entitled " Captain O'Kaine," was
written by the late Mr Richard Gall, a young man of the
most promising poetical talents, and author of several songs
in the sixth volume of the Museum. The tune is certainly
Irish.
Richard Gall was born at Linkhouse, near Dunbar, in the
month of December 1776- At an early period he was sent
to the school at Haddington, where he soon acquired a pro-
ficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic. On leaving
school, his parents placed him under the charge of a relation,
to learn the trade of a house-carpenter ; but, ere long, he
felt such antipathy to the occupation that he left it. He
was next placed with a respectable builder and architect, to
acquire a knowledge of his profession. After a trial of this
new Une of business however he found it nearly as disagree-
able to him as the other ; he therefore gave it up also, and
went to Edinburgh, to which city his father and mother had
recently removed.
Soon after his arrival in the Scottish metropolis, he was
bound apprentice to Mr David Ramsay, a respectable printer,
and publisher of the Edinburgh Courant. This mode of hfe
proved quite congenial to the feelings of young Gall. In-
deed, the attention and friendship which his worthy master
showed him on every occasion, attached him so strongly to
his employer, that after the expiration of his indenture, he
continued in the service of that gentleman during the rest of
his life.
444
DVIII.— EOW SAFTLY, THOU STllEAM.
Whilst in this situation Gall employed his spare hours in
acquiring various branches of education, and in wooing Sco-
tia's muse. His poetical efforts soon began to attract consi-
derable attention, and procured him the friendship and cor-
respondence of several literary characters, amongst whom
were Burns and Macneill. About the beginning of 1801, an
abscess broke out in his breast, which, notwithstanding everjr
possible care and the best medical assistance, put a period to
his existence on the 10th of May 1801, in the 25th year of
his age.
During his last illness, although unable from weakness to
hold a pen, he committed several of his poems to paper, writ-
ten with a black lead pencil. Mr Stark, in his BiograpMca
Scotica, justly observes, that " Of all the writings of Mr
Gall, the tendency is ihrvuformly virtuous. But this is not
their only merit. A rich vein of poetry pervades them ;
the sentiments are striking ; the language simple and unaf-
fected."
Mr Gall's Poetical Works were lately published in a neat
volume 12mo, by Messrs Oliver & Boyd, with a Life of the
Author, elegantly written, by the Rev. Alexander Stewart.
DIX.
AS I WENT O'ER THE HIGHLAND HILLS.
This is the well-known ballad of " Peggy Bawn," which
has long been a favourite at the firesides of the peasantry of
Scotland, although it does not appear to have been honoured
with a place in any regular collection until the publication of
the Museum. The air is said to be Irish, but the ballad it-
self is unquestionably of Scottish origin. The tune, how-
ever, IS very pretty. It was made into an excellent rondo,
with variations for the piano-forte or harpsichord, by Butler
the organist, which has had a considerable run. The author
of the words and music has not yet been discovered.
4<4a
DX.
O, CHERUB CONTENT.
This beautiful song was written by Thomas Campbell,
Esq. author of the Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyo-
ming, and many other excellent poems. The words are
adapted to the favourite Irish air, called Coolun. Mr Camp-
bell evinced considerable abilities, both as a poet and a scho-
lar, at a very early period of life. The present Editor recol-
lects of having read a poem, called " The Choice of Paris,"
written by Mr Campbell, when he was a boy at the high-
school of Glasgow. Mr Campbell entered that seminary on
10th October 1785.
BXI.
AS WALKING FORTH TO VIEW.
This ballad was printed in Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscel-
lany in 1724, with the letter Q annexed, to denote that it was
an old song with alterations. It is entitled " Omnia vincit
amor," i. e. " Love conquers all.""
In Skene's music manuscripts, written in the reign of
James VI. of Scotland, there is an air with the same Latin
title inserted in book sixth, after " Lady Rothemayes Lilt,"
The original ballad must therefore have been a favourite
long before the year 1600. It seems to have been set to
various tunes, for in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Compa-
nion, book viii. there is a slow air, in common time, entitled
" Omnia vincit amor," which is quite different from the air
in Skene's MSS. as well as that in the Museum. But the
Editor is of opinion, that neither the airs published by Os-
wald nor Johnson are so old as the words.
DXII.
THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
This old ballad, beginning " Frae Dunideir, as I cam
throuch," gives a very minute and faithful account of the
cause and issue of the battle of Harlaw, fought on the 24th
day of July 14il, between Donald, Lord of the Isles, and
the Earl of Mar, son of Robert, Duke of Albany, Regent
446 DXII. THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
of Scotland, during the captivity of his nephew, James I.
King of Scots. Harlaw, where the battle took place, is situ-
ated in Garioch, a district in Aberdeenshire. The royal
army on this occasion were completely victorious ; Donald's
forces being defeated with great slaughter.
" The Battel of Hayrlaw" is quoted as one of the " sweet
sangis," in Wedderburn's " Complainte of Scotlande," printed
in 1549; but, so far as we know, no printed edition of this
celebrated ballad has yet been discovered, prior to that in
Ramsay's Evergreen, published at Edinburgh in 1724, from
an ancient manuscript copy. The late Lord Hailes seemed to
have entertained some doubts of its being a genuine produc-
tion of the 15th century; because Ramsay did not scruple
on some occasions to retrench, or substitute verses of his own
for originals of the ancient poetry which he collected. The
present ballad, however, is so very different from the style
and structure of every production of Ramsay, and bears
such evident and strong marks of antiquity, that, making al-
lowance for some verbal alterations which may, perhaps,
have been substituted for a few of the more ancient and ob-
solete words, there can scarcely remain a doubt of its ge-
nuine authenticity. Indeed, Ritson, who in general had
little or no faith in any of the Scottish traditions, thus ex-
presses himself with regard to this ballad. « The Battel of
Hayrlaw," (mentioned by Wedderburne) is presumed to be
the fine poem printed in the " Evergreen," which, with sub-
mission to the opinion of the late Lord Hailes, may, for any
thing that appears either in or out of it to the contrary, be as
old as the 15th century."
In Drummond of Hawthornden's mock-heroic poem, which
was edited, with notes and illustrations, by Bishop Gibson
in 1691, mention is made of a bagpipe tune, called the Battle
of Harlaw —
" Interea ante alios dux Piper Laius heros,
Precedens, magnamque gerens cum burdine pijpam,
Incipit Harlaii cunctis sonare Battellum."
DXIL— THE BATTLE OF HAELAW.
447
The present Editor is in possession of a folio manuscript of
Scots tunes of considerable antiquity, wherein this pibroch is
inserted under the title of the " Battle of Hardlaw." It is
nere annexed :
BATTLE OF HARDLAW. A Pibroch.
Mr Ritson conjectures, that this ballad must have been
sung to a very slow air ; but none of these long ballads were
sung in adagio time. It seems highly probable, that this
ballad was chanted to the first strain of the old pibroch,
which contains the whole air, and suits the measure of the
stanza. The other strains of this wild pibroch are evidently
mere variations of the theme or first strain.
As Johnson was under the necessity of curtailing this fine
old historical ballad, on account of the limited size of his
sixth volume, it is here reprinted from Ramsay's Evergreen,
1724.
THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
Frae Dunideir as I cam throuch,
Doun by the hill of Banochie,
Allangst the lands of Garioch,
Grit pitie was to heir and se.
The noys and dulesum hormonie,
That evir that driery day did daWj
448 DXII.— THE BATTLE OF HAllLAW.
Cry and the corynoch* on hie,
" Alas, Alas ! for the Harlaw !"
II.
I marvlit what the matter meint.
All folks were in a fiery fairy,t
I wist not quha was fae or friend,
Zit quietly I did me carrie :
But sen the days of auld King Harrie,J
Sic slauchter was not hard or sene ;
And thair I had nae tyme to tairy.
For bissiness in Aberdene.
III.
Thus as I walkit on the way.
To Inverury as I went,
I met a man, and bad him stay,
Requesting him to mak me 'quaint
Of the beginning and the event
That happenit thare at the Harlaw ;
Then he entreated me tak tent,
And he the truth sould to me schaw.
IV.
Grit Donald of the Yles did claim
Unto the lands of Ross sum richt.
And to thfi fiovernour he came.
Them for to half gif that he micht;
Quha saw his interest was but slicht.
And thairfore answerit with disdain ;
He hastit hame baith day and nicht.
And sent nae bodword § back again.
V,
But Donald richt impatient
Of that answer Duke Robert gaif.
He vow'd to God Omnipotent
All the hale lands of Ross to half,
Or ells be graithed hi his graif :
He wald not quat his richt for nocht.
Nor be abusit lyk a slaif.
That bargane sould be deirly bocht.
• Corynoch, i. e. a funeral dirge, or lament for the dead.
-f- Bustle and confusion.
$ Whilst our Malcolm IV. was on the Continent with Henry II. of England,
Somerled, Thane of Argyle, who aspired to the throne of Scodand, raised a for-
midable rebellion in the north, which was fortunately quelled by the Earl of
Angus, commander of the royal army, who defeated Somerled's forces with im-
mense slaughter. It is a singular coincidence, that Donald, Lord of the Isles, like-
wise took the opportunity of urging his claim to the lands of Boss, during the ab-
sence of his Sovereign ; James I. being, at this period, a captive in England.
§ Reply, or inessage.
DXII. THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
TI.
Then haistylie he did command
That all his weir-men should convene.
Ilk ane well harnisit frae hand
To meit and heir quhat he did mein ;
He waxit v/raith and vowit tein,
Sweirand he wald surpryse the north,
Subdew the brugh of Aberdene,
Merns, Angus, and all Fyfe to Forth.
VII.
Thus with the weir-men of the Yles,
Quha war ay at his bidding bown.
With money made, with forss and wyles.
Right far and neir, baith up and down.
Throw mount and muir, frae town to town,
Alangst the land of Ross he roars.
And all obeyit at his bandown,
Evin frae the north to suthren shears.
VIII,
Then all the countrie men did yeild.
For nae resistans durst they mak.
Nor offer battil in the field.
Be forss of arms to beir him bak ;
Syne thay resolvit all, and spak
The best it was for their behufe.
They sould him for thair chiftain tak.
Believing well he did them lufe.
Then he a proclamation maid.
All men to meet at Inverness,
Throw Murray-Land to mak a raid
Frae Arthursyre unto Spey-ness ;
And, furthermair, he sent express.
To schaw his coUours and ensenyie
To all and sindry, mair and less,
Throuchout the boundis of Boyn and Enyie.
s.
And then throw fair Strathbogie land.
His purpose was for to pursew.
And quhasoever durst gainstand.
That race they should full sairly rew.
Then he bad all his men be trew,
And him defend by forss and slicht.
And promist them rewairds anew.
And mak them men of mekle micht.
L....:-,-.,
450 DXII.— THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
xr.
Without resistans, as he said.
Throw all these parts he stoutly past,
Quhair sum war wae, and sum war glaid.
But Garioch was all agast ;
Throw all these fields he sped him fast.
For sic a sicht was nevir sene.
And then forsuith, he langd at last
To see the bruch of Aberdene.
XII.
To hinder this prowd enterprise.
The stout and michty Erie of Mar,
With all his men in arms did ryse.
Even frae Curgarf to Craigyvar,
And down the syde of Don richt far, '
Angus and Mearns did all convene.
To fecht, or Donald cam sae nar.
The ryall bruch of Aberdene.
XIII.
And thus the martial Erie of Mar,
Marcht with his men in richt array.
Before the enemie was aware.
His banner bauldly did display ;
For weD eneuch they kend the way.
And all their semblance well they saw,
Withoutin dangir or delay.
Came haistily to the Harlaw.
XIV.
With him the braif Lord Ogilvy,
Of Angus Sheriff princiiDal ;
The Constabill of gude Dunde,
The vanguard led before them all ;
Suppose in number they were small.
They first richt bauldlie did pursew.
And maid their faes befor them fall,
Quha then that race did sairly rew.
XV.
And then the worthy Lord SaJtoun,
The strong undoubted laird of Drum,
The Stalwart laird of Lawriestoune,
With ilk thair forces all and sum ;
Panmuir with all his men did cum ;
The Provost of brave Aberdene,
With trumpets and with tuick of drum.
Came shortly in thek armour schene.
DXIII.—tHE BATTLE OF HARLAW. 451
XVI.
These, with the Erie of Mar, came on
In the reir-ward richt orderlie,
Their enemies to set upon.
In awful manner hardily ;
Togither vowit to live or die.
Since they had marchit mony miles.
For to suppress the tyrannie
Of doubted Donald of the Yles.
XVII.
But he in number ten to ane,
Richt subtilie alang did ride.
With Malcolmtosh and fell Maclean,
With all their power at their syde ;
Presumeand on their strength and pryde.
Without all fair of ony aw,
Richt bauldlie battill till abyde
Hard by the town of fair Harlaw.
XVIII.
The armies met, the trumpet sounds.
The dandring drums alloud did tuik,
Raith armies byding on the bounds.
Till ane of them the field sould bruik ;
Nae help was thairfor, nane wad jouk,
Ferss was the fecht on ilka syde.
And on the ground lay mony a bouk
Of them that there did battill byd.
XIX.
With doutsum victorie they dealt.
The bludy battill lastit lang ;
Each man his nibour's forss there felt.
The weakest aft-times gat the wrang ;
There was nae mowis there them amang,
Naething was hard but heavy knocks.
That echo maid a dulefuU sang,
Thairto resounding frae the rocks.
XX.
Rut Donald's men at last gaif back.
For they war all out of array.
The Erl of Mar's men throw them brak
Pursewing shairply in thair way,
Thair enemys to tak or slay.
Re dint of forss to gar them yield ;
Quha war richt blyth to win away.
And sae for feirdness tint the fray.
452 DXII. — THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
XXI.
Then Donald fled, and that full fast.
To mountains hich for all his micht.
For he and his war all agast.
And ran tiU they war out of sicht ; .
And sae of Ross he lost his richt,
Thoch mony men with hiin he brocht.
Towards the Yles fled day and nicht.
And all he wan was deirlie bocht.
XXII.
This is (quod he) the richt report
Of all that I did heir and knaw,
Thoch my discourse be sumthing short
Tak this to be a richt suthe saw.
Contrair God and the King's law,
Thair was spilt mekle Christian blude.
Into the battil of Harlaw :
This is sum, sae I conclude.
XXIII.
But zit a bonny whyle abide.
An I sail mak thee clearly ken,
Quhat slauchter was on ilka syde.
Of Lowland and of Highland men ;
Quha for thair awin half ever bene,
Tbeselazie lowns micht well be spaird,
Chessit lyke deirs into thair den.
And gat thair wages for rewaird.
XXIV.
Malcolmtosh of the clan held chief,
Maclean with his grit hauchty held.
With all thair succour and relief
War dulefully dung to the deid ;
And now we are freid of thair feid
And will not lang to come again
Thousands with them without remeid
On Donald syd, that day war slain.
XXV.
And on the uther syd war lost.
Into the field that dismal day.
Chief men of worth (of mekle cost).
To be lamentit sair for ay ;
The Lord Saltoun of Rothemay,
A man of micht and mekie main.
Grit dolour was for his decay
That sae unhappylie was slain.
DXII. THE BATTLE OF HARLAW. 453
XXVI.
Of the best men amang them was
The gracious gude Lord Ogilvy,
The sheriff-prhicipal of Angus
Renownit for truth and equitie.
For faith and magnanimitie ;
He had few fallows in the feild
Zit fell by fatal destinie.
For he nae ways wad grant to zield.
Sir James Scrimgeor of Duddop, knicht.
Grit Constabill of fair Dundee,
Unto the duleful deith was dicht.
The King's chief banner-man was he,
A valiant man of chevalrie,
Quhais predecessors wan that place
At Spey, with gude King William frie,
'Gainst Murray and Macduncan's race.
XXVIII.
Gude Sir Alexander Irving,
The much renownit laird of Drum,
Nane in his days was better sene,
Quhen they were semblit all and sum.
To praise him we sould not be dumm.
For valour, witt, and worthy ness.
To end his days he there did cum,
Quhois ransom is remeidyless.
XXIX.
And there the knicht of Lawriston
Was slain into his armour schene;
And gude Sir Robert Davidson,
Quha Provost was of Aberdene ;
The knicht of Panmuir, als was sene,
A mortal man in armour bricht.
Sir Thomas Murray, stout and kene.
Left to the world thair lost gude nicht.
XXX.
There was not sin King Keneth's days
Sic strange intestine cruel stryf
In Scotland sene, as ilk man says,
Quhair mony liklie lost thair lyfe ;
Quhilk made divorce twene man and wyfe.
And mony children fatherless,
Quhilk in this realm hath been full ryfe.
Lord help these lands, our wrangs redress !
454 DXII.— THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
XXXI.
In July, on Saint James his even'.
That four-and-twenty dismall day.
Twelve hundred ten score and eleven
Of Zeirs sen Chryst^, the suth to say ;
Men will remember, as they may,
Quhen thus the verite they know.
And mony ane may mourn for ay
The brim battiU of the Harlaw.
In the reign of Henry the II. of England, Scotland was torn
by intestine broils and insurrections. This was occasioned
by the servile conduct towards that monarch, both by Mal-
coM, and his brother and sticcessor William, kings of Scot-
land, which disgusted and enraged the Scottish chiefs. Du-
ring the reign of William, Donald, another Lord of the Isles,
likewise invaded Scotland, and committed horrid ravages in
the counties of Ross and Murray. This person was a pro-
genitor of the Donald mentioned in the ballad, and claimed
the crown in right of Duncan, the bastard King of Scots.
This circumstance is alluded to in stanza xxvii. On the
5th July 1187, however, Roland, the gallant hero of Gal-
loway, decided the fate of the older Donald, who was slain in
an accidental rencounter of a foraging party, and the greater
part of his followers were put to the sword.
The wild melody, to which the ballad of Hai'law is adapt-
ed in the Museum, is evidently the progenitor of the old
Highland Pibroch formerly mentioned. The second stanza
is merely a slight alteration of the first.
DXIII.
O BOTHWELL BANK, THOU BLOOMEST FAIR.
This song was written by Mr John Pinkerton, the historian,
who is a native of Edinburgh. The words are adapted to a
fine modern air, which was composed by Mr Fergus, organist
of the Episcopal Chapel, Glasgow.
In 1783, Mr Pinkerton published this song, alongst with
several other pieces, as genuine old Scottish reliques. The
forgery of these poems, however, being detected by a gen-
tleman, who directly accused Mr P. by a letter inserted in
DXIII.— O BOTHWELL BANK, THOU BLOOMEST FAIR. 455
the Gentleman's Magazine, for November llSi. Our his-
torian confessed himself guilty. In palliation of his conduct,
he pleads his youth and purity of intention ; professing that
the imposition was only intended to give pleasure to the
world. " All which, (says the satirical Ritson,) it is to be
hoped he has found some charitable person to believe !"
Ritson's Essay on Scottish Song, p. 77.
Burns makes the following remark on this song : *« This
modern thing of Pinkerton's could never pass for old, but
among the sheer ignorant. What poet of the olden time, or
indeed of any time, ever said or wrote any thing like the
line —
'' Without ae flouir his grave to crown."
" This is not only the pedantry of tenderness, but the
very bathos of bad writing." See Select Scottish Songs, with
Critical Remarks by Burns ; edited by Cromek. 2 vols.
London. 1810.
It is neither the Editor's intention to palliate imposition,
nor defend poetry that is really bad ; but he is of opinion,
that a slight alteration of the second stanza is all that the
song requires to render it unexceptionable. Indeed Burns,
in one of his letters, (see vol- iv. letter No 28, in Dr Currie'a
edition,) afterwards admits, that " Mr Pinkerton, in his
what he calls ancient ballads, many of them, though notori-
ous, are beautiful enough forgeries."
DXIV.
WEE WILLY GRAY.
This comic little song, intended for the nursery, was written
by Burns. It is adapted to the lively tune, called, " Wee
Totum Fogg^'' the first line of a much older ditty of the
same description, which Burns must have had in view when
he wrote the words for the Museum. It began.
Wee Totum Fogg
Sits upon a creepie ;
Half an ell o' gray
Wad be his coat and breekie.
2k
456 DXlV. WEE WILLY GKAY.
These old tunes — Wee Totum Fogg — The Dusty Miller-^
Go to BerwicJc, Johnnie — Mount your Baggage — Robin
Shure in Har'est — Jochey said to Jenny, ^c. ^^c, have been
played in Scotland, time out of mind, as a particular species
of " the double hornpipe'"" The late James Allan, piper to
the Duke of Northumberland, assured the present Editor,
that this peculiar measure originated in the borders of Eng-
land and Scotland. Playford has inserted several of them
in his " Dancing Master,'' first published in 1658. Some
modern imitations of this old style appear in Gow's Repo-
sitories, and several other collections of Scotch tunes.
DXV.
LAMMINGTON RACES.
This ballad, beginning " When the days they are lang,"
commemorates a horse-race of Lammington, in the county of
Lanark. It possesses considerable humour ; and the tune to
which it is adapted is lively enough ; but ail Jeux d''esprit, of
a local or personal nature, generally cease to be interesting
when the original characters are no more. The song was
written by Mr Macaulay, an acquaintance of Mr Johnson ;
but the composer of the air is unknown.
DXVI.
THE BANKS OF THE DEE.
This charming song, beginning " 'Twas summer, and
softly the breezes were blowing," was written by the late John
Tait, Esq. writer to the signet, and some time judge of the
Police Court, Edinburgh. It is adapted to the Irish air
called Langolee. This song has often, though erroneously,
been attributed to the Rev, Mr John Home, author of the
tragedy of " Douglas." It was inserted in Wilson's CoUec-
tion of Songs, printed at Edinburgh 1779, with some addi-
tional stanzas written by Miss Betsy B — s ; but the lady's
verses are far inferior to the original. Mr Tait's song was
written in 1775, on the departure of a friend for America to
join the British forces, who were at that time endeavouring
" to quell the proud rebels" of Columbia ; but the issue of
DXVI.— THE BANKS OF THK DEE. 457
that contest was very different from the anticipations of the
bard. The Americans, after a long and arduous contest,
proved ultimately successful ; and their independence was
acknowledged, on the part of Great Britain, by a treaty of
peace ratified in 1783.
Burns, in one of his letters to Mr George Thomson, dated
7th April 1793, says, " The Banks of the Dee is, you know,
literally Langolee, to slow time. The song is well enough,
but has some false imagery in it ; for instance,
" And sweetly the nightingale sung from the tree."
" In the first place, the nightingale sings in a low bush, but
never from a tree ; and in the second place, there never was
a nightingale seen or heard on the banks of the Dee, or on
the banks of any other river in Scotland. Exotic rural
imagery is always comparatively flat."
The justice of these remarks appears to have been admit-
ted by Mr Tait ; for in a new edition of the song, retouched
by himself, thirty years after its first appearance, for Mr
Thomson's Collection, and published in the fourth volume of
that work, the first half stanza is printed thus —
'TwAS summer, and softly the breezes were bio whig.
And sweetly the wood-pigeon coo'd from the tree.
At the foot of a rock, where the wild-rose was growing,
I sat myself down on the banks of the Dee.
The only other corrections and alterations are as follow —
Stanza II. line 5,
For loud roaring, read rude roaring.
Stanza 11. line 8,
For And left me to stray 'mongst these once loved willows,
Read And left me to wander 'mongst these once loved willows.
Stanza III. line 2,
For dear shepherd, fead dear Jamie.
DXVII.
SCENES OF WOE AND SCENES OF PLEASURE.
This elegant and pathetic song was written by Mr Richard
Gall, who has already been noticed in a former part of this
458 DXVII. — SCENES OF WOE AND SCENES .OF PLEASURE.
work. — Vide Notes on Song No 508. The air to which it is
adapted was composed by Mr Allan Masterton, who has also
been often mentioned in the course of the present Editor's
remarks.
The following particulars respecting this song are extracted
from Mr Stark's Sketch of the Life of Richard Gall, printed in
the Blog7-apMa Scotica, at Edinburgh, 1805. " One of Mr
Gall's songs in particular, the original of which I have by me,
has acquired a degree of praise, from its having been printed
amongst the works of Burns, and generally thought the pro-
duction of that poet. The reverse, indeed, was only known
to a few of Mr Gall's friends, to whom he communicated the
verses before they were published. The fame of Burns stands
in no need of the aid of others to support it ; and to render
back the song in question to its true author, is but an act of
distributive justice, due alike to both these departed poets,
whose ears are now equally insensible to the incense of flat-
tery or the slanders of malevolence. At the time when the
* Scots Musical Museum' was published at Edinburgh by
Mr Johnson, several of Burns's songs made their appearance
in that publication. Mr Gall wrote the song entitled ' Fare-
well to Ayrshire,' prefixed Burns' name to it, and sent it ano-
nymously to the publisher of that work. From thence it has
been copied into the later editions of the works of Burns. In
publishing the song in this manner, Mr Gall probably thought,
that under the sanction of a name known to the world, it
might acquire that notice, which, in other circumstances, it
might never have obtained, but have been doomed to waste
its sweetness in the desart air.'''*
The particulars mentioned in the preceding extract by Mr
Stark, who was intimately acquainted with Mr Gall, (both of
them being employed in the same printing-office,) may be re-
lied upon as being correct. The manuscript of the song, in
the hand-writing of Mr Gall, is in the possession of the
Editor
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DXVIII.
GO TO BERWICK, JOHNNY.
RiTSON says, he " has heard graVely asserted in Edinburgh,
that a fooUsh song, beginning
Go, go, go,^
Go to Berwick, Johnny ;
Thou shalt have the horse.
And I shall have the poney,
was actually made on one of Sir William Wallace the Scot-«
tish hero's marauding expeditions ; and that the person thus
addressed was no other than his Jidus Achates, Sir John
Graham. — Historical Essay on Scottish Song, p. 26. The
"writer of this note, however, can safely aver, that he never
heard such an assertion from the lips of any Scotsman, nor
ever saw such an allegation in print, till he met with Ritson's
Essay. That gentleman must certainly have been imposed
upon by the gravity of some wag. The silly old verses are
usually chanted by nurses to divert their little ones, and
have not the smallest allusion either to Wallace or Graham.
The words, which are adapted to the old air in the Mu-
seum, were written by the late Mr John Hamilton, music-
seller in Edinburgh, who contributed several songs to the
same work. Oswald published the air, with variations, in his
Caledonian Pocket Companion. It has since been arranged
as a rondo for the piano-forte, by various masters.
DXIX.
'TWAS AT THE SHINING MID-DAY HOUR.
This burlesque parody of Mallet's beautiful ballad of
" William and Margaret," was written by Allan Ramsay for
the fourth volume of his Tea-Table Miscellany, where it
made its first appearance under the title of " Watty and
]\Jadge." The words are adapted to a fine old tune, called
The Maid in the Mill, taken from the seventh volume of
Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, p. 27.
The reader will find Mallet's ballad of William and Mar-
garet, adapted to a fine air composed by the late Mr Stephen
460 Dxix. — 'twas at the shining mid-day hour.
Clarke, in the sixth volume of the Museum. — Vide Song No
526. In the second edition of the Orpheus Caledonius,
printed in 1733, Mr William Thomson, the editor of that
work, adapted Mallet's ballad to the old tune of CheVT^ Chace.
DXX.
HAVE YOU ANY POTS OR PANS?
This humorous song was written by Allan Ramsay, and
pubHshed in his Tea-Table Miscellany 1 724, as a substitute
for the words of the old song called " Clout the Cauldron."
The original tune is printed in the first volume of the Mu-
seum, p. 24, with some curious Scoto-Gaelic verses. — See the
Notes on that Song, No 23.
In the sixth volume of the Museum, Ramsay's verses are
adapted to the favourite strathspey, called " Cameron has got
his Wife again."
DXXI.
NOW BANK AND BRAE ARE CLOTHED WITH GREEN.
This fine Scottish pastoral song was written by Gall, and
is printed in his poetical works. The words are adapted to
a very beautiful tune, called " Cassilis Banks."
" Girvan's fairy-haunted stream," is a well known river in
Ayrshire, which rises in the parish of Dailly, and after
meandering through the district of Carrick, pours its waters
into the Irish Channel at the ancient village of Girvan, to
which it gives its name.
DXXII.
AE DAY A BRAW WOOER.
This humorous song was Avritten by Burns in 1787, for
the second volume of the Museum ; but Johnson, the pub-
lisher, who was a religious and well-meaning man, appeared
fastidious about its insertion, as one or two expressions in it
seemed somewhat irreverent. Burns afterwards made several
alterations upon the song, and sent it to Mr George Thom-
son for his Collection, who readily admitted it into his se-
cond volume, and the song soon became very popular.
Johnson, however, did not consider it at all improved by the
DXXII. AE BAY A BUAW WOOEK. 461
later alterations of our bard. It soon appeared to him to
have lost much of its pristine humour and simplicity ; and
the phrases which he had objected to were changed greatly
for the worse. He therefore published the song as originally
written by Burns for his w^ork. In order to enable the reader
to judge how far Johnson was, or was not correct, both edi-
tions of the song are here annexed.
FIRST EDITION.
Ae day a braw wooei- came down the lang glen.
And sail- wi' his lore he did deave me ;
But I said there was naething I hated like men ;
The deuce gae wi' him to believe me !
A weel stockit mailen himsel o't the laird.
And bridal afF han' was the proffer ;
I never loot on that I kend or I car'd.
But thought I might get a waur offer.
He spak o' the darts o' my bonnie black een.
And said for my love he was diein' ;
I said he might die when he liket, for Jean ;
The gude forgie me for liein !'
But what do ye think, in a fortnight or less,
(The deil's in his taste to gae near her,)
He's down to the castle to black cousin Bess,
Think, how the jade I could bear her.
An' a' the niest ouk as I fretted wi' care,
I gaed to the tryst o' Dalgarnock ;
And wha but my braw fickle Avooer was there,
Wha glowr'd as if he'd seen a warlock.
Out oure my left shouther I gied him a blink.
Lest neighbours shou'd think I was saucy.
My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink.
And vow'd that I was his dear lassie.
I spier'd for my cousin, fu' couthie and sweet,
An' if she had recover'd her hearin' ?
And how my auld shoon fitted her shauchel't feet ?
Gude saf us how he fell a swearin' !
He begg'd me for gudesake that I'd be his wife, ,
Or else I wad kill him wi' sorrow ;
And just to preserve the poor body in life,
I think I will wed him to-morrow.
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DXXTI. AE DAY A ER^W WOOEJ!.
SECOND EDITION.
Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen.
And sair wi' his love he did deave me.
I said there was naething I hated like men ;
The deuce gae wi'm, to believe me, believe me.
The deuce gae wi'm, to believe me.
He spak o' the darts o' my bonnie black een.
And vow'd for my love he was dying ;
I said he might die when he lik'd, for Jean,
The Lord forgie me for lying, for lying.
The Lord forgie me for lyuig !
A weel-stockit mailen himsel for the laird.
And marriage afF-hand were the proffers ;
I never loot on that I kend it or car'd.
But thought I might hae waur offers, waur offers.
But thought I might hae waur offers.
But what wad ye think } in a fortnight or less,
(The deil tak his taste to gae near her)
He's up the lang loan to my black cousin Bess,
Guess ye how, the jad ! I could bear her, could bear her.
Guess ye how, the jad ! I could bear her.
But a' the niest week, as I fretted with care,
I gaed to the tryst of Dalgarnock,
And wha but my fine fickle lover was there !
I glowr'd as I'd seen a warlock, a warlock,
I glowr'd as I'd seen a warlock.
But owre my left shouther I gae him a bhnk.
Least neebors might say I was saucy ;
My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink.
And vow'd I was his dear lassie, dear lassie.
And vow'd I was his dear lassie.
I spier'd for my cousin, fu' couthy an' sweet.
Gin she had recover 'd her hearin.
And how her new shoon fit her auld shackl't feet.
But, Heavens ! how he fell a swearin, a swearin.
But, Heavens ! how he fell a swearin.
He begged, for gudesake ! I wad be his wife.
Or else I wad kill him wi' sorrow :
So e'en to preserve the poor body in life,
I think I maun vs'^ed him to-morrow, to-morrow,
I think I maun wed him to-morrow.
These alterations, in general, are certainly far from being
in the happiest style of Burns. Indeed he appears to have
DXXII. AE DAY A BRAW WOO£E. 463
been in bad health and spirits when he made them ; for, in
the letter inclosing the song, he says, " I am at present
quite occupied with the charming sensations of the tooth-
ach, so. have not a word to spare."
Dr Currie hkewise informs us, that the third line of the
fourth stanza, in the manuscript sent to Mr Thomson, runs
" He up the Gateslack to my black cousin Bess ;"" but Mr
T. objected to this word, as well as to the word Dalgarnock
in the next verse. Burns replied as follows :
" Gateslack is the name of a particular place ; a kind of
passage up among the Lauther hills, on the confines of this
county (Dumfries-shire) . Dalgarnock is also the remains of
a romantic spot near the Nith, where are still a ruined church
and a burial ground. However, let the first line run, " He
up the lang loan^'' &c.
Dr Currie remarks, that " It is always a pity to throw out
any thing that gives locality to our poet's verses."
It only remains to be observed, that this song is adapted
to the tune called The Queen of the Lothians, the name of
a curious old ballad, which is produced in the sixth volume
of the Museum, and inserted after the modern verses by Burns.
nxxiii.
GUDEEN TO YOU, KIMMER.
This comic song was corrected by Burns. The greater
part of the verses, however, are taken from the old satirical
song formerly sung to that tune of " John Anderson my Jo."
See the notes on that song. No 260. The words are adapted
to the old tune of "We're a' nid noddin in our House at hame."
DXXIV.
IN BRECHIN DID A WABSTER DWELL.
This is only a fragment of a long ballad frequently heard
at country firesides, entitled « The Brechin Weaver." It
possesses some traits of humour, though not of the first or-
der. The specimen in the Museum is certainly quite enough.
The tune to which the ballad is chanted, however, is very
pretty.
464
DXXV.
WILLY'S RARE AND WILLY'S FAIR.
This ancient fragment, with its original air, was copied
from Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius. London, 1725. The
editor has often heard the following additional stanza, though
it is omitted by Thomson.
She's taen three links o' her gowden locks ;
That hung down lang and yallow.
She's tied them about sweet Willy's waist.
And drawn him out of Yarrow.
This poetical relique of some ancient and long forgotten
minstrel, has given rise to two beautiful modern ballads.
The first of these, entitled, " The Braes of Yarrow," was
written in imitation of the ancient Scottish manner, and in-
scribed to Lady Jane Home, by William Hamilton of Ban-
gour, Esq., prior to the year 1724. It is printed in Ram-
say''s Tea-table Miscellany of that date ; and in the following
year, Thomson published it adapted to the old tune of one
strain in his Orpheus Caledonius. The first half stanza of
Bangour"'s ballad, beginning, " Busk ^e, busk ye^ my honny
honny hride^'' is all that remains of the old song, called " The
Braes of Yarrow.'''' Bamsay has also preserved the first half
stanza of the original verses, in the song which he wrote to
the same tune. See the first volume of the Museum, page
65. The other ballad, of " The Braes of Yarrow," was writ-
ten by the late Rev. Mr John Logan, x)ne of the ministers of
Leith. It begins.
Thy braes were bonny, Yarrow stream !
When first on them I met my lover,
Thy braes how dreary. Yarrow stream !
When now thy waves his body cover.
Both these ballads may be seen in the poetical works of
their respective authors, and in various other collections of
poetry. It appears, on comparing ]Bangour''s ballad, as in-
serted in the Tea-table Miscellany, and the Orpheus Caledo-
Dxxv.— willy's rare and willy's fair. 465
nius, with a later version in the author's poetical works, that
he had made some slight corrections on the earlier edition.
It remains to be observed, that in the year 1777, the words
of this ancient song received some alterations and additions
from the pen of an Englishman, which were set to a beautiful
modern air, composed by Mr James Hook of London. This
Anglo-Scottish production was sung by Mrs Wrighten at
Vauxhall with much applause in the summer of 1777, and
was published among the other Vauxhall songs of that year.
It has since been frequently reprinted.
DXXVI.
MY DADDY LEFT ME GEAR ENOUGH.
This humorous old ballad was taken from Thomson's
Orpheus Caledonius, printed with the music in 1 725, under
the title of " Willie Winkie's Testament."" The enumeration
of the testator's goods and effects is extremely comic. This
curious ballad appears to have been unknown to Ramsay, as
it is omitted in the Tea-Table Miscellany.
DXXVII.
STERN WINTER HAS LEFT US.
First Set.
This ballad was copied from Yair's Charmer, vol. ii. print-
ted at Edinburgh in 1721. a The original air, under the title
of " Jocky and Jenny," is inserted in the Jlfth volume of
Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, p. 31.
This appears to have been a very popular song, both in
England and Scotland, about the middle of the last century,
for the verses, although adapted to a different air from that
in Oswald's Collection, are printed in the " The Muses De-
light" at Liverpool in 1754, under the title of " Jocky and
Jenny, a dialogue sung by Mr Lowe and Miss Falkner"
In the Museum this ballad is adapted to two tunes. The
first set a Gaelic air. The other is an Irish melody.
460
DXXVIII.
STERN WINTER HAS LEFT US.
Second Set.
This is the ballad Jocky and Jenny, above noticed, adapt-
ed to the Irish tune called Kitt?/ Tyrelk Johnson had
heard the ballad sung to both tunes, and being unable to de-
cide which was best, he inserted them both that the singer
might choose for himself. This ballad has therefore been
adapted to four different tunes. The original Scottish air is
in Oswald ; the English air in the " Muses DeUght ;" and the
Irish and Gaelic tunes the in Museum.
DXXIX.
AH, MARY ! SWEETEST MAID, FAREWELL.
This charming pastoral dialogue, between Willie and Mary,
was written by Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck, Esq. M. P.
It was originally published as a single sheet song, . by Messrs
Gow & Shepherd, music-sellers in Edinburgh. Mr Na-
thaniel Gow tells me, it was at his particular request that Mr
Boswell furnished him with the words. The verses are
adapted to the beautiful slow strathspey tune called " The
Maid of Isla," which was communicated to Mr Gow by the
late Colonel John Campbell of Shawfield and his Lady.
DXXX.
ANNA THY CHARMS MY BOSOM FIRE.
This sweet song of two stanzas was written by Burns, and
published in the Edinburgh edition of his Poems in 1787.
It is adapted to a very beautiful and plaintive air composed
by Oswald, and published in the first volume of his Ca-
ledonian Pocket Companion, under the title of " Bonny
Mary.''
DXXXI.
THY CHEEK IS 0' THE ROSE'S HUE.
This beautiful song, which is another of the productions
of the late Mr Richard Gall, was written at the earnest re-
quest of Mr Thomas Oliver, Printer and Publisher, Edin-
burgh, an intimate acquaintance of the author's. Mr Oliver
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DXXXI. THY CHEEK IS 0' THE HOSE's HUE. 467
heard it sung in the Pantomime of Harlequin Highlander, at
the Circus, and was so struck with the melody, that it dwelt
upon his mind ; but the only part of the words he recollected
were.
My love's the sweetest creature.
That ever trode the dewy green ;
Her cheeks they are like roses,
Wi' the op'nhig gowan wet between. —
And having no way of procuring the verses he had heard, he
requested Mr Gall to write words to his favoui'ite tune. Our
young bard promised to do so ; and in a few days presented
him with this elegant song, in which the title of the tune is
happily introduced at the close of every stanza.
DXXXII.
O AY MY WIFE SHE DANG ME.
This humorous song was written by Burns for the Mu-
seum. The old air to which his verses are adapted, origi-
nally consisted of one strain, but Oswald made two variations
to it, and published them with the old melody in his Cale-
donian Pocket Companion, book vi. p. iv. under the title of
*' My wife she dang me." The tune in the Museum is com-
posed of the original melody, and the first of Oswald's varia-
tions. I have heard several of the old verses sung, but they
are of such a nature as to render them quite unfit for inser-
tion.
DXXXIII.
COME UNDER MY PLAIDY.
This fine ballad is another production of my late friend,
Hector Macneill, Esq. who has frequently been noticed in the
course of this Avork. It is adapted to a lively air called
" Johny M'Gill," after the name of its composer, Mr John
M'Gill, who was a musician in Girvan, Ayrshire. Burns
likewise wrote some verses to the same tune, which are in-
serted in the third volume of the Museum. Vide Notes on
Song No. 207.
468
DXXXIV.
COME FOLLOW, FOLLOW ME.
Neither the words nor music of this excellent old ballad,
entitled " The Fairy Elves," are of Scottish origin, although
it has long been a favourite in Scotland. The poetry is at-
tributed to Christopher Marlovv, and the melody to John
Dowland, both Englishmen. The former was an eminent
dramatic.poet, and the latter a celebrated musician, in the reign
of Queen Elizabeth. Marlow fell a victim to jealousy, the
most torturing passion of the human breast ; he was stabbed
in a brothel, by a fellow whom he found with his mistress, and,
notwithstanding the best medical care and attention, died
soon after, in 1593.
Mr Gay, author of " The Beggar's Opera," wrote the fol-
lowing words to the same old tune in another musical opera
of his, called " Achilles," printed with the music prefixed to
each song by John Watts of London, in 1733, after the
author"'s decease.
Air. — Fairy Elves.
O guard your hours from care.
Of Jealousy beware ;
For she with fancied sprites.
Herself torments and frights ;
Thus she frets, and pines, and grieves.
Raising fears that she believes.
Bishop Percy pubhshed an edition of the Fairy Elves in
1765, taken from an old black letter copy, under title of
" The Fairy Queen."" The ancient set of the air and that in
the Museum are very similar.
DXXXV.
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET.
Bishop Percy, who pubUshed this fine old Scottish bal-
lad in his Rehques of Ancient English Poetry in 1765, from
a manuscript transmitted to him from Scotland, observes, that
it seems to be composed (not without improvements) out of
two ancient Enghsh ones. The fi^rst of these is entitled " A
DXXXV. LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNEX. 469
tragical Ballad on the unfortunate Love of Lord Thomas
and Fair Ellinor ; together with the Downfall of the Browne
Girl."" The second is " Fair Margaret's Misfortunes, or
Sweet William's frightful Dreams on his Wedding Night ;
with the sudden Death and Burial of these noble Lovers."
The learned Prelate likewise acquaints us, that although the
latter ballad was picked up on a stall, he considers it to be the
old song quoted in Fletcher's comedy of " The Knight of the
Burning Pestle." This old play, as appears from the dedi-
cation prefixed to the first edition in 4to., printed at London,
1613, was written in 1611, and was not well received when
acted on the stage. The reader will find some further obser-
vations on the ballad of " Sweet William and Fair Margaret,"
in the notes on the following song, No 536.
Upon comparing these ballads with each other, viz. Lord
Thomas and Fair Ellinor — Fair Margaret and Sweet Wil-
liam— Lord Thomas and Fair Annet — the present Editor,
notwithstanding the conjecture of the learned Prelate, is of
opinion, both from the difference in the structure of the stan-
zas, the language and the incidents of the several pieces, that
they were composed by different hands,- although it may be
difficult now to decide which of the three was first written.
It is very possible, that the ballads themselves are, compara-
tively speaking, only modernized abridgments of ancient me-
trical romances, familiar among all the nations of Europe ma-
ny ages ago. These romances, in their turn, likewise appear
to have been derived from Asiatic sources, and were gradu-
ally introduced into the western world, by successive min-
strels, for the amusement of the great. As a full investiga-
tion of these facts, however, would lead us into a field by far
too wide for the nature of this work, we are constrained to
return to the ballad now under consideration.
In the year 1806, Mr Robert Jamieson published a Col-
lection of Popular Ballads and Songs from tradition. Manu-
scripts, and scarce Editions, among which is a ballad entitled
" Sweet Willie and Fair Annie," which he took down from
470 DXXXV. LORD THOMAS AND FAIK ANNEX.
the recitation of Mrs W. Arnot of Aberbrothick, who, it is
said, learned it when a child from an elderly maid-servant.
The leading incidents of Mr Jamieson's ballad are very simi-
lar to those of the earlier edition of " Lord Thomas and Fair
Annet ;" but the name of the hero is changed from Lord
Thomas to Sweet Willie, who is represented as " the heir oj
Duplin town," the residence of the Earl of Kinnoul in Perth-
shire. Several of the stanzas in Mr Jamieson's ballad are
likewise admitted to have been altered and supplied by him-
self. But neither these alterations, nor interpolations, nor the
changing of the scene from the borders to Perthshire, appear
to have improved the original ballad. It only remains to be
observed, that, in the Scots Museum, the ballad of " Lord
Thomas and Fair Annet" is adapted to the tune called " The
Old Bard," preserved in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Com-
panion, book xii.
DXXXVI.
WILLIAM AND MARGARET.
This excellent ballad, beginning " 'Twas at the silent so-
lemn hour," was written, in 1723, by David Mallet, Esq. a
native ofEdinburgh, editor of Lord Bolingbroke's Works, and
author of several popular poems and dramatic works. It ap-
peared in several of the newspapers a short time after it was
written, as well as in various periodical publications. Ram-
say printed it in his Tea-Table Miscellany, with the signa-
ture D. M. the initials of the author, in 1724 ; and William
Thomson, who erroneously conceived it to be very old, copied
it into his Orpheus Caledonius, where it is adapted to the
well-known tune of Chevy Chace. Mallet afterwards re-
touched and improved the ballad. The reader will easily
discover the improvements which the author made on this fine
poem, upon comparing the copy in the Museum with that
in Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany, or any of the early edi-
tions.
Mallet, in a note prefixed to the ballad printed in the edi-
tion of his Poems, 3 vols 8vo. London, 1759, infonns us, that
DXXXVI. WILLIAM AND MAUGAKET. 471
" in a comedy of Fletcher, called The Knight of the Burn-
ing Pestle, old Merrythought enters repeating the follow-
ing verses :
" When it was grown to dark midnight.
And all were fast asleep.
In came Margaret's grimly ghost.
And stood at William's feet.
" This (he continues) was probably the beginning of some
ballad commonly known at the time when that author wrote
(1611) ; and it is all of it, I believe, that is any where to be
met with. These lines, naked of ornament, and simple as they
are, struck my fancy ; and, bringing fresh into my mind an
unhappy adventure much talked of formerly, gave birth to
the following poem, which was written many years ago."
The unhappy adventure, here alluded to, was a circum-
stance that occurred in real life. A young lady, whose hand
had been scornfully rejected by her infamous seducer, when
in a weak state of health, fell, in consequence, into a fever ;
" and, in a few days after, (says Mallet,) I saw her and her
child laid together in one grave." See the Plain Dealer, No
36 and 46 — a periodical paper, published by Mr Aaron Hill
in 1724, and afterwards reprinted in 2 vols 8vo.
Thus far concerning the origin of Mallet's fine poem, which
Bishop Percy pronounces to be " one of the most beautiful
ballads in our own or any language." Mr Ritson likewise
observes, that " we have many songs equal no doubt to the
best of those written by Hamilton of Bangour, or Mr Thom-
son ; though it may be questioned whether any English writ-
er has produced so fine a ballad as William and Margaret, or
such a beautiful pastoral as Tweedside." Historical Essay
on Scottish Song, p. 78.
Mr Mallet was mistaken in supposing the old ballad, quot-
ed by Fletcher in 1611, to be lost. It is preserved in the
Collections of Bishop Percy and Mr Herd. A more faith-
ful copy, however, will be found in Ritson's Ancient English
2l
472 DXXXVI. WILLIAM AND MARGARET.
Ballads ; for the worthy Prelate has used some freedom with
a few of the verses.
In the Museum, the ballad of William and Margaret, by
Mr Mallet, is adapted to a beautiful slow melody, which
was composed by the late Mr Stephen Clarke of Edinburgh,
organist.
DXXXVII.
WHAT AILS THE LASSES AT ME ?
This humorous song, in the broad Buchan dialect, begin-
ning " I am a young bachelor, winsome," was written by
Alexander Ross, author of the songs called " A Rock and a
wee pickle Tow,*" " The Bridal o't," &c. See the Notes on
Songs No 269 and 439 of the Museum. In that author's
works, printed at Aberdeen in 1768, the song of " What
ails the Lasses at me," and " Jean Gradan's answer,"
are directed to be sung to the tune of " An the Kirk
wad let me be ;" but as this air was inserted in the first
volume of the Museum, (vide Song No 58,) entitled " Fye
let us a' to the Wedding," Mr Johnson made choice of
another lively Scots air, which answers the words extremely
well.
DXXXVIII
THE SUN m THE WEST.
This pathetic sonnet is another production of Mr Richard
Gall- The beautiful air to which the words are adapted, is
supposed to be of Gaelic origin.
DXXXIX.
SCROGGAM.
This humorous and eccentric song, beginning " There
was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen," was written by Burns for
the Museum. There is another, and a very old song, to the
same air, but it is quite inadmissible.
Cockpen is the name of a parish in the county of Edin-
burgh, of which the Earl of Dalhousie is patron-
4T3
DXL.
O, TELL ME, MY BONNY YOUNG LASSIE.
This fine pastoral dialogue was written by Hector Mac-
neil], Esq. author of several songs in the Museum. Mr
Macneill informed the present Editor, that he picked up the
air, to which his verses are united in the Museum, during a
trip to Argyleshire, and being very fond of the tune, he
wrote the words for it con amore.
The late Mr Graham of Gartmore wrote a song, which has
a similar burden with that of Mr Macneill's. It was print-
ed in Mr Scott's Minstrelsy of the Border, under an idea
that it was as old as the reign of Charles I. The chorus
runs—
Then tell me how to woo thee, love !
O tell me how to woo thee !
For thy dear sake nae care I'll take,
Tho' ne'er another trow me.
But the two songs, in other respects, have no similarity,
and the respective measures of the stanzas require them to be
adapted to very diiFerent tunes.
DXLI.
O, MARY, TURN AW A.
This song was written by the late Mr R. Gall. His
verses are adapted to the beautiful old air of " My Dearie,
an thou die."
The second song, to the same tune, beginning " What
ails this heart of mine," is the production of the late Miss
Blamire of Carlisle. Both of these songs are excellent.
DXLII.
G, GUDE ALE COMES.
This humorous drinking song, with the exception of the
chorus, which is old, was written by Burns. It is adapted
to the tune, called " The Bottom of the Punch-bowl," which
appears in Oswald's First Collection, and in many others.
474
DXLIII.
ROBIN SHURE IN HAIRST,
The tune and title of this song are ancient, but the rest is
by Burns. In Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion,
book fifth, page 11th, the air, with variations, is inserted
under the title of " Robin shear'd in Her'st," but the old
words of the song are probably now lost.
The tune, in some modern collections, is called " Bobbing
John,'' but erroneously, for that is the name of a very old
English air, printed in Playford's ' Dancing Master,' in the
time of f , or six quavers in the bar, so far back as 1657, and in
all the subsequent editions of that work. It is quite different
from the Scottish au\ Mr Robert Jamieson of Edinburgh,
however, in his Popular Ballads and Songs, printed in 1806,
has written a very humorous song to the tune, under its mo-
dern title. It follows :
BOBBING JOHN.
Hey, for Bobbing John,
Kittle up the chanter !
Bang up a strathspey
To fling wi' John the ranter.
Johnnie's stout an' bald.
Ne'er could thole a banter,
Bien in byre an' fald.
An', lassies, he's a wanter.
Back as braid's a door ;
Bow-hough'd, like a felly ;
Thick about the brands.
And o'er the breast an' belly.
Hey, for Bobbing John !
Kittle up the chanter !
Queans are a' gane gyte
To fling wi' John the Ranter.
Bonny's his black ee,
Blinkin', blythe, an' vogie,
Wi' lassie on his knee.
In his nieve a cogie ;
Syne the lad will kiss.
Sweetly kiss and cuddle ;
Cald wad be the heart
That cou'd wi' Johnnie widdle.
DXLIII.— 'IIOBIN SHURE IN HAIKST, 475
Sonse fa' Bobbing John ;
Want and wae gae by him ;
There's in town or land
Nae chiel doesna envy him.
Flingin to the pipe.
Bobbin to the fiddle,
Knief was illta lass
That could wi' Johnnie meddle.
DXLIV.
MAGGIE LAUDER.
This comic ballad, beginning " Wha wadna be in love
wi' bonny Maggie Lawder.''" was written by Francis Semple
of Beltrees, Esq. in the county of Renfrew, about the year
1642. This fact is stated on the joint authorities of two of
his descendants, viz. the late Mr Semple of Beltrees, who
died in 1789, and his relation, the late Mr Semple of Edin-
burgh.
In the fifth number of the *' Paisley Repository," the
editor of that work has communicated the following addi-
tional information respecting the author of this favourite song:
" Anecdote of Francis Semple of Beltrees, author of
The Banishment of Poverty/ — some Epitaphs in Penny-
cooke's Collection of Poetical Pieces, and the songs of ' She
rose and loot me in,' and ' Maggie Laivder.' "
" When Cromwell's forces were garrisoned in Glasgow,
the city was put under severe martial law, which, among
other enactments, ordained < That every person or persons
coming into the city must send a particular account of them-
selves, and whatever they may bring with them, unto the
commander of the forces in that place, under the penalty of
imprisonment and confiscation, both of the offender's goods
and whatever chattels are in the house or houses wherein the
offender or offenders may be lodged.' &c.
" Francis Semple and his lady set out on a journey to
Glasgow, accompanied by a man-servant, some time in 1651,
or a Uttle after that, to visit his aunt, an old maiden lady, his
father's sister, who had a jointure of him, which he paid by
half-yearly instalments.
476 DXLIV. — MAGGIE LAUDER.
" When he came to his aunt's house, which was on the
High-street, at the hell of the brae, now known by the name
of ' The Duke of Montrose's Lodging, or Barrell's Ha',' his
aunt told him, that she must send an account of his arrival
to the captain of Cromwell's forces, otherwise the soldiers
would come and poind her moveables. Francis replied,
* Never you mind that ; let them come, and I'll speak to
them.' * Na, na,' quoth his aunt, ' I maun send an account
o' your coming here.' — ' Gie me a bit of paper,' says Francis,
* and I'll write it mysel.' Then taking the pen, he wrote as
follows :
Glasgow, — —
Lo doon near by the City temple.
There is ane lodg'd wi' auntie Semple,
Francis Semple of Beltrees,
His consort also^ if you please ;
There's twa o's horse, and ane o's men.
That's quarter'd down wi' Allan Glen.
Thir lines I send to you, for fear
0' poindin of auld auntie's gear,
Whilk never ane before durst stear.
It stinks for staleness I dare swear.
(Signed) Francis Semple.
Directed * To the commander of the guard in Glasgow.' "
When the captain received the letter, he could not un-
derstand it, on account of its being written in the Scottish
dialect. He considered it as an insult put upon him, and, Hke
a man beside himself with rage, he exclaimed, ' If ! had the
scoundrel who has had the audacity to send me such an in-
sulting, infamous, and impudent libel, I would make the vil-
lanous rascal suffer for his temerity.' He then ordered a
party of his men to go and apprehend a Francis Semple, who
was lodged with a woman of the name of Semple, near the
High Church, and carry him to the provost. Mr Semple
was accordingly brought before the provost, and his accuser
appeared with the insulting, infamous, and impudent
hbel against him. It was read; but it was impossible
for the provost to retain his gravity during the perusal ; nay,
DXLIV. MAGGIE LAUDEll. ' 477
the captain himself, after hearing an English translation of
the epistle, could not resist joining in the laugh. From that
moment he and Beltrees became intimate friends, and he
often declared, that he considered Semple to be one of the
cleverest gentlemen in Scotland. On no account Avould the
captain part with Beltrees during his residence in Glasgow.
The time, therefore, that Francis intended to have passed
with the old lady his aunt, was humorously spent with the
captain and the other officers of Cromwell's forces, who kept
him in Glasgow two weeks longer than he otherwise would
have staid.
It seems probable, that these officers of Cromwell had in-
troduced two of Semple's songs into England before the pe-
riod of the Restoration ; for they were botli printed, and well
known in England, in the reign of Charles II. the words and
music being engraven by Thomas Cross, Henry Playford
afterwards introduced the song of " She rose and let me in,"
in his " Wit and Mirth," vol. i. printed at London in 1698.
Gay introduced the air of Maggie Lauder in his musical
o^eraoi Achilles, printed in 1733. The same air had pre-
viously been used for a song, called Sally's New Answer, set to
the tune ofMogey Lauther, a sort of parody on Carey's Sally
in our Alley, as well as for a song in the Quaker's Opera,
written by Thomas Walker, and acted at Lee and Harper's
Booth in Bartholomew Fair, anno 1728.
The following continuation of the ballad, by a modern
hand, appeared in the Pocket Encyclopaedia of Songs, printed
at Glasgow, 2 vols 12mo, 1816. It possesses considerable
merit.
The cantie spring scarce rear'd her head.
And winter yet did blaud her.
When the Ranter earn to Anster fair.
And spier'd for Maggy Lauder ;
A snug wee house in the East Green,
Its shelter kindly lent her ;
Wi' cantie ingle, clean hearth-stane,
Meg wekom'd Rob the Ranter!
4)78 DXLIV.— MAGGIE LAUDER
Then Rob made bonnie Meg his bride.
And to the kirk he ranted ;
He play'd the auld " East nook o' Fife,"
And merry Maggie vaunted.
That Hab himsel' ne'er play'd a spring.
Nor blew sae weel his chanter,
For he made Anster town to ring ;
And wha's like Rob the Ranter !
For a' the talk and loud reports
That ever gaed against her,
Meg proves a true and faithfu' wife.
As ever was in Anster ;
And since the marriage knot was tied,
Rob says he coudna want her ;
For he loes Maggy as his life.
And Meg loes Rob the Ranter.
Anstruther, easter and wester, is the name of two adjacent
royal burghs in the county of Fife. The scene of the ballad,
however, is laid in easter Anstruther, where a fair is held on
the first Tuesday after the 11th of April, another on the 5th
day of July, and a third on the 12th day of November an-
nually. This burgh has lately acquired an additional cele-
brity, from the excellent poem of Anster Fair, by Mr Wil-
liam Tennant, (late schoolmaster of Lasswade, now Professor
in the Institution at Dollar.)
The learned editor of the Reliques of Ancient Enghsh
Poetry (Bishop Percy) says, it is a received tradition in Scot-
land, that, at the time of the Reformation, Maggie Lawder
was one of those ridiculous songs composed to be sung by the
rabble to the tune of a favourite hymn in the Latin service,
and that the original music of all these burlesque sonnets was
very fine. The absurdity of this notion has already been
detected in a former part of this work. — Vide Notes cm Song
No 260 of the Museum.
The service-book used in the cathedral of Dunkeld was,
till lately, supposed to be the only work of this kind that had
escaped the flames at the period of the Reformation in Scot-
land ; but this conjecture was incorrect. The service-book
used in the abbey of Scone has Ukewise been discovered, and
DXLIV.— MAGGIE LAUDER. 479
is now deposited in the library of the Faculty of Advocates,
Edinburgh. It is a very large folio volume, and very neatly
written. From a Latin docquet inserted in the work,* it ap-
pears to have been compiled by Mr Robert Carver, a canon
of Scone, in the twenty-second year of his age, and in the
sixth year after his initiation into holy orders. The Editor
has carefully examined this book from beginning to end, and
can safely aver, that there is not one air that has the smallest
resemblance to Maggy Lauder, or to any other secular Scots
tune in the whole compass of the work. The chaunts, hymns,
and antiphones, are all, as usual, in the Latin tongue.
PXLV.
A COGIE OF ALE AND A PICKLE AIT-MEAL.
This song was written in 1797, by Andrew Sheriffs, A. M.
author of the Scottish pastoral comedy of " Jamie and Bess,"
printed at Edinburgh in 1790, and other poems. The Edi-
tor was present when Mr Sheriffs sung this song on the Edin-
burgh stage, at his own benefit ; on which occasion the au-
thor's pastoral comedy above-mentioned was performed by
some of his friends who were natives of Edinburgh. Mr
Sheriffs received a classical education at Aberdeen, and was
for a considerable time one of the editors of " The Aberdeen
Chronicle." In 1798 he went to reside in London ; but the
writer of this article has heard nothing of him since that pe-
riod. Mr Sheriffs had the misfortune to be lame from his
infancy.
The melody was composed by the late Mr Robert Macin-
tosh, musician in Edinburgh. Mr Macintosh afterwards went
to London, where he continued till his death, in February
1807. He published three Collections of Scottish Reels and
Strathspeys, and composed many of the best of them himself
He was an excellent violin player.
* " Composnit Dominus Rolcrtus Carver Canonicus de Scona, Anno Domini
1513, ct atatis sua: Anno 22, nee non ingressus sua rcUgwnis anno 6to, ad honorcm
Dei et Sancii Michixlis."
480
DXLVI.
THE DUMFRIES VOLUNTEERS.
This song, beginning " t)oes haughty Gaul invasion
threat?" was written by Burns in 1795, and transmitted to
Johnson for insertion in his Museum. The charming tune,
to which the words are adapted, was composed by Mr Ste-
phen Clarke, organist.
It was originally published as a single sheet song, a con-
siderable number of which were transmitted to Mr Burns, to
be distributed among the Dumfries Volunteers, of which corps
he was a member. Burns, on receipt of the pacquet, wrote a
letter to Johnson, which is printed in his Reliques, wherein
he says, " Thank you for the copies of my Volunteer ballad.
Our friend Clarke has indeed done well ! 'tis chaste and beau-
tiful. I have not met with any thing that has pleased me so
much. You know I am no connoisseur ; but that I am an
amateur, will be allowed me."
DXLVII.
HE'S DEAR TO ME.
This sweet little pastoral made its appearance about the
ye£u: 1796, as a single sheet song, written by a gentleman.
His name, however, the Editor has not yet learnt. The
melody is very pretty, and appears to belong to the ancient
class of Scottish airs of one simple strain, such as the " Braw
braw Lads of Gala Water," to which indeed it bears a strong-
resemblance.
DXLVIII.
THE BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND.
This song appears to be a parody of another written by
Mrs Grant of Laggan, beginning " O where, tell me where,
is your Highland laddie gone ?" on the Marquis of Huntly's
departure for Holland with the British forces under the com-
mand of the gallant Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in 1799. The
words are adapted to a modern Scottish air.
481
DXLIX.
COLIN CLOUT.
This fragment of a very fine pastoral ballad, beginning
"Chanticleer wi' noisy whistle," was communicated by Mr
Gall. The Editor recollects having seen the whole of the
ballad in that gentleman's hands, and perhaps the manuscript
may yet be recovered. It well deserves to be printed. The
author is anonymous.
The words are adiapted to a fine melody, which was com-
posed by the late Mr Stephen Clarke.
DL.
'TIS NAE VERY LANG SINSYNE.
This humorous ballad was copied from Herd's Collection,
printed in 1776, where it is inserted under the title of '< My
Heart's my ain." It does not appear in the Tea-Table Mis-
cellany, and may therefore have been composed subsequently
to the year 1724. The author is unknown.
The words are adapted to the tune of " We'll kick the
world before us,*" from Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Compa-
nion, vol. xi.
DLL
O, ONCE I LOV'D A BONNIE LASS.
This song was the earliest that Burns ever wrote ; or, as
the bard terms it, the " first time he committed the sin of
rhyme." It was written in the autumn of 1773. In a letter
to Dr Moore, dated 2d August 1787, Burns says, " You
know our country custom of coupling a man and a woman
together in the labours of harvest. In my fifteenth autumn
my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than
myself. My scarcity of English denies me the power of
doing her justice in that language ; but you know the Scot-
tish idiom — she was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short,
she altogether, unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that
delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-
horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the
first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below ! How
482 DLL— O, ONCE I IOv'd A BONI((lE LASS.
she caught the contagion, I cannot tell : you medical people
talk much of infection from breathing the same air, the touch,
&c. ; but I never expressly said I loved her. Indeed, I did
not know myself why I liked so much to loiter behind with
her, when returning in the evening from our labours ; why
the tones of her voice made my heart-strings thrill like an
Eolian harp ; and particularly, why my pulse beat such a fu-
rious rattan, when I looked and fingered over her httle hand,
to pick out the cruel nettle stings and thistles. Among her
love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her fa-
vourite reel (7 am a Man unmarried) to which I attempted
giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme. I was not so presump-
tuous, as to imagine that I could make verses like printed
ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my
girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small
country laird's son, on one of his father"'s maids, with whom
he was in love ! and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme
as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep and
cast peats, his father living in the moor-lands, he had no more
scholarcraft than myself. Thus with me began love and
poetry, which at times have been my only, and, till within
the last twelve months, my highest enjoyment."
This song was originally intended to have been sung to
the old reel tune, called / am a Man unmarried, with the
foolish chorus of Tal lal de ral, 6fC. repeated at the end of
each verse. Burns afterwards gave up this idea, and had it
set to the beautiful slow melody in the Museum, which he
picked up and transmitted to the publisher of that work :
it is said to be very ancient.
DLII.
WHEN I THINK ON MY LAD.
This song was written by Ramsay, as a substitute for the
indelicate old Scots song, called " Jumping John." Ramsay
published it in his Tea-Table Miscellany, under the title of
" Her Daddy forbad, her Minny forbad," in 1724. But as this
tune, with new words by Burns, had been inserted in the second
DLII. WHEN I THIUK ON MY LAD. 483
volume of the Museum (vide Song No. 138), Johnson made
choice of another air for Ramsay's words, taken from Oswald's
Caledonian Pocket Companion, book'viii. entitled Hark, the
Cock crow'd. Neither Oswald nor Johnson, however, seem
to have been aware that this was an English tune, composed
by Mr Jeremiah Clarke of London, organist, and published
by Henry Playford, with the original words, in the first
volume of his Wit and Mirths in 1698. The English
song begins.
Hark ! the cock crow'd, 'tis day all abroad.
And looks like a jolly fair morning ;
Up Roger and James, and drive out the teams ;
Up quickly and carry the corn in.
The old Scottish tune of Jumping John^ was an early
favourite in England. In " Playford's Dancing Master,"
1657, it is printed with the name of *' Joan's Placket" the
title of a parody upon, and equally indelicate as the old
northern words. In the year 1686, Lord Wharton wrote a
satirical song to the same tune, beginning " Ho ! broder
Teague, dost hear de decree," which contributed in no small
degree towards the great Revolution in 1688. In this song,
his Lordship introduced, as the burden or chorus, the words
of distinction which had been used by the Irish papists in
their horrid massacre of the protestants in 1641, viz. Lilli-
hurlero and Bullen-a-lah. It was written on occasion of
James II. having nominated General Talbot, newly created
Earl of Tyrconnel, to the lieutenancy of Ireland. Talbot
was a furious papist, and had recommended himself to his
bigotted master by his arbitrary treatment of the protestants
in the preceding year, when only lieutenant-general, and
whose subsequent conduct fully justified his expectations and
their fears. The violences of his administration may be seen
in any of the histories of these times. Bishop Burnet, allud-
ing to the ballad which had been written by Wharton, says,
that it " made an impression on the (king's) army that can-
not be imagined by those that saw it not. The whole army,
484 DLII. — WHEN I THINK ON MY LAD.
and at last the people both in the city and country, were
singing it perpetually. And perhaps never had so slight a
thing so great an effect." Ritson, in alluding to the same
ballad observes, " what an astonishing effect these vulgar
and despicable rhapsodies had upon the temper of the times ;
we may, in some measure, conjecture from the brags of that
unprincipled character, Lord (afterwards Marquis of) Whar-
ton, who was wont to boast, that by the most foohsh of them
all (Lilliburlero) he had rhymed the king out of his domi-
nions. Historical Essay on National Song, p. 62. See also
Notes on Song No. 138 of the Museum. This old Scots tune
of Jumping Joan, having acquired the new title of Lilliburlero
from Wharton's ballad, has erroneously been, by many, sup-
posed to be an Irish air.
DLIII.
THE FIENT A CRUM OF THE SHE FAWS.
This ancient song, beginning Return hameward my
heart again, was recovered by Ramsay, and printed in his
Tea-Table Miscellany in 1724, with the letter Z, to denote its
antiquity. The tune to which the verses are adapted is like-
wise known by the name of The Spinning Wheel, but it is
essentially different from the air called « The Spinning
Wheel," in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, book ix.
The author and composer are unknown.
DLIV.
MY LADY'S GOWN THERE'S GAIRS UPON'T.
This song: was written for the Museum by Burns, in 1788.
The words are adapted to a well-known strathspey, or reel
tune, composed by the late Mr James Gregg, an eminent
teacher of dancing in Ayrshire. Gregg composed the strath-
spey, called " Gregg's Pipes,'' and many other excellent
dancing tunes. He had a taste for painting, mechanics, and
natural history ; made and improved telescopes ; he was also
skilled in the mathematics, and was frequently employed as a
land-surveyor. He taught dancing, until, by old age, he
could scarcely se^ his pupils, or hear the tones of his own
1
i)LIV MY lady's G0W5» THBRE's ttAIRS UPON'T. 485
violin. He died, regretted by all who knew him, in Novem-
ber 1817, at a very advanced age.
Johnson long hesitated to admit this song into his Museum ;
but, being blamed for such fastidiousness, he at length gave
it a place in that work.
DLV.
MAY MORNING.
This little song, beginning " The nymphs and shepherds
are met on the green," was communicated to Johnson by an
anonymous hand. It is adapted to an old strathspey tune,
which is very pretty.
DLVI.
DINNA THINK, BONNIE LASSIE, I'M GAUN TO LEAVE THEE.
Hector Macneill, Esq., informed the Editor that he
wrote the whole of this song except the last verse, which the
late Mr John Hamilton, music-seller in Edinburgh, took the
hberty to add to it, and to publish as a sheet song. " It was
on this account, (Mr Macneill added,) that I did not include
this song in collecting my poetical works for the uniform
edition in two volumes, which has been given to the public."
For a similar reason he omitted another song, likewise writ-
ten by him, beginning My love's in Germany, send him
hame, send him hame.
The song of Dinna thiiik Bonnie Lassie, is adapted to a
dancing tune, called Cluniis Reel, taken from Gumming
of Granton's Reels and Strathspeys.
DLVII.
O, GIN I WERE FAIRLY SHOT 0' HER !
This old song received some additions and corrections
from the pen of Mr John Anderson, engraver of music in
Edinburgh, who served his apprenticeship with Johnson,
the publisher. The air, under the title of Fairlie Shot of
Her, appears in Mrs Crockat's Manuscript Music-book, so
that the tune is very old. It is also preserved in Oswald's
Caledonian Pocket Companion, and various other collections.
This tune was selected by Mr O'Keefe for one of his songs
486 DLVir.— O, GIN I WERE FAIRLY SHOT o"" HER !
for " Shelty" in the Highland Reel, beginning, " Boys,
when I play, cry O Crimini," acted at Covent Garden in
1788.
DLVIII.
HEY! MY KITTEN, MY KITTEN.
This humorous nursery song was written, about the be-
ginning of the last century, by the celebrated Dean Swift.
The words are adapted to the old Scottish air, called
Whip Her below the Couring, which is inserted in the
Crockat Manuscript, and was printed in The Dancing
Master, by Playford, under the name of Yellow Stock-
ings, in 1657. This tune has been a great favourite, time
out of mind, in both kingdoms. The old Scots song is in-
admissible, for an obvious reason; but there are several
humorous English ones to the same tune, such as " Madam
Fig's Gala," &c.j of considerable merit.
DLIX.
SWEETEST MAY, LET LOVE INSPIRE THEE.
This petit morceau, words and music, was communicated
by Burns. The tune is very simple and sweet, yet the cri-
tical reader will easily discover that Burns, in this instance,
has parodied the first verse of the old song of There's my
Thumb ril ne'er beguile Thee. It begins —
My sweetest May,* let love incline thee,
T' accept a heart which he designs thee ;
And as your constant slave regard it.
Syne for its faithfulness reward it.
'Tis proof a-shot to birth or money.
But yields to what is sweet and bonny.
DLX.
ARGYLE IS MY NAME.
This ballad is universally attributed to John Campbell, the
renowned Duke of Argyle and Greenwich, whose uncorrupt-
ed patriotism and military talents, justly entitled him to be
ranked among the greatest benefactors of his country. He
* May, i. c. Maid,
1)LX. ARGYLE IS MY NAME. 487
died on the 4tli of October 1 743, in the sixty-third year of his
age.
Old David Herd published a copy of this ballad in his
Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs in 1776, under the title
of Bannocks o' Barley Meal, with two additional stanzas ;
but these were rejected in the Museum, on account of their
being both spurious and indehcate. The tune is of Gaelic
origin.
Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck, Esq., M.P., altered and
abridged this old ballad for Mr Thomson's Collection, vol.
iii., pubUshed in 1801.
DLXI.
AN I'LL AWA TO BONNY TWEEDSIDE.
This song was written by Allan Ramsay, and published
in his Tea-Table Miscellany, A.D. 1726. He directs it to
be sung to the tune of We'll a' to Kelso go. In the Museum,
the words have accordingly been adapted to this lively old
air, which is also preserved in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket
Companion, book vi. p. 11. The old song of We''ll cC to
Kelso go^ is supposed to be lost.
DLXII.
GENTLY BLAW, YE EASTERN BREEZES.
This song was written by Mr John Anderson, engraver of
music in Edinburgh. It is adapted to a very ancient and
beautiful air, entitled 0 gin my Love were but a Rose, from
the first line of an old but rather indelicate song, still well
known. Two verses of the old song were retouched by a
modern hand, and printed in Herd's Collection, in 1776. —
The reader will find them in the sixth volume of the Mu-
seum (vide Song 594) ; but they are there adapted to a dif-
ferent tune, taken from Gow's Collection, called Lord Bal-
gonie's Delight.
DLXIII.
IN YON GARDEN FINE AND GAY.
Mr Anderson, author of the last .song, informed the Edi-
488 DLXIII. IN YON GARDEN FINE AND GAY.
tor, that the words and music of this were taken down from
the singing of Mr Charles Johnson, father of Mr James
Johnson, the publisher of the Museum. The song was ac-
quired by old Johnson in his infancy, and he was then in-
formed that it was very ancient. From the simplicity of the
air, which consists of one strain, and the structure of the
words, there can be no doubt of the correctness of the old
man's information.
DLXIV.
THE POOR PEDLAR.
This humorous ballad, beginning " There was a noble
lady so fair," has been a favourite among the peasantry of
Scotland time out of mind. But the strain of double mean-
ing, which runs through many of the verses, must ever prove
a bar to its reception in the more polished circles of modern
society.
DLXV.
YOU ASK ME, CHARMING FAIR.
This beautiful song was written by William Hamilton of
Bangour, Esq. The composer of the charming melody, to
which the verses are united, has hitherto escaped the research-
es of the Editor.
DLXVI.
O, KEN YE WHAT MEG O' THE MILL HAS GOTTEN ?
This humorous old song was retouched by Burns in 1788,
and sent to the publisher of the Museum, with directions to
unite it to the old air called Jackey Hume''& Lament. This
was accordingly done.
Mr Burns, about five years thereafter, made several al-
terations on the first copy of his song, which he transmitted
to Mr George Thomson, with the following introduction :
" Do you know a fine air called Jackie Hume's Lament ?
I have a song of considerable merit to that air. FlI enclose
you both the song and tune, as I had them ready to send to
Johnson's Museum-"
DLXVI. O, KEN YE WHAT MEG O' THE MILL, &C. 489
It had escaped the bard's recollection, that the original
draught of the song, as well as the air, had been sent to the
publisher of the Museum long before this period, and that
he had altered his intention of having the second edition of
the song set to the air of Jackie Hume's Lament ; for, in Dr
Currie's edition of Burns' Works, we find that it is directed to
be sung to the air of O honnie Lass will ye lie in a Barrack.
The song, with Burns' last alterations, is annexed for the
reader's perusal.
MEG O' THE MILL.
Air—" O, bonnie Lass will ye lie in a Barrack."
0 KEN ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten.
An' ken ye what Meg o' t^ie mill has gotten ?
She has gotten a coof wi' a claut o' siller.
And broken the heart o' the barley miller.
The miller was strappin, the miller was ruddy,
A heart like a lord, and a hue like a lady ;
The laird was a widdiefu' bleerit knurl ;
She's left the guid fallow and ta'en the churl. ^
The miller he hecht her a heart leal and loving ;
The laird did address her wi' matter mair moving,
A fine pacing horse, wi' a clear-chained bridle,
A whip by her side, and a bonnie side-saddle.
O wae on the siller, it is sae prevailing !
And wae on the love that is fixed on a maileu !
A tocher's nae vv^ord in a true lover's parle.
But, gie me my love, and a fig for the vparl' !
DLXVII,
HOW SWEET IS THE SCENE AT THE DAWNING OF MORNING.
This fine song is another of the productions of the late
Mr Richard Gall. The original manuscript is in the hands
of the Editor. The words are adapted to the fine old air,
called " The Humours o' Glen."
DLXVIII,
SURE MY JEAN IS BEAUTY'S BLOSSOM.
This song was also written by Mr Gall. The original
manuscript of it is likewise in the possession of the Editor.
The words are adapted to a very pretty modern air, which
was communicated by Mr Gall himself
490
DLXIX.
HOW SWEET THIS LONE VALE.
This song was written by the Honourable Andrew Erskine^
brother of Thomas late Earl of Kellie, an eminent violin
performer and musical amateur. Burns admired this song
very much. In a letter addressed to Mr George Thomson,
dated 7th June, 1793, he says, " Mr Erskine's songs are
all pretty, but his Lone Vale is divine."
The verses are adapted to a favourite GaeUc melody.
DLXX.
JOCKEY'S TA'EN THE PARTING KISS.
This charming song was written by Burns for the Museum.
It is adapted to the ancient air csiWedi Bonnie Lassie tak a Man,
which is also preserved in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Com-
panion. The old song is supposed to be now lost.
DLXXI.
WHAT'S THAT TO YOU.
This is one of Thomas Durfey's Anglo-Scottish produc-
tions, with some alterations by Allan Ramsay. Durfey's
verses wei-e printed with the music in Playford's Wit and
Mirth, vol. iii. first edition, London, 1702. Some of them
are very indelicate, and even the copy re-touched by Ram-
say, and printed in the Tea-Table Miscellany, in 1724, is not
altogether free from objections on the same scoi-e. Ramsay
directs the song to be sung to the tune of " The Glancing of
her Apron ;'' but this tune being already inserted in a former
volume of the Museum, Johnson got the words adapted to a
modern Scots air. Mr James Hook of London, about thirty
years ago, composed a beautiful melody to the modernized verses,
DLXXII.
LITTLE WAT YE WHA'S COMING.
This Jacobite ballad was written about the time of the
rebellion in 1715. Its old title was " The Chevalier's Mus-
ter-RoU, 1715." The author, of course, is anonymous.
The Dunywastles (Dhuine Uasal, Gaelic) were the Hi'^h-
DLXXIT. LITTLE WAT YE WHA'S COMING. 491
land lairds or gentlemen. The Earls of Wigton, Niths-
dale, Carnwath, and Derwentwater ; the Viscount Kenmure,
and Thomas Foster, Esq. M.P. for Northumberland, and
commander-in-chief of the Chevalier's English forces; the
Earl of Widdrington and Lord Nairn are the personages al-
luded to in the third stanza of the ballad. The names in the
other verses are either those of particular clans, or such as
are applicable to all.
The old tune, to which the words are adapted, was former-
ly called " Fiddle Strings are dear. Laddie,*" from the first
line of an ancient, though now almost forgotten song. It
began—
Fiddle strings are dear, laddie.
Fiddle strings are dear, laddie.
An' ye break your fiddle strings,
Ye'se get nae mair the year, laddie.
The same tune, in Gow's and other recent collections, is
called Tail Toddle, but from what cause the Editor has been
unable to discover. The old tune, called " Cuttyman and
Treeladle," which is mentioned by Ramsay in the canto which
he added to the ancient poem of " Christ's Kirk on the
Green," has a considerable resemblance to " Fiddle Strings
are dear. Laddie." Both airs seem to have been composed
about one period, if not by the same minstrel.
DLXXIII.
O LEAVE NOVELS, YE MAUCHLINE BELLES.
This humorous but friendly advice to the ladies of
Mauchline, a town in Ayrshire, on the dangers arising from
an indiscriminate use of novels, was written by Burns in 1785.
The Roh Mossgiell in the ballad was our bard himself, who
has substituted the name of his farm in place of his own sur-
name. The words are adapted to a favourite Scots measure,
or dancing tune.
DLXXIV.
O LAY THY LOOP IN MINE, LASS.
This song was written by Bums for the Museum. It is
492 DLXXIV.— O, LAY THY LOOF IN MINE, LASS,
adapted to the favourite old tune, called The Cordivamer' s
March, which, in former times, was usually played before
that ancient and useful fraternity, at their annual procession
on St Crispin's day. The tune, is also preserved in Aird's
first volume of Select Airs, and other collections,
DLXXV.
SAW YE THE THANE O' MEIKLE PRIDE.
This ballad, entitled " Duncan, a fragment," was written
by Henry Mackenzie, Esq. author of The Man of
Feeling, and many other well-known and justly esteemed
works. It was a juvenile composition ; but when the late
Dr Blacklock first heard the author's father read the manu-
script of this poem and that of " Kenneth," as his son's com-
positions, he predicted that the young poet would, in his more
advanced years, make a distinguished and respectable figure
in the republic of literature ; a prediction which has been
most amply verified.
Johnson, the publisher of the Museum, has omitted seve-
ral stanzas of the ballad for want of room, but the reader
will find the whole of it in Mr Mackenzie's works, printed at
Edinburgh in 1812, or in Herd's Collection in 1776, and in
various other publications.
The tune to which the words are united in the Museum
is, perhaps, one of the sweetest melodies, in the minor mode,
that ever was played or sung. The composer's name has
hitherto eluded every research that the Editor has made.
DLXXVI.
GO, PLAINTIVE SOUNDS.
This song was written by William Hamilton of Bangour,
Esq. Mr William Shield of London set the words to a tune
of his own composition, which is printed in Ritson's Collec-
tion of Scottish Songs, London 1794. In the Museum the
words are united to a fine modern Scottish air.
4^3
DLXXVII.
BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMYo
This justly celebrated and patriotic song, beginning " Scots
wha hae wi' Wallace bled," was written by Burns on the 1 st
of August 1793. The following account of its origin, from
the pen of his friend Mr Syme, is very interesting.
On the 30th of July 1793, Mr Syme and our bard set out
on horseback from the hospitable mansion of Mr Gordon of
Kenmure, for Gatehouse, a village in the stewartry of Kirk-
cudbright. " I took him (says Mr Syme) by the moor-road,
where savage and desolate regions extended wide around.
The sky was sympathetic with the wretchedness of the soil ;
it became louring and dark. The hollow winds sighed, the
lightnings gleamed, the thunder rolled. The poet enjoyed
the awful scene — he spoke not a word, but seemed rapt in
meditation.
*' What do you think he was about ? He was charging
the English army along with Bruce at Bannockburn. He
was engaged in the same manner on our ride home from St
Mary's Isle, and I did not disturb him. Next day (2d July
1793) he produced me the following Address of Bruce to his
Troops, and gave me a copy for Dalzell." (Here follows the
song.)
In the month of September following, Burns transmitted
another copy of the song to Mr George Thomson, accompa-
nied with a letter, in which he says, " I have shewed the air
(meaning Hey now the Day dawis, or, as it is sometimes called.
Hey tiitti taitie) to Urbani, who was liighly pleased with iff
and begged me to make soft verses for it ; but I had no idea
of giving myself any trouble on the subject, till the accidental
recollection of that glorious struggle for freedom, associated
with the glowing ideas of some other struggles of the same
nature, not quite so ancient, roused my rhyming mania."
Mr Thomson, on receiving the song, wrote Mr Burns to
the following effect : " Your heroic ode is to me the noblest
composition of the kind in the Scottish language. I liap-
494 DLXXVII. BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY.
pened to dine yesterday with a party of your friends, to whonj
I read it. They were all charmed with it, entreated me to
find out a suitable air for it, and reprobated the idea of giving
it a tune so totally devoid of interest or grandeur, as " Hey
tutti taitie." Assuredly, your partiality for this tune must
arise from the ideas associated in your mind by the tradition
concerning it ; for I never heard any person, and I have con-
versed again and again with the greatest enthusiasts for Scot-
tisli airs — I say, I have never heard any one speak of it as
worthy of notice."" Mr T. then proceeds to inform the bard,
that he had fixed on the tune of Lewie Gordon for the words ;
but this tune required an elongation of the last line of each
verse, to make the words and music agree together.
This unfortunate criticism obhged Burns to lengthen and
alter the last line of every stanza, to suit the newly-suggested
air, which, instead of improving, manifestly injures the simple
majesty of the original. That the old air was susceptible of
stirring up or assuaging the passions, according to the differ-
ent styles in which it may be played or sung, was at one
glance obvious to Urbani, than whom no better judge of
these matters ever lived. The tune has also been a favourite
of Messrs Braham, Incledon, Sinclair, and the best singers
throughout the united kingdom. To us, indeed, it appears
impossible, that any person, who is endowed with the smallest
portion of musical taste, can listen to the song of " The Land
of the Leal," without feeling the most tender emotions of pity,
or hear " The Bruce's Address to his Troops," without par-
taking of that patriotic flame that glowed in the breasts of his
gallant ancestors. Mr Thomson, however, after some years
reflection, has himself become a convert to the united sense of
the public. In a late edition of his third volume, in which
the tune of " Hey tutti taitie" is happily adapted to the ori-
ginal words of Burns, he observes, that " the poet originally
intended this noble strain for the air just mentioned ; but, on
a suggestion from the editor of this work, who then thought
'Lewie Gordon' a fitter tune for the words, they were united
DLXXVII. BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY.
49^
together, and published in the preceding volume, page 74.
The editor, however, having since examined the air ' Hey
tutti taitie' with more particular attention, frankly owns, that
he has changed his opinion, and that he thinks it much better
adapted for giving energy to the poetry, than the air of
' Lewie Gordon.' "
As the tune of " Hey now the Day dawis*" was inserted in
the second volume of the Museum, (vide Song No 170, and
the observations upon it in a former part of the present work)
Johnson requested Mr William Clarke, the organist, to set
Burns' song to a simple ballad tune which he sent him. It is
undoubtedly pretty, but by no means calculated to give ade-
quate expression to the bold and energetic sentiments of the
bard. Some people too, having got by rote the altered edi-
tion of this poem, sing it to the old air ; but they are obliged
to distort the tune, to make it suit the lengthened lines. For
these reasons, we shall now present the reader with the words
and air in their original simplicity, according to the first in-
tention of the bard.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARiMY,
AT THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN, 24fA June 1314,
As originally written by Burns,
To the tune of^'' Hey now the Day daiois."
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Scots wlia hae \vi' Wallace bled, Scots wham Bruce lias
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af-ten led. Welcome to your go-ry bed. Or to vie -to - ry.
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496
DLXXVir. BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY.
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Now's the day, and now's the houi". See the front of bat- tie low'r.
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See approach proud Edward's pow'r. Chains and sla - ve - ry.
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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.
Freemen stand or freemen fa'.
Let him follow me !
By oppression's woes and pains !
By your sons in servile chains !
We will drain our dearest veins.
But they shall be free.
Lay the proud usurper low !
Tyrants fall in every foe !
Liberty's in every blow !
Let us do, or die !
DLXXVIII.
FAREWELL YE FIELDS AND MEADOWS GREEN.
This song, entitled " Miss Forbes' Farewell to Banff,"
was written by the late Mr John Hamilton, music-seller in
Edinburgh. It is adapted to a favourite air, composed by
Mr Isaac Cooper of Banff, musician.
The musical reader will observe a considerable similarity
between this air and the tune of jShamion's Jlowery Banks,
which, though generally supposed to be an Irish melody, was
composed by Mr James Hook of London, organist, in 1783,
and sung by Mrs Kennedy, at Vauxhall, with much applause.
497
DLXXIX.
THE BLIND HARPER.
This fine old ballad, beginning " O heard ye of a silly
harper," with its original melody, was recovered by Burns,
' and transmitted to Johnson for his Museum.
Mr Ritson, in his Historical Essay on Scottish Song, al-
ludes to this ballad in the following Avords : " The Reverend
Mr Boyd, the ingenious translator of < Dante,' had a faint re-
collection of a ballad of a Scotch minstrel who stole a horse
from one of the Henrys of England.""
In Mr Scott's Minstrelsy of the Border, we have another
edition of the same ballad, under the title of " The Lochma-
ben Harper," but it is not so complete as the copy in the Mu-
seum. The fourth, fifth, and eighteenth stanzas of the ori-
ginal ballad are omitted in Mr Scott's edition. The follow-
ing stanza, however, is substituted for the eighteenth :
Now all this while, in merry Carlisle,
The harper harped to high and low.
And the fiend thing dought they do but listen him to.
Until the day began to daw.
Mr Scott has the following verse at the end of his edition,
which is not in the original :
Then aye he harped, and aye he carped,
Sae sweet were the harpings he let them hear;
He was paid for the foal he had never lost.
And three times o'er for the gude gray mare.
In Mr Scott's copy, the scene is laid at Carlisle, and the
warden of that city is substituted for King Henry himself.
DLXXX.
MY NANNIE, O.
This song, beginning " Behind yon hills where riv'lets
row," , was written by Burns, and printed in the second edi-
tion of his Poems, at Edinburgh, in 1787. The first line of
the song, as originally written, was " Behind yon hills where
Stinchar flows," but Burns afterwards inserted the word
Lugar, the name of anpther river in the county of Ayr, in
preference to the former, as being more agreeable to the ear.
498
DLXXX. MY NANNIE, O.
Burns directs the song to be sung to the tune of " My
Nannie, O." This fine air is inserted in the first volume of
the Museum, with the words by Allan Ramsay. — Vide Song'
No 88. In order to avoid a repetition of the same tune, Mr
William Clarke adapted the verses by Burns to a favourite
modern melody, composed by Mr Thomas Ebdon of Dur-
ham, organist.
DLXXXI.
GO FROM MY WINDOW, LOVE, DO.
This fragment of an ancient ballad, with its melody, was
recovered by Burns, and transmitted to Johnson for the Mu-
seum. It is all that remains, we believe, of one of those
secular songs that were parodied about the dawn of the Re-
formation in Scotland, and printed by Wedderburne in
1549, under the title of " Ane compendious Booke of Godly
and Spirituall Songs, collectit out of sundrie partes of the
scripture, with sundrie of other ballates, changed out of pro-
faine sanges, for avoiding sinne and harlotrie." The Editor,
however, has met with a far more ancient, and, he thinks,
more genuine set of the melody than that communicated by
Burns, which he shall now annex with the first verse of Wed-
derburne's parody.
Slow,
'^W.
Sit^E^-ES
z«-i3i
1=3
Who Is at my window, who, who ? Go from my window, goe.
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Who call -is there, so like a stranger? Go
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DLXX:XI. GO FROM JIY WINDOW, LOVE, DO, 4l>0
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< from my window, go.
^^^m.
Wedderburn's parody must have been well known in Eng-
land early in the reign of Elizabeth, for a new tune was made
to it by J. D. i. e. John Dowland, Avhich is still preserved
in a work called " An Instruction to the Orpharion," print-
ed at London by William Barley, in 1596. Dowland con-
tributed " Mrs Winter's Jump," and several other airs, to this
work ; but his tune of " Go from my Window, goe," is alto-
gether different from the ancient Scottish melody.
DLXXXII.
THE RAIN RINS DOWN THRO' MIRRYLAND TOWN.
This old Scottish ballad was published by Bishop Percy,
under the title of " The Jew's Daughter," in his Reliques
of Ancient Poetry, printed at London in 1765. The manu-
script was sent to him from Scotland.
The bishop observes, that " the ballad is probably built
upon some Italian legend, and bears a great resemblance to
the Prioresse's Tale in Chaucer ; the poet seems also to have
had an eye to the known story of Hugh oj? Lincoln, a child
said to have been murthered there by the Jews, in the reign
of Henry III. The conclusion of this ballad appears to be
wanting : what it probably contained, may be seen in Chau-
cer. As for MiRRYLAND-TowN, it is probably a corruption
of Milan (called by the Dutch Meylandt) Toun ; since the
Pa is evidently the river Po." — Percy's Reliques.
The story of Hugh of Lincoln, a boy about eight years
old, being murdered by the Jews, and of the child's body
having been discovered in a well by his disconsolate mother,
with the punishments inflicted on that dispersed and perse-
cuted people, are circumstantially narrated by Mathew Paris.
But Bishop Percy observes, that " the supposed practice of
500 DLXXXII, THE RAIN RINS DOWN, &C.
the Jews, in crucifying, and otherwise murdering, Christian
children out of hatred to the reUgion of their parents, hath
always been alleged in excuse for the cruelties exercised up-
on that wretched people, but which probably never happened
in a single instance. For, if we consider, on the one hand,
the ignorance and superstition of the times when such stories
took their rise, the virulent prejudices of the monks who re-
cord them, and the eagerness with which they would be
catched up by the barbarous populace as a pretence for plun-
der ; on the other hand, the great danger incurred by the
perpetrators, and the inadequate motives they could have to
excite them to a crime of so much horror, we may reasonably
conclude the whole charge to be groundless and malicious."
There are various editions of this ballad. That in the
Museum, which was taken from Percy's Reliques, volume
first, is merely a fragment. A more perfect copy was pub-
lished by Mr Jamieson in his Ancient Ballads and Songs,
printed at Edinburgh in 1806. It was taken down, 'verba-
tim, from the recitation of Mrs Brown of Falkland, wife of
the reverend Dr Brown. Another edition of the ballad, un-
der the title of " Sir Hugh," appears in Gilchrist's Scottish
Ballads, vol. i. page 210. Edinburgh, 1814. But the fol-
lowing edition, communicated by an intelligent antiquarian
correspondent, appears to be the most complete version yet
obtained.
SIR HUGH OF LINCOLN,
An old Scottish Ballad.
The rain rins down thro' merry Lincoln,
Sae does it down the Pa ;
Sae rin the lads o' merry Lincoln,
Whan they play at the ba'.
Four and twenty bonnie young boys
Were playing at the ba'.
With sweet Sir Hugh of Lincoln town.
The flower aman^ them a'.
DLXXXII.— THE RAIN RINS DOWN, &C. 501
He kick'd the ba' wi' his right foot.
And stopt it wi' his knee.
And thro' and thro' the Jew's window
He gard it quickly flee.
Sir Hugh hied to the Jew's castle.
And walk'd it round about.
And there he saw the Jew's daughter.
At a window looking out.
" Cast down the ba' to me, fair maid ;
Cast down the ba' to me :"
" I winna cast down the ba," she said,
" Till you come up to me."
" How will I come up ?" said sweet Sir Hugh,
" How can I come up to thee ?
For as ye did to my father dear.
The same ye'U do to me."
" Come in Sir Hugh, my dear Sir Hugh,
And ye sail get the ba' ;"
" I winna come in, I canna come in.
Without my play-fere's a'."
Then outen came the Jew's daughter.
The sweet Sir Hugh to win-;
She powd the apples red and white.
And wyl'd the young thing in.
She has wyl'd him thro' ae dark dark room,
Sae has she done thro' twa :
She has wyl'd him to anither room.
The mirkest o' them a'.
Then she has ta'en a sharp pen-knife.
That hung down by her gair.
And she has twin'd Sir Hugh o' his life ;
Ae word he never spake mair.
She laid him on a dressing-board,
Whar she did aften dine ;
And then she took his fair body.
And drest it like a swine.
And first came out the thick thick blood.
And syne came out the thin.
And syne came out the bonule heart's blood.
There was nae life left in.
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She rowd him in a cake of lead.
Bade him lie still and sleep :
She cast him in a garden well.
Was fifty fathom deep.
When bells were rung, and mass was sung,
Ah* a' the bairns came hame ;
Then ilka lady had her young son.
But lady Helen had nane.
She wrapt her mantle her about.
And sair sair gan she weep.
Till she came to the Jew's castle.
When all were fast asleep.
" My bonnie Sir Hugh, my pretty Sir Hugh,
I pray thee to me speak ;"
" O lady rin to the deep draw-well.
Gin ye your son wad seek."
Then she ran to the deep draw-well.
And knelt upon her knee ;
" My bonnie Sir Hugh, my sweet Sir Hugh,
I pray thee speak to me."
" The lead is wond'rous heavy, mither.
The well is very deep ;
A keen pen-knife sticks in my heart.
But, mither, dinna weep."
Gae hame, gae hame, my mither dear.
Prepare my winding-sheet.
And at the back o' merry Lincoln,
It's there we twa sail meet.
Now lady Helen is gane hame.
Made him a winding-sheet.
And, at the back o' merry Lincoln
The dead corpse did her meet.
And a' the bells o' merry Lincoln,
Without men's hands were rung ;
And a' the books o' merry Lincoln,
Were read without men's tongue.
Was never heard in Christantie,
By woman, chyld, or man.
Sic selcouth sounds at a burial.
Sen Adam's days began.
BLXXXII. THE KAIN RINS DOWN, &C.
503
Though the foregoing ballad is Scottish, yet, in all pro-
bability, it has been derived from a still more ancient English
tragic ballad ; for the scene of it not only lies in England,
but the English tune to which it was sung is also known.
It is very different from the Scottish melody, and seems even
more appropriate to the melancholy catastrophe of the poem.
For the satisfaction of the reader, we shall annex the English
air, from Mr Smith's " Musica Antiqua," vol. i. folio 65.
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DLXXXIII.
CAULD IS THE E'ENING BLAST.
This short song was written by Burns for the Museum.
It is adapted to an old Scottish air, called " Peggy Ram-
say," which, in several bars, resembles the tune of *' O'er
Bogie." The ancient words, adapted to the tune of Peggy
Ramsay, began —
Bonny Peggy Ramsay,
As ony man may see.
Has a bonny sweet face.
And a gleg glintin ee.
The old song is witty, but indelicate. A corrupted copy
of it was inserted in the third volume of Henry Playford's
Pills, published at London in 1704, who directs it to be sung
to the tune of " The Suburbs of London/' which is totally
different and very inferior to the original Scottish air.
DLXXXIV.
O, TURN AWAY THOSE CRUEL EYES.
The author of this song is unknown to the Editor. It is
adapted to an old air, called " Be Lordly, Lassie," from
the first Jine of a silly old nursery song, beginning —
Be lordly, lassie, be lordly.
Be lordly, lassie, be lordly ;
Put a hand in each side
And walk like a bride.
Your mither bids you be lordly.
DLXXXV.
O, MARY, YE'S BE CLAD IN SILK.
This song is only slightly altered from the original words
of " The Siller Crown," which the reader will find in the
third volume of the Museum. — Vide Song" No 240.
This new version of " The Siller Crown" first appeared
in Urbani's Collection of Scottish Songs, adapted to a beauti-
ful modern Scottish air, composed by Miss Grace Corbett
of Edinburgh when she was only eleven years old. Both
the words and new melody were copied into the sixth volume
of the Museum, by Urbani's permission.
505
DLXXXXVI.
THERE WAS A BONNIE LASS.
This song was written by Burns. The words are adapt-
ed to the tune of a favourite slow march.
DLXXXVII.
NO CHURCHMAN AM I.
This is another production of Burns. It was published
in the second edition of his poems, printed at Edinburgh in
1787. The words are adapted to a beautiful tune, called
" The Lazy Mist," from the last volume of Oswald's Cale-
donian Pocket Companion. Several modern songs, such as
" Prepare, my dear Brethren," — " Honest Dermot,"" &c.
have been united to this fine old air.
DLXXXVIII.
THE HIGHLANDER'S LAMENT.
This song, beginning " A soldier for gallant achievements
renown"'d,'" is a fragment of a larger poem, supposed to have
been MTitten by an anonymous hand after the battle of Cul-
loden, in 1746. The tune is said to be a Gaelic melody.
DLXXXIX.
THERE'S NEWS, LASSES, NEWS !
This humorous song was retouched by Burns from a very
ancient one, called " I winna gang to my Bed until I get a
Man.'' It is adapted to the lively old original air, which xxiay
be considered one of the earliest specimens of Scottish
Reels. It appears in Skene's MSS. circa, 1570} under tlie ;
title of / winna gang to my Bed till I sud die. > • , •
DXC.
HARD IS THE FATE OF HIM WHO LOVES.
This elegant pastoral song was written by James Thom-
son, Esq. the well-known author of " The Seasons," " The
Castle of Indolence," and many other excellent poems. The
composer of the plaintive air, to which the words are suited,
is not known. The bass part was added by Mr AViUiam
Clarke.
)06
DXCI.
YE MUSES NINE, O LEND YOUR AID !
This song, entitled The Highland King, iTiade its appear-
ance soon after the publication of The Highland Queen, by Mr
Macvicar, to which it was intended as an answer. Vide Song,
No 1. vol. i. of' the Museum. It was printed as a sheet song,
and did not appear in any regular collection until the publi-
cation of Wilson's " St Cecilia," at Edinburgh in ].779.
The author of the song, as well as the composer of the melo-
dy, have hitherto escaped the Editor's researches.
DXCII.
NELLY'S DREAM.
This song, beginning Bright the moon aboon yon moun-
tain, was written by the late Mr John Hamilton, music-sel-
ler in Edinburgh. He published it with the music as a sheet
song, and it was copied into the Museum by his permission.
Mr Hamilton furnished several other songs for the same
work.
DXCIII.
O THAT I HAD NE'ER BEEN MARRIED.
The first verse of this song is old ; the second was written
by Burns for the Museum. The Bard likewise communica-
ted the beautiful old air to which it is united.
In a letter to Mrs Dunlop, dated 5th December, 1795,
Burns introduces the original lines to her notice, with the fol-
lowing prefatory remarks : " There had much need be ma-
ny pleasures annexed to the states of husband and father ;
for, God knows ! they have many peculiar cares. I cannot
describe to you the anxious sleepless hours these ties fre-
quently give me. I see a train of helpless little folks, me
and my exertions all their stay ; and on what a brittle thread
does the life of man hang ! If I am nipt off at the command
of fate, even in all the vigour of manhood as I am — such
things happen every day ; — gracious God ! what would be-
come of my little flock ! 'Tis here that I envy your people
of fortune. A father on his death-bed, taking an everlasting
leave of his children, has indeed woe enough ; but the man
DXCIII. O THAT I HAD NE'eR BEEN MARRIED. 507
of competent fortune leaves his sons and daughters independ-
ency and friends ; while I but I shall run distracted if I
think any longer on the subject !
" To leave talking of the matter so gravely, I shall sing
with the old Scots ballad —
" O THAT I had ne'er been married,
I would never had nae care ;
Now I've gotten wife and bainis—
They cry, crowdie ! evermair.
Crowdie ! ance — crowdie !■' — twice—
Crowdie ! three times in a day ;
An ye crowdie ony mair,
Ye'U crowdie a' my meal away."
DXCIV,
O GIN MY LOVE WERE YON RED ROSE.
This fragment is copied verbatim from Herd's Collection,
printed in 1776. Burns had a high opinion of its poetical
merit. In a letter to Mr Thomson, he says, " Do you know
the following beautiful little fragment in Witherspoon's Col-
lection of Scots Songs ?
Air. — " Hughie Graham."
" O GIN my love were yon red rose
That grows upon the castle wa'.
And I mysel' a drap o' dew.
Into her bonnie breast to fa' !
Oh ! there, beyond expression blest,
I'd feast on beauty a' the night :
Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest.
Till fley'd awa' by Phoebus' light.
*^ This thought is inexpressibly beautiful, and quite, so far
as I know, original. It is too short for a song, else I would
forswear you altogether, unless you gave it a place. I have
often tried to eke a stanza to it, but in vain. After balancina:
myself, for a musing five minutes, on the hind-legs of my el-
bow-chair, I produced the following :
" 0 WERE my love yon lilac fair,
Wi' purple blossoms to the spring ;
And I a bird to shelter there.
When wearied on my little wing ;
508 DXCIV. O GIN MY LOVE WERE YON KED KOSE.
How wad I mourn when it was torn
By autumn wild and winter rude !
But I wad sing on wanton wing
When youthfu' May its bloom renew'd."
" These verses are very far inferior to the foregoing, I
frankly confess ; but if worthy insertion at all, they might be
first in place, as every poet, who knows any thing of his trade,
will husband his best thoughts for a concluding stroke." —
Burns' Works.
Mr Thomson paid attention to this hint in arranging the
old and new words ; but, in place of the air of " Hughie
Graham," (the music and words of which old ballad are
printed in the fourth volume of the Museum, vide Song No
303), he has adapted the song to a Gaehc or Irish melody ;
for it is claimed by both nations. This melody, in Gow's
Second Collection, is called Ceanu duhh dileas, and in Era-
ser's Highland Airs, Cuir a ghaoil dileas tharrum do lavili,
i. e. " Place, true Love, thine arms around me." All these
tliree sets of the tune differ, in some notes, from each other,
as well as from the Irish set of the same air, printed in the
Irish Melodies.
In the Museum, the words of 0 gin my Love were yon red
Rose, are united to a strathspey tune, printed in Gow's Fourth
Collection of Reels, &c. under the title of " Lord Balgonie's
Favourite, a very old Highland tune," which was afterwards
pubhshed under the new title of " Gloomy Winter's now awa,"
from the first line of a beautiful Scots song adapted to that
air, written by the late Mr Robert Tannahill of Paisley.
This strathspey, hoAvever, has lately been claimed as a modern
production by Mr Alexander Campbell, the editor of Albyn's
Anthology. In the first volume of that work, Mr C. says
he composed this strathspey in the year 1783, and in ] 791, or
1792, he published and inscribed it to the Rev. Patrick Mac-
donald of Kilmore. The writer of this article has made a di-
ligent search for this production, but has met with no copy to
decide the question between Messrs Gow and Campbell. But
DXCIV.— '0 GIN MY LOVE WEEE YON KEB ROSE. 509
the reader, on comparing the air of Burns' song of " 0 lay
thy Loof in mine, Lass," (vide No 574 of the Museum), which
was taken from Aird's First Collection, and has been known
time out of mind by the name of " The Cordwainer's March,"
will observe a striking similarity between it and the disputed
composition.
But the proper air of " O gin my Love were but a
Rose," is neither the Strathspey in question, nor Hughie
Graham, nor the Gaelic or Irish Melody before alluded
to. Both the words and air of this old song are still very
well known. The first four lines of it, as printed in Herd's
Collection, only are genuine ; the other four, though beauti-
ful, are comparatively modern. The strain of double mean-
ing, that runs through the whole of the eight verses of the old
song, prevents their insertion in the present work ; but the
tune to which they are uniformly sung, is that which Mr
Anderson has selected for his song of Gently blow ye East-
ern Breezes, printed in the sixth volume of the Museum.
Vide Song No. 562.
DXCV.
THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE, WHEN OUR GOOD-
WIFE'S AW A.
This very humorous modern ballad is a parody of the
celebrated poetic tale, called The Wife of Auchtermuchty,
which tradition affirms to have been composed by a priest of
the name of Moffat, in the reign of James V. A manuscript
copy of the original, which is preserved in the Bannatyne
Manuscript of 1 568, in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh,
corroborates the traditional account, for the signature " quod
Moffat,^'' is actually subjoined to that copy. This curious old
ballad is printed in Herd's Collection 1776, and in several
others. But the most perfect edition is that in Blackwood's
Edinburgh Monthly Magazine for April 1817.
The name of the author of the parody has not yet been
discovered ; but the writer has evidently meant it to be an
answer to the beautiful ballad of, There''s nae Luck ahout
510 DXCV. THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE, &C.
the House when our Gudeman's awa, which was written by
William Julius Mickle, Esq., the ingenious translator of
The Lusiad. It is printed in the first volume of the
Museum. Vide Song, No 44. The beautiful tune to which
Mickle's ballad was adapted, would have suited the parody
equally well ; but Johnson united the latter to a sprightly
modern tune for the sake of greater variety.
DXCVI.
WILLIE AND ANNET.
This old Border ballad was inserted in Herd's Collection
in 1776. In the Museum the words are adapted to an air in
the new series of The Vocal Magazine, published at Edin-
burgh, by the late Mr James Sibbald, in 1803. In that work
the air is said to have been " communicated by a lady in
Orkney.'' But the old Border melody is much better adapted
to the words. Vide notes on Song No 482, of the Museum.
DXCVII.
O M ALLY'S MEEK, MALLY'S SWEET.
This song was written by Burns for the Museum. He
also communicated the air to which it is united ; but it is evi-
dently borrowed from the fine old Lowland melody of
Andro and his cutty Gim.
'^'XCVIII.
TELL ME, JESSY, TELL ME WHY.
This song was written and published by the late Mr John
Hamilton, music-seller in Edinburgh, by whose permission it
was inserted in the Museum.
DXCIX.
I CARE NA FOR YOUR EEN SAE ^LUE.
This song was also written and published by Mr John Ha-
milton, before it appeared, by his permission, in the Museum.
DC.
GOOD NIGHT AND JOY BE WI' YOU A'.
This beautiful tune has, time out of mind, been played at
the breaking up of convivial parties in Scotland. 'J' he prin-
cipal publishers of Scottish music have also adopted it, as their
DC. GOOD NIGHT AND JOY BE Wl"" YOU a\ 511
farewell air, in closing their musical works. Macgibbon placed
it at the end of his third and last volume of Scottish Airs, pub-
lished in 1755, Oswald closed the fourth volume of his Ca-
ledonian Pocket Companion with the same air. Oswald pro-
bably then thought it would be th6 last volume of his work,
but he afterwards found materials for no less than eiglit
more. Mr James Johnson followed the same example, in
closing his sixth and last volume of the Scots Musical Mu-
seum.
There are two songs adapted to this air in the Museum.
The first is said to have been composed by Thomas Arm-
strong, the night before his execution for the murder of Sir
John Carmichael of Edrom, warden of the middle marches
on the Border of Scotland. The warden was murdered 16th
June 1600, and Armstrong suffered on 14th November
1601. It is by no means certain that these verses are the
original words.
This tune was a particular favourite with Burns, who
wrote the second song, beginning Adieu ! a heartwarm
fond adieu i In one of his letters, he says, *' Ballad-
making is now as completely my hobby-horse, as ever fortifi-
cation was Uncle Toby's ; so I'll e'en canter it away till I
come to the limit of my race, (God grant that I may take
the right side of the winni ng-post !), and then, cheer-
fully looking back on the honest folks with whom I have
been happy, I shall say or sing, ' Sae merry as we a' hae
been !' and raising my last looks to the whole of the human
race, the last words of the voice of Coila shall be, * Good
night and joy be wi' you a' '^. Works, vol. iv. Burns here
calls himself the Voice of Coila, in imitation of Ossian,
who styles himself the Voice of Cona. Coila, or Kyle, is the
middle bailiewick of Ayrshire.
The second song was printed in Burns's Works, at Edin-
burgh in 1787. It is there entitled " The Farewell to the
Brethren of St James's Lodge, Tarbolton, tune, Good Night
and Joy be wi' you a'." Burns became a member of this
512 DC. GOOD NIGHT AMD JOY BE Wl YOU a\
lodge of Freemasons, after his family removed to the farm of
Lochlea, in the parish of Tarbolton, Ayrshire." During this
period (says his brother Gilbert,) he became a Freemason,
which was his first introduction to the life of a boon com-
panion. Yet, notwithstanding these circumstances, and the
praises he has bestowed on Scotch drink, (which seem to
have misled his historians,) I do not recollect, during these
seven years, nor towards the end of his commencing author
(when his growing celebrity occasioned his being often in
company,) to have ever seen him intoxicated, nor was he at
all given to drinking." — Lvfe of Burns.
We shall conclude these remarks with the following mas-
terly song, to the same tune, written by Alexander Boswell
of Auchinleck, Esq. M. P. It is entitled " The old Chef-
tain to his Sons," and conclude the fourth volume of Mr
George Thomson's Collection of Scottish Songs.
Good night, and joy be wi' ye a'.
Your harmless mirth has cheer'd my heart ;
May life's fell blasts out-o'er ye blaw !
In sorrow may ye never part !
My spirit lives, but strength is gone.
The mountain fires now blaze in vain :
Remember, sons, the deeds I've done.
And in your deeds I'll live again !
When on yon muir our gallant clan,
Frae boasting foes their banners tore.
Who show'd himsel a better man.
Or fiercer wav'd the red claymore ?
But when in peace — then mark me there,
When thro' the glen the wandei-er came,
I gave him of our hardy fare,
I gave him here a welcome hame.
The auld will speak, the young maun hear.
Be canty, but be good and leal ;
Your ain ills ay hae heart to bear,
Anither's ay hae heart to feel ;
So, ere I set, I'll see you shine,
I'll see you triumph ere I fa' ;
My parting breath shall boast you mine.
Good night, and joy be wi' ye a'.
FINIS.
Oliver cj- Boyd, Fiinkrs.
[ 513 ]
ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS,
PART VL
Dili.
RED GLEAMS THE SUN.
This Song was afterwards inserted by the author in his
collection of " Poetry chiefly in the Scotish Language. By
Robert Couper, M. D." Inverness, 1804, 2 vols. 12mo.
He was the author of other lyrical pieces. One of these,
written " to a beautiful old Highland air," called Geordy
Agam, is inserted in Campbell's Albyn's Anthology, vol. ii.
p. 23. The author states, that he wrote this song at
the request of L. G. G. (Lady Georgiana Gordon, now
Duchess of Bedford), and that it alludes " to her noble
brother (the Marquis of Huntley), then with his regiment
in Holland. A few days after it was written, and to the
author's great uneasiness, the news arrived of his being
wounded, from which he is not yet recovered."
Dr Thomas Murray, in his Literary History of Gallo-
way, p. 247, refers to a MS. Life of Dr Couper, " com-
municated by his accomplished friend, John Black, Esq.,
Wigton. On applying to Dr Murray, I was favoured with
the following abstract of the memoir : —
*' Robert Couper was born at Balsier, parish' of Sor-
bie, Wigtonshire, of which farm his father was tenant, on
the 22d September 1750. He entered a student in Glas-
gow College in 1769. He studied at first for the Scotish
Church ; but his parents having died, and his patrimony
being small, if any thing at all, he accepted of an office as
tutor in a family in the State of Virginia, America, where he
2 o
514 RED GLEAMS THE SUN.
meant to take orders to enter the Episcopal Church as a
clergyman. The date of his going to America is not given.
But he returned in 1776, owing to the breaking out of the
war of Independence. He returned to the College of Glas-
gow, and having studied medicine, and taken his diploma
as a surgeon, (date not known,) he began practice at New-
tonstewart, a village of 2000 inhabitants, in his native
county. While at Glasgow, he had gained the friendship
of Dr Hamilton, professor of midwifery, on whose recom-
mendation to the Duke of Gordon, Couper settled in Foch-
abers (I am informed, in 1788), as physician to his Grace.
Previously to going there, and preparatory to it, he had
obtained the degree of M. D. from the College of Glas-
gow, to ' prevent people, no wiser than himself, from dic-
tating to him.* At this time, that is, shortly after settling
in Fochabers, he married Miss Stott, daughter of the Rev.
Ebenezer Stott, minister of the parish of Minnigaif, Kirk-
cudbrightshire. He left Fochabers in 1806. He died in
Wigton on the 18th January 1818. He was F. R. S. E."
DVI.
WHERE ESK ITS SILVER CURRENT LEADS.
The author of this Song was David Carey, who was
known during the earlier part of this century as " an elegant
poet and agreeable novelist." He was a native of Arbroath,
and he died at his father's house, in that town, after a pro-
tracted illness, on the 4th of October 1824, in the forty-
second year of his age. A brief but interesting biographical
notice, and a list of his various works, will be found in the
Scots Magazine, for November 1824, p. 637.
DVIII.
ROW SAFTLY, THOU STREAM.
The collection of Poems and Songs, by Richard Gall,
(the author of this and other Songs in the present volume
of the Museum,) which is mentioned by Mr S. at page 444,
ROW SAFTLY, THOU STREAM. 515'
beiars the date " Edinburgh, from the press of Oliver and
Boyd," 1819. 12mo.
DX.
O CHERUB CONTENT.
This early production of a poet who has attained such
high distinction as the author of " The Pleasures of Hope,"
is not contained in the collected edition of his Poems.
Thomas Campbell, Esq., is a native of Glasgow, and
was born in the year 1777, as, I think, he stated two
years ago, at a public dinner given him in this place. His
" Hohenlinden," " Ye Mariners of England," and other
compositions, rank him as a lyric poet of the first order.
DXII.
THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
This well-known ballad, or poem, is probably not older
than the latter part of the I6th century. There was an
edition printed in the year 1668, which Ramsay prob-
ably copied, when he inserted the poem in " The Ever-
green," 1724.
DXIII.
0 BOTHWELL BANK.
This Song was evidently, or rather avowedly, founded
upon an interesting incident related in Verstegan's " Resti-
tution of Decayed Intelligence," first published at Ant-
werp, 1605.
In Pinkerton's Select Scotish Ballads, vol. ii. p. 131.
Lond. 1783, where this Song first appeared, it consists of
three stanzas, disfigured by an affected use of obsolete
words. The first stanza is descriptive, and runs thus : —
On the blyth Beltane, as I went
Be mysel attour the green bent,
Wharby the crystal waves of Clyde
Throch saughs and hanging hazels glyde.
There sadly sitting on a brae,
I heard a damsel speak her wae.
The other two verses are given in the Musical Museum,
516
O BOTHWELL BANK.
some of the words being modernized, and two lines added to
suit the music. Pinkerton's imitations of our old ballad
poetry, were not happy. In the account of his writings
given in Chambers's Lives of Eminent Scotsmen, we meet,
indeed, with the following astounding assertion respecting
his publication of Ancient Scotish Poems, from Sir Richard
Maitland's MSS. — " Pinkerton maintained that he had
found the Manuscript in the Pepysian Library at Cam-
bridge ; and, in his correspondence, he sometimes alludes
to the circumstances with very admirable coolness. The
FORGERY WAS ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RECORDED IN
THE ANNALS OF TRANSCRIBING. Time, place, and cir-
cumstances, were all minutely stated — there was no mys-
tery." (vol. iv. p. 102.) I confess my ignorance of what is
here meant by " the Annals of Transcribing," unless, per-
chance, it may have some allusion to the learned Mr
Penny, the " Historian of Linlithgowshire," whose accu-
racy and minute research were so highly commended by his
literary executors in 1831, although, it must be admitted,
that the merit of his work consists wholly in the accuracy
with which he transcribed that portion of Chalmers's " Cale-
donia," which relates to the Shire. In regard to Pinkerton,
it would have been strange had he pretended any " mys-
tery" where there was none; as the MSS. in question
may be seen in the Pepysian Library to this day. Some
half century after this, it is as probable that the future
biographer of Mr Robert Chambers shall attribute to him
all Burns's Poems, contained in his late comprehensive
edition of that poet, as that any one should have given Pin-
kerton the credit of having written the poems by Henry-
son, Dunbar, and the other old Scotish Makers, contained
in Maitland's Manuscript Collections, from which Pinker-
ton's Selections, printed in 1782, were copied. After all,
it ought to be added, that the contributor of the article in
Chambers's Work, merely improves upon the similar blun-
dering statement that appeared in Nichols's Literary Il-
lustrations, &c., vol. V. p. 670.
O BOTHWELL BANK. 517
John Pinkerton was born at Edinburgh, 17th of Feb-
ruary 1758, and died at Paris, 10th of March 1825, at
the age of sixty-seven. With all his insufferable petulance
and conceit, (not to mention other failings,) he was un-
questionably a man of learning and research; and he render-
ed very important services to the history and early litera-
ture of his native country, by several of his publications.
DXV.
LAMINGTON RACES.
This Song is attributed, at page 456, to " Mr Macaulay,
an acquaintance of Mr Johnson," the publisher of the Mu-
seum. I have not ascertained who this Mr M. was ; but it
is not improbable that he was the same with James Mac-
aulay, printer in Edinburgh, the author of a volume of
*' Poems on various subjects, in Scots and English." —
*' Edinburgh, printed for and sold by the Author, Print-
ing-office, Castlehill, 1790," 12mo. pp. 300.
DXVI. .
THE BANKS OF THE DEE.
This Song was long and deservedly popular. As stated
at page 456, it was written in 1775, and it appeared in
several collections. In " The Goldfinch," Edinb. 1782, it
is accompanied " With additions by a Lady," being four
stanzas, no doubt the same that Mr S. notices as contain-
ed in Wilson's collection, 1779, and there said to be by
" Miss Betsy B— s."
The author of " The Banks of the Dee," was John
Tait, Esq., who had been an assiduous wooer of the muses
in his younger days. Besides the frequent contributions to
the Poets' Corner, signed J. T — t, consisting of elegiac and
other verses, which appeared in Ruddiman's Edinburgh
Weekly Magazine for 1770, and subsequent years, he pub-
lished anonymously, the " Cave of Morar," " Poetical
Legends," and some other poems, in a separate form. Mr
518 THE BANKS OF THE DEE.
Tait passed as Writer to the Signet, 21st November 1781.
In July 1805, when the new system of police was intro-
duced into Edinburgh, he was appointed Judge of Police,
and he continued to preside in that Court till July 1812;
when it was again remodelled by Act of Parliament, and
the decision of Police cases replaced in the hands of the
Magistrates of the City. (See Kay's Portraits, vol. ii. p.
147.) "He died at his house iujAbercrombie Place, 29th of
August 1817. (Scots Mag. 1817, p. 99.)
DXXV.
willy's rare and willy's fair.
This song is contained in the second volume of the
Orpheus Caledonius, 1733, and not in the first volume,
1725. So likewise is Hamilton's ballad, " The Braes of
Yarrow." This favourite theme in Scotish Song, has
obtained additional celebrity by the verses of our great
English Poet, Mr Wordsworth, who to his " Yarrqw Un-
visited," in 1803, " and Yarrow Visited," in 1814, again
honoured this much favoured stream by his " Yarrow Re-
visited," in 1831.
DXXIX.
AH ! MARY ! SWEETEST MAID, FAREWELL.
This song was included in a small volume of " Songs,
chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh, 1803," 8vo,
published anonymously, in which the songs were given in
a more correct form, in consequence of several of them
having been printed " without the Author's permission, and
with alterations, which he did not consider as improve-
ments." The author of this and two other songs in this
volume, (See pages 435 and 512,) Sir Alexander Bos-
well of Auchinleck, was the eldest son of the biographer
of Johnson, and was born 9th of October 1775. He suc-
ceeded to his paternal estate in 1795, and was created a
Baronet in 1821. At a time when party politics ran high.
ah! MARY ! SWEETEST MAID, FAREWELL. 519
his disposition to satirical writing unfortunately involved him
in a dispute, which was the occasion of that fatal duel, 26th
of March 1822, that cut off in the prime of life, a gentleman
of much natural genius and high acquirements, only a few
days after having performed the last sad offices to his brother
James, the friend of Malone, and the editor of Shakspeare.
Some affecting lines, written on the death of his brother, were
found in Sir Alexander's pocket-book after his own death.
Sir A.'s love of literature was exemplified by the republica-
tion of many rare and curious works, for private circulation,
from his press at Auchinleck, of which a full list is given
by Mr Martin, in his " Bibliographical Catalogue of Books.
Privately printed." Lond. 1834, 8vo.
DXXXVl.
WILLIAM AND MARGARET.
" A GENTLEMAN of Universal erudition lately showed me
a MS. copy of the above, with a notice prefixed, that it
was composed on — ' Sharp, and Gregory's Daughter,' —
most probably a descendant of Archbishop Sharp, and a
lady of the learned house of Gregory, for some time settled
at St Andrew's.
" I may mention here, that Mallet's song, ' A youth
adorned with every art' — was composed on the ill-fated
loves of Lady Jean Hume, daughter of Alexander, seventh
Earl of Home, and Lord Robert Kerr, killed in the bloom
of youth, and extraordinary personal attractions, at the
battle of Culloden. Susanna Kennedy, Countess of Eglin-
toune, used to sing this pretty ballad, and relate its origin;
she was well acquainted with both the parties.
" The music of this song was composed by Oswald." —
(C. K. S.)
The editor of Andrew Marvell's works, Lond. 1776, in the
Preface (vol. i. p. xx), refers to a MS. volume of " Mar-
vell's Poems, some written with his own hand, and the rest
copied by his order," among which was a copy of this
520 WILLIAM AND MARGARET.
well-known ballad. He accordingly claimed it for Mar-
veil, charging Mallet with gross plagiarism. " I am
sorry this truth (he adds) did not appear sooner, that the
Scots Bard might have tried to defend himself ; but now
the jackdaw must be sti'ipped of his stolen plumage, and
the fine feathers must be restored to the real peacock."
Notwithstanding this bold assertion, (and, upon the same
grounds, he claims for Marvell some undoubted composi-
tions by Addison,) it is perfectly evident that the MS. he
refers to, must have contained a number of pieces transcrib-
ed forty years subsequent to Marvell's death — Allan Ram-
say wrote a poetical address to Mr David Malloch on his
departure from Scotland (Poems, vol. ii. p. 402), in which
he specially mentions "his tender strains," in this ballad of
William and Margaret.
Gibbon, in the Memoirs of his own life, mentions, that
about the time when he professed himself a Roman Catholic,
he had resided for some time with Mallet, " by whose
philosophy I was rather scandalized than reclaimed." There
are some curious anecdotes respecting his irreligion, in
Davies's life of Garrick.
DXL.
O TELL ME, &C.
The song by Mr Graham of Gartmore need not be
quoted here, from a work so well known as the Minstrelsy
of the Scottish Border. When first published by Sir
Walter Scott, he considered it to be a traditional version of a
song of the age of Charles I.; and he afterwards remarked,
that the verses " have much of the romantic expression of
passion common to the poets of that period, whose lays
still reflected the setting beams of chivalry." Curious
enough, however, in a collection published by John Ross,
Organist in Aberdeen, the song is given as written " by
Mr Jeffreys." There is no reason, however, to doubt, that
Sir Walter was correct in subsequently assigning it to Mr
f
O TELL ME, &C. 521
Graham, of whom the following is a brief notice, obligingly
communicated by Sir John Graham Dalyell, Kt., who is
his nephew on the mother's side. (See Douglas's Peerage,
by Wood, vol. i. p. 639.)
*' Robert Graham of Gartmore, was th6 son of Nicol
Graham of Gartmore, by Lady Margaret Cunningham,
eldest daughter of William, twelfth Earl of Glencairn.
After discharging the office of Receiver- General of the
Revenue of the island of Jamaica, he returned to Scotland
on the decease of his elder brother, William, and succeeded
his father in his estates, in the year" 1775 : and, on the de-
mise of John, the last Earl of Glencairn, he succeeded to
the estates of Finlayston. Mr Graham was a man of refined
taste, and of a patriotic disposition ; he warmly encouraged
the reform so long projected of the royal boroughs, and re-
presented the county of Stirling in Parliament (in 1794).
Having been elected Rector of the University of Glasgow,
he bestowed some testimony of liberality in its favour,
which he was the better enabled to do from his ample for-
tune. Mr Graham married first, a sister of Sir John Tay-
lor, baronet, by whom he had two sons and two daugh-
ters. Secondly, a lady alike beautiful and amiable, Eliza-
beth, eldest daughter of Thomas Buchanan of Leny; whose
son, the late Dr Francis Hamilton Buchanan, was recog-
nised as chief of the family of Buchanan." — Mr Graham of
Gartmore died the 11th of December 1797.
DXLl.
WHAT AILS THIS HEART OF MINE.
In the Scots Magazine, for February 1803, there is in-
serted another excellent song, entitled " The Nabob. By
the late Miss Blamire, Carlisle," to the tune of Auld
Langsyne. It begins,
When silent time, with lightly foot
Had trode on thirty years,
I sought again my native land
With many hopes and fears :
522 WHAT AILS THIS HEAUT OF MINE.
Wha kens gin the dear friends I left
May still continue mine.
Or gin I e'er again shall taste
The joys I left langsyne.
Miss Susannah Blamire was a native of Cumberland,
and was born at Thackwood-nook, in the parish of Sowerby.
She died at Carlisle in 1795, aged 49, and lies interred
at Roughton Head, near Rose Castle. Her nephew, Wil-
liam Blamire, Esq., lately one of the Members of Parlia-
ment for Cumberland, possesses the patrimonial estate
called The Oakes, a beautiful property about three miles
from Carlisle ; and Rose Castle is possessed by her aunt.
For this information I am indebted to Patrick Maxwell,
Esq., who is forming a collection of her poems. Mr M.
adds, that " Miss Blamire was very affable to the poor and
the peasantry about her, and that she was generally ad-
dressed in their provincial manner by the title .of Miss
Sukey."
DXLIII.
ROBIN SHURE IN HAIRST.
" ' Written for this work, by Robert Burns.' This is
probably wrong ; or Burns suppressed the last stanza, to
be found in the stall copies, besides substituting " three
goose feathers and whittle," for the indecent line in the
third : it is likely that he only altered the song for the
Museum, making it applicable to himself as an author, by
the three goose quills and the pen-knife. The last stanza
begins :
" Now I'm Robin's bride, free frae kirk fo'ks bustle,
Robin's a' my ain, wi's, &c., &c., &c." — (C. K. S.)
DXLIV.
MAGGY LAUDER.
The late Mr William Motherwell had made some collec-
tions for an edition of the Poems attributed to the Semples
OF Beltrees. As his papers are still in the hands of his
MAGGY LAUDliU. 523
friend, Mr P. A. Ramsay, it is to be hoped that the pro-
ject will not be abandoned.
My good friend, William Tennant, Esq., the author
of the inimitable poem of " Anster Fair," mentioned at page
478, as then newly appointed Teacher, or Professor of
Languages in Dollar Academy, has since (in 1835) ob-
tained higher and more congenial preferment, as Professor
of Oriental Languages in St Mary's College, St Andrew's —
an appointment alike honourable to the patrons and to
himself, as the reward of learning and genius. — A short
Memoir of Professdr Tennant is prefixed to Chambers's late
edition of " Anster Fair," Edinb. 1838, 8vo.
" In former times, the singers of this ditty used to in-
form their audience that Maggie was at last burnt for a
witch ; I could never find her name in any lists of Satan's
Seraglio which I have had an opportunity of inspecting.
" Some amusing verses were said to have been composed
to this air, by a very eccentric person, Lady Dick of Pres-
tonfield : before the reader peruses them, a short account
may be given of the reputed authoress. She was the daugh-
ter of Lord Royston, a Lord of Session, son of the Earl
of Cromarty, and the wife of Sir William Dick, with whom
she did not live on the best of terms, having a high spirit,
much satirical wit, and no children to endear their conjugal
union. Her strange fancies and frolics were well remem-
bered fifty years ago ; and that with considerable spleen, as
she made herself many enemies by the lampoons she was in
the habit of composing. Among her other odd freaks, she
took it into her head to enact the she-Petrarch to Sir Peter
Murray of Balmanno, whose perfections she celebrated in
several other copies of verses, besides the subjoined song —
two of these have been printed in a small ballad book, de-
dicated to Sir Walter Scott, There seems to have been
nothing criminal in her admiration, as she made no secret
of her poetical effusions— but those whom she had offended
by poems of a different stamp, were naturally eager enough
524 MAGGY LAUDER.
to put the worst constructions on her mirth, and pretended
to take seriously what was only meant in jest. Lady Dick
died in the year 1741. There is a half-length portrait of
her at Prestonfield, not handsome, and ill painted. Her
Adonis, Sir Peter, married in 1751, Anne, daughter of
Alexander Hay of Drummelzier." — (C. K. S.)
Tune — Maggy Lauder,
On Tweedside dwells a gallant swain.
The darling o' the women ;
Whene'er he makes his entering bow.
With joy their eyes are swimming.
Tho' gallant he, yet snug his heart.
He only plays with Cupid,
For as Minerva guides the youth
He never can be stupid.
Tho' gallant he, yet snug his heart.
He only plays with Cupid,
For reason tames his passions ; thus
He never can be duped.
O, when he dances at a ball.
He's rarely worth the seeing ;
, So light he trips, you would him take
For some aerial being !
While pinky winky go his een.
How blest is each bystander ;
How gracefully he leads the fair.
When to her seat he hands her !
While pinky winky go his een.
How blest is each bystander !
^ore conquests he is said to make
Than e'er did Alexander.
But when in accents saft and sweet
He chants forth Lizzy Baillie,
His dying looks and attitude
Enchant ; they cannot fail ye.
The loveliest widow in the land.
When she could scarce disarm him,
Alas, the belles in Roxburghshire
Must never hope to charm him.
O happy, happy, happy she,
Coiild make him change his plan, sir,
MAGGY LAUDER. 525
And of this rigid bachelor
Convert the married man, sir.
O happy, and thrice happy she
Could make him change his -plan, sir.
And to the gentle Benedick,
Convert the single man, sir.
How could the lovely Roman give
To Michael all her beauty.
When Peter's such a worthy saint.
To whom she owed her duty !
How could the lovely Roman let
That Michael take possession ;
Nor angel he, nor saint, nor yet
An embryo Lord of Session.
The lady to whom the above verses are assigned, v/as
Anne Mackenzie, daughter of the Hon. Sir James Macken-
zie, a Senator of the College of Justice, under the title of
Lord Royston (and third son of George, first Earl of Cro-
martie), by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Mackenzie
of Rosehaugh, Lord Advocate in the reign of Charles the
Second. As stated above, she became Lady Dick by mar-
riage. In the Scots Magazine for September 1741, (p.
431,) where her death is recorded, she is simply styled
" The Lady of Sir William Dick of Corstorphine."-
DXLV.
A COGGIE OF ALE.
Andrew Shirrefs, A. M., was a bookbinder in Aberdeen.
Burns, in the notes of his Northern Tour, mentions having
seen him, and calls him " a little decrepid body, with some
abilities." He is best known as the author of " Jamie
and Bess, or the Laird in Disguise, a Scots Pastoral
Comedy, in imitation of the Gentle Shepherd." It was
first printed at Aberdeen, 1787, 12mo, and was frequently
performed at diiFerent theatres in the country. In the de-
dication " To the Honourable the County Club of Aber-
deenshire," the author says, " he never was, and probably
526
A COGGIE OF ALET.
never will be, without the limits of their county." As
stated, however, at page 479, Shirrefs migrated to the
South in 1798, but whether he spent the rest of his life
at London, and when or where he died, I have not been
able to ascertain.
DXLVIII.
THE BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND.
" Mr Ritson, in his * North Country Chorister,' gives
the older words of this ballad, beginning — ' There was a
Highland laddie courted a Lowland lass' — and adds, ' this
song has been lately introduced upon the stage by Mrs
Jordan, who knew neither the words nor the tune ;' but
there is another set of words, probably as old, which I
transcribed from a 4to collection of songs in MS. made by
a lady upwards of seventy years ago.'" — (C. K. S.)
O, fair maid, whase aught that bonny bairn,
O, fair maid, -whase aught that bonny bairn ?
It is a sodger's son, she said, that's lately gone to Spain,
Te dilly dan, te dUly dan, te dUly, dilly dan.
O, fair maid, what was that sodger's name ?
O, fair, &e.
In troth a'tweel, I never speir'd — the mair I was to blame.
Te dilly dan, &c.
O, fair maid, what had that sodger on ?
O, fair, &c.
A scarlet coat laid o'er wi' gold, a waistcoat o' the same.
Te dilly dan, &c.
O, fair maid, what if he should be slain ?
O, fair, &c.
The king would lose a brave sodger, and I a pretty man.
Te dilly dan, &c.
O, fair maid, what if he should come hame ?
O, fair, &c.
The parish priest should marry us, the clerk should say amen.
Te dilly dan, &c.
THE BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND. 527
O, fair maid, would ye that sodger ken ?
O, fair, &c.
In troth a'tweel, an' that I wad, among ten thousand men.
Te dilly, &c.
O, fair maid, what if I be the man ?
O, fair, &c.
In troth a'tweel, it may be so ; I'se baud ye for the same.
Te dilly dan, te dilly dan, te dilly, dilly dan.
The song, by the late Mrs Grant, referred to at p. 480.
is too well known to be quoted in this place. This lady,
Anne Macvicar, was born at Glasgow in 1755, was mar-
ried to the Rev. James Grant, minister of Laggan, in 1779,
whom she survived many years, and died at Edinburgh, 7th
of November 1838, in the 84th year of her age. A detail-
ed notice of her life and writings, which originally appear-
ed in the Edinburgh newspapers, will be found in the
Gentleman's Magazijie for January 1839, p. 97.
DLIII.
THE FEINT A CRUM OF THEE SHE FAWS.
This ancient song. Return hameward, &c., says Mr S.,
was revised by Allan Ramsay, and printed in the Tea- Table
Miscellany, 1724. It was likewise included in " The
Evergreen," by Ramsay, who had used undue freedoms in
altering the original verses, which were the production of
Alexander Scott, a poet who flourished about the middle
of the sixteenth century, and who has been styled the Ana-
creon of Scotland. See edition of Scott's Poems, p. 100.
Edinb. 1821, small 8vo.
DLVII.
O GIN I WERE FAIRLY SHOT o' HER.
John Anderson, music-engraver, the writer of this and
of some other verses, in the last part of the Museum, is, I
am informed, still living in Edinburgh.
528 ARGYLE TS MY NAME.
DLX.
ARGYLE IS MY NAME.
** This song is older than the period here assigned to it —
and if the name of Maggie is to be trusted, can only apply
to the first Marquis of Argyle, whose wife was Lady Mar-
garet Douglas, daughter of the Earl of Morton. He was
so very notorious a coward, that this song could have been .
made by nobody but himself, unless to turn him into ridi-
cule."—(C. K. S.)
DLXIX.
HOW SWEET THE LONE VALE.
The Honourable Andrew Erskine, was the third son
of Alexander, fifth Earl of Kellie, by his lady, who was a
daughter of Dr Pitcairne. He was born about the year
1739, and having embraced a military life, he held a lieu-
tenant's commission in the 71st regiment of foot, as early,
at least, as 1759. On its being reduced in 1763, he ex-
changed from half-pay into the 24th regiment of foot, then
quartered at Gibraltar. Previous to this, he had carried
on a kind of literary correspondence, in verse as well as
prose, with James Boswell of Auchinleck, Esq., which,
with that most insatiable desire for notoriety which cha-
racterised him, were published by the latter, at London,
1763, 8vo, in order, as it was expressed, to gratify " Curi-
osity, the most prevalent of all our passions." Whether
the publication of these letters, in *' their present more
conspicuous form," raised the character of the writers in
public estimation, we need not stop to enquire. Both of
them were likewise principal contributors to Donaldson's
collection of " Original Poems, by Scots gentlemen."
Edin. 1760 and 1762, 2 vol. 12mo. Mr Erskine's " Town
Eclogues," and other poems, appeared at a later date. He
died suddenly, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, about
the end of September 1793, much lamented. Mr George
HOW SWEET THE LONE VALE. 529
Thomson sent Burns an account of his death, as appears
from Burns's reply, dated Oct. 1793, but the letter itself
was not published by Dr Currie.
His eldest brother, Thomas Alexander, sixth Earl of
Kellie, born 1st of September J 732, who was so distin-
guished for his musical genius, was also an occasional writer
of verses. His brother Andrew, in 1762, alludes to some
poems written by Lord Kellie ; as in a letter to Boswell,
he says, " Donaldson tells me that he wants thirty or
forty pages, to complete his volume; pray, don't let him
insert any nonsense to fill it up," (an advice that was alto-
gether disregarded;) " but try John Home, and John
R[ ?], who I hear is a very good poet ; you may also
hint the thing to Mr N[airne?], and to my brother Lord
K[ellie], who has some excellent poems by him." The
following Song, I have been assured on good authority,
was written by Lord Kellie. It seems, at least, to have
been written by some one not a professed dealer in rhyme.
It is now first printed from a MS. Album, containing
Songs and Poems, written before the year ] 780, in the pos-
session of Thomas Mansfield, Esq. of Scatwell.
KELSO RACES.
Tune — Logan Water.
1.
You have heard of our sweet little races at Kelso ;
Of the riders and horses, and how they all fell so,
Of Dirleton ' and Kelly Sir John — and, what's still more.
The famed clerk of Green- Cloth, Sir Alexander Gilmore.
2.
Of Dukes there were two, of Duchesses one.
As sweet a dear woman as e'er blest a man ;
Of mien most engaging, how finely she dances.
With her sister-in-law, full of mirth. Lady Frances. »
' Nisbet of Dirleton.
2 Lady Frances Scott, afterwards Lady Douglas of Bothwell.
2 p
530 • KELSO RACES.
3.
His Grace of Buccleugh would have been most extatic.
But, alas, he was seized with a fit of sciatic.
As he could not attend to make us aU mellow.
He left t'other Duke,' a clever little fellow.
4.
Of Nabobs a pair, their names shall have strait.
Take Archibald Swinton, and fat Thomas Rait,
As fine jolly fellows, I'm sure to the full.
As ever set their faces to the Great Mogul.
5.
The bald-pated Knight « soon had them in view.
And set at these Nabobs like an old Jew ;
Quoth he to himself, I think I with ease,
Could plunder these Indians of all their rupees —
6,
Gentlemen, says he, will you bet on a horse,
I'll lay what you please, without any remorse ;
If that does not suit, I'U do what you list.
Perhaps you would choose a rubber at whist.
7.
Down sat the great dupes, and with them a Peer —
Lord ! how the bald Knight did joke and did jeer ;
The Nabobs and Peer he left not a groat.
And even condescended to steal a great-coat.
8.
Young Nisbet comes next, whom they call Maccaroni, ^
The sweet youth whom he and we think so bonny.
That whene'er he appears, the ladies cry bless us,
I vow and protest he's a perfect Narcissus.
9.
My dearest sweet girls, pray tell me what mean ye.
Cries his spruce little cousin, Mr John Gantoucini ; ^
Pray look at me, a'n't I a fine little man,
A trig dapper fellow, deny it who can ?
10.
O' my drunken friend Jock, I'll tell you a story O, ^
He had of his own a complete oratorio ;
* Probably the Duke of Roxburghe. * (In MS.) Sir John Paterson.
* Nisbet of Dirleton. • Mr John Nisbet, 7 (In MS.) M'Dowell.
KELSO RACES. 531
Three hours after midnight his concert begun.
Where he drank and he danced and he had all his fun.
11.
His company consisted of Mr Stewart Shaw,
My Lord Percy's piper who travels to Blair, (?)
An Irish dear joy, two captains of foot.
And Lord North** the waiter who danced so stout.
12.
Melvina appeared next like a bright star.
She stole the heart of a young man of war.
Of aU her solicitors she lives but for one.
And solicitor Dundas9 is the happy man.
13.
The great little Percy came down from the border.
To keep us poor Scotch a little in order ;
He nothing remarkable did, but we hope
Next year when he's steward, he'll take his full scope.
14.
There were many more besides, well I wot.
Sir Gilbert '» and Lady, Miss Bell Elliot :
There was sweet Anne Scott, and Lady Diana,"
And bold Mrs Ker, like any hyena.
15.
I cannot pass by were I ever so brief.
That loveliest of girls. Miss Jeany Moncrieff :
To Kelso she came with uncle beau Skeene,
Whose person is always so neat and so clean.
16.
There was fat Sandy Maxwell as big as a tun,
A fine laughing fellow in whom there's much fun :
Sir William Lorrain, Jack Askew, and Selby,
As fine jolly bucks as e'er pint bottle fell by.
17.
There was John Scott of Gala, and Wat Scott of Harden,
Who they say is possessed of many a farthing ;
^ See Kay's Portraits of Edinburgh Characters.
9 Dundas of Arniston, afterwards Lord Chief Baron.
'" Sir Gilbert Elliot of IMinto, his lady, and sister Isabella.
' ' Lady Diana Hume, who married Walter Scott of Harden, Esq,
532 KELSO RACES.
And numbers more over — but I'm in a hurry,
I had almost forgot sweet Peter Murray. '^
18.
We laught and we danced, and we sat up all night,
A thing, I confess, in which I delight.
But I very dear my pleasure did earn,
For I was obliged to return to Blanearn.
On the subject of Lord Kellie's musical genius, it may
be sufficient to refer to the elegant collection of his Minuets,
published by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq., Edinburgh,
1836, 4to. The Hon. Henry Erskine, (brother of the
late Earl of Buchan,)in an unpublished poem, written about
the year 1772, has paid the following compliment to his
Lordship's musical genius. It is entitled " The Musical
Instruments, a Fable," — when the claims of the Fiddle, to
pre-eminence, are thus stated : —
'Twas he that still employ'd the master's hand,
Follow'd obsequious by the list'ning band.
Nay, swore that Kelly learnt from him his art
To rule, with magic sounds, the human heart.
DLXXV.
SAW YE THE THANE O' MEIKLE PRIDE.
In the collected edition of Mr Mackenzie's Works, (vol.
viii. p. 1,) printed at Edinburgh, 1808, 8 vols. 8vo, the
author gives this account of the ballad : —
" DUNCAN : A FRAGMENT, FROM AN OLD SCOTS MANU-
SCRIPT.
" The following ballad was an almost extempore pro-
duction, written when I was a mere lad, in imitation of the
abrupt and laconic description of the ancient Scottish
ballad, some of which had been collected and published at
that time. It was sent, under the above title, to the editor
of 27*6 London Chronicle^ who published it without any
12 Sir Peter Murray, vide page *523.
SAW YE THE THANE o' MEIKLE PRIDE. 533
comment ; and such was the state of politics at the time,
that some of his readers objected to the first line,
Saw ye the Thane o' meikle pride,
as applying personally to Lord Bute, who used to be known
by that appellation. It was afterwards inserted in Clark's
(Herd's) Collection of Ancient Scottish Ballads, as genuine,
though one should have thought the imitation was so inar-
tificial as might have saved it from the sin of forgery."
Mr Mackenzie dates it 1762. It was also inserted in
the Edinburgh Advertiser, April 1764, No. 575. This
copy contains the following lines, omitted in the above
edition, but which, as necessary for the sense, should be
restored. They come in before the last verse, at page 6.
Wou'd then my uncle force my love,
Whar love it wou'd na be ?
Or wed me to the man I hate ?
Was this your care of me ?
Can these brave men, &c.
Henry Mackenzie, Esq., best known by the title of his
most popular work, as " The Man of Feeling," was born
at Edinburgh, in August 1745, where he died on the l4th
of January 1831, at the venerable age of 86. An excel-
lent sketch of his life, by Sir Walter Scott, is included
in his Miscellaneous Prose Works, vol. iv. Edin. 1834,
12mo.
DLXXVII.
eruce's address to his army.
In the additional note to song clxx., at page *215, it is
stated that Gordon of Straloch's MS. Lute Book, 1627,
preserves the old tune, " The Day Dawis," but that it bears
no resemblance to that air, (under any of its different titles
of " Hey, now the day daws," " Hey, tuttie, tattle," or
" The land of the leal,") which, on mere conjecture, has
been assigned to the age of Robert the Bruce. The
earliest reference to any of these tunes is by Dunbar, who
alludes to the common minstrels of the town of Edinburgh,
534
BRUCE S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY.
(that is, to the town's pipers), in the reign of James the
Fourth, as having only two hackneyed tunes, which were
played, no doubt, at an early hour, to rouse the inhabitants
to their daily occupations.
Your commone Menstralis has no tone.
But " Now the day daws," and " Into June."
It is very probable that there might have been two dif-
ferent airs under that name ; at least the following air,
which is here subjoined from Gordon's Manuscript, 1627,
has more the character of an artificial tune, than of a simple
melody, and it is not unlikely that it may have been com-
posed by some of the musicians at the Scotish Court du-
ring the minority of James the Sixth, to suit Montgomery's
Song, the words of which the Reader will find in this work
at page 163.
THE DAY DA WIS.
THE RAIN RINS DOWN THRo' MIRRYLAND TOWN. 535
DLXXXII.
THE RAIN RINS DOWN THRO' MIRRYLAND TOWN.
A CURIOUS volume has been lately published at Paris,
containing, along with an Anglo-Norman ballad of the 13th
century, on Hugh of Lincoln, the various Scotish or Eng-
lish ballads on the same subject, reprinted from the collec-
tions of Percy, Pinkerton, Jamieson, Gilchrist, and Mother-
well. It is entitled, " Hugues de Lincoln : Recueil de
Ballades Anglo-Normande et Ecossoises relatives au meurtre
de cet Enfant commis par les Juifs en M.CC.LV. Publie
avec une Introduction etdes Notes, par Francisque Michel."
Paris, 1834, 8vo.
The Anglo-Norman ballad is a great curiosity, and cor-
responds more closely with the notice that occurs in
Matthew of Paris, and other old English historians, than
with the more poetical cast of this tragical incident in the
Scotish ballads. It begins —
Ore oez un bel chanson
Des Jues de Nichole, qui par treison
Firent la cruel occision
De un enfant que Huchon ont nom.
DLXXXIX.
there's NEWS, LASSES, NEWS !
In this Note, for Skene's MS. circa 1570, read circa
1620.
DXC.
HARD IS THE FATE, &C.
In would be superfluous to give any account of a person
so well known as the author of " The Seasons." The
most minute and accurate life of the poet with which I am
acquainted, is that prefixed to the elegant edition of his
Poetical Works, in the Aldine series of English Poets,
London, 1830, 2 vols. 12mo.
James Thomson was born at Ednam, in Roxburghshire,
536 HARD IS THE FATE, &C.
1 1th of September 1700, and died at London, 27th of
August 1748. The following is an extract from a letter
written by David Malloch, or Mallet, from London in
1727, soon after the appearance of Thomson's " Winter."
It was addressed to Professor Ker of Aberdeen, and gives
a curious account of the estimation in which Thomson was
held by his college companions at Edinburgh : —
" Sir, — I beg leave to take notice of a mistake that runs
through your last letter, and that was occasioned by your
not understanding a passage in mine. The copy of verses
that I sent you, was, indeed, written by me, and I never
intended to make a secret of it ; but Mr Thomson's ' Win-
ter' is a very different poem, of considerable length, and
agreeing with mine in nothing but the name. It has met
with a great deal of deserved applause, and was written by
that dull fellow whom Malcolm calls the jest of our club.
The injustice I did him then, in joining with my compa-
nions to ridicule the first imperfect essays of an excellent
genius, was a strong motive to make me active in endea-
vouring to assist and encourage him since ; and I believe I
shall never repent it. He is now settled in a very good
place, and will be able to requite all the services his friends
have done him, in time. The second edition of his poem
is now in the press, and shall be sent to you as soon as
published. You will find before it three copies of recom-
mendatory verses, one written by Mr Hill, the second by a
very fine woman, at my request, and the third by myself.
Since all this is so, I will say nothing of your suspecting
me of insincerity, a vice which I am very free from."
Thomson's earliest printed verses occur in a volume en-
titled " The Edinburgh Miscellany," vol. I. (no second
volume ever appeared). Edinburgh, 1720, 12mo.
Since the previous notes regarding Malloch or Mallet,
were printed, a search has been made in the parochial
registers of Crieff (from 1692 to 1730), where he is said
to have been born in 1700. It appears, however, that
HARD IS THE FATE, &C. 537
his baptism was not registered. The names of various
children of Charles and Donald Malloch's, in the neigh-
bourhood of Crieff, occur, including a David, in 1712.
This obviously was not the poet ; but it appears that his
father " James Malloch, and Beatrix Clark, his wife," were
brought before the Kirk-Session of Crieff, in October and
November 1704, for profanation of the Lord's day, "by
some strangers drinking and fighting in his house on the
Sabbath immediately following Michaelmas." On the 12th
of November, " they being both rebuked for giving enter-
tainment to such folks on the Sabbath-day, and promising
never to do the like, were dismissed."
GO TO BERWICK, JOHNNY.
John Hamilton, who contributed various pieces to the
Museum, was for many years a Musicseller at No. 24,
North Bridge street, Edinburgh. He was much employed
also as a teacher of music, and I have been told that it
was one of his fair pupils, connected with an ancient family,
whom he married, to the no small indignation of her friends.
He died at Edinburgh, in September 1814.
In the Scots Magazine for November 1814, the follow-
ing notice occurs:— Sept. 23d, " Died in the 53d year of
his age, after a lingering and painful illness, John Hamil-
ton, late Musicseller, in this city, author of many favourite
Scots Songs, and composer of several Melodies of consider-
able merit."
DXCIV.
O GIN MY LOVE WERE YON RED ROSE.
To the two verses inserted in this Note, the one old, the
other by Burns, this song has been enlarged, by the addi-
tion of the following beautiful lines, written by John Rich-
ardson, Esq., for Mr George Thomson's Collection.
538 O GIN MY LOVE WERE YON RED ROSE.
O were my love yon violet sweet, . j
That peeps frae 'neath the hawthorn spray.
And I raysel' the zephyr's breath,
Amang its bonnie leaves to play ;
I'd fan it wi' a constant gale.
Beneath the noontide's scorching ray ;
And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews.
At morning dawn and parting day.
As Mr Stenhouse alludes, at page 508, to Tannahill's
fine Song-, " Gloomy Winter," I may take this opportunity
to mention, that an interesting Memoir of that unfortunate
Bard has recently appeared, by Mr Philip A. Ramsay, pre-
fixed to " The Poems and Songs of Robert Tannahill,
a revised and enlarged edition, with Memoirs of the author,
and of his friend, Robert A. Smith." Glasgow, 1838,
12mo. Tannahill was born at Paisley, 3d of June 1774,
where he died, 17th of May 1810, in the thirty-sixth year
of his age. Robert Archibald Smith, usually styled
' of Paisley,' to whose musical skill Tannahill was indebted
for much of the celebrity which his songs enjoyed, was born
at Reading, 18th of November 1780. His father, origin-
ally a weaver from Paisley, had been settled at Reading
for a number of years, but at length he returned to Paisley
with his family in 1800. Here Robert continued during
the best period of his life, and had so distinguished himself
by his musical attainments, that so early as 1812, we find
he was strongly urged to settle in Edinburgh as a teacher
of music. This appears from a friendly letter addressed to
him by Mr John Hamilton, Musicseller, with which I have
been favoured by Smith's biographer. It was not until
August 1823, on receiving an invitation from the Rev. Dr
Thomson to conduct the music in St George's Church, that
he came hither ; and I believe he had only occasion to la-
ment his not having done so at an earlier period of life. He
died at Edinburgh, very sincerely regretted, 3d of January
1829, in the 49th year of his age, and lies interred in StCuth-
O GIN MY LOVE WERE YON RED ROSE, 539
bert's burying-ground. His " Scottish Minstrel," 1821-
1824, 6 vols., and his various other musical publications, are
well known and esteemed ; he also enriched the music of
his country by many original melodies of great simplicity
and beauty ; and above all, the services that he rendered to
Sacred Music, by his professional skill and good taste,
as well as by his original compositions, will long continue
to have a beneficial influence on the Psalmody and Sacred
Music of the Church of Scotland.
The late William Motherwell, who projected the
publication of the volume which his friend Mr Ramsay
has so well performed, was a native of Glasgow, and born
13th of October 1797. Besides his " Minstrelsy, Ancient
and Modern," Glasgow, 1827, small 4to, his edition of
Burns, and various other republications, he was the author
of a small volume of original " Poems, Narrative and Lyri-
cal," Glasgow, 1832, 12mo, which remains as a pleasing
memorial of his poetical genius. He was for many years
resident in Paisley, officially connected with the Sheriff-
Clerk's Office, but latterly settled in his native place (as
editor of the Glasgow Courier Newspaper), where he died
in the prime of life, 1st of November 1835.
DC.
GOOD-NIGHT AND JOY BE Wl' YOU A'.
The following beautiful stanzas, by Joanna Baillie,
written for this air, appeared in Mr Allan Cunningham's
" Songs of Scotland," vol. IV. p. 212, from whence they
were copied, by his son, Mr Peter Cunningham, into one
of the most elegant and judicious selections of the kind
that has appeared, under the title of " Songs of England
and Scotland." Lond. 1835. 2 vols. l2mo.
GOOD-NIGHT, GOOD-NIGHT !
The sun is sunk, the day is done.
E'en stars are setting, one by one ;
540 -GOOD-NIGHT AND JOY BE Wl' YOU a'.
Nor torch nor taper longer may-
Eke out the pleasures of the day ;
And, since, in social glee's despite.
It needs must be. Good-night, good-night !
The bride into her bower is sent.
The ribald rhyme and jesting spent ;
The lover's whispered words, and few.
Have bid the bashful maid adieu ;
The dancing floor is silent quite.
No foot bounds there. Good-night, good-night !
The lady in her curtain'd bed.
The herdsman in his wattled shed.
The clansmen in the heather' d hall.
Sweet sleep be with you, one and all !
We part in hope of days as bright
As this now gone. Good-night, good-night !
Sweet sleep be with us, one and all ;
And if upon its stillness fall
The visions of a busy brain.
We'll have our pleasures o'er again.
To warm the heart, and charm the sight ;
Gay dreams to all ! Good-night, good-night !
INDEX
SONGS OR AIRS CONTAINED IN THE
MUSICAL MUSEUM.
Vol. I. contains pages 1-101 Vol. IV. contains pages 311-413
_ II. — 102-208 — V. _ 414-516
_ III. _ 209-310 — VI. — 617-620
Page.
Absence, . .191
A cock laird, fu' cadgie, 135
A cogie of ale, and a pickle ait
meal, .... 564
A country lass, . . 356
Ae day a braw wooer, . 538
Ae fond kiss, &c., . . 358
Afton water, . . . 400
Ah ! Mary, sweetest maid, 546
Ah ! the poor shepherd's
mournful fate, . . 158
Ah ! why thus abandon'd, , 270
A lass wi' a lump o' land, 177
A lassie all alone, . . 418
Allan water, ... 43
Alloa house, . . . 246
A mother's lament for the
death of her son, . 280
And I'll kiss thee yet, . 201
An Gille dubh ciar dhubh, 135
An I'll awa' to bonny Tweed-
side, .... 580
Anna, thy charms my bosom
fire, . . . . 547
An thou wert my ain thing, 2
A red, red rose, . . 415
A red, red rose (old sett), 416
Argyll is my name, . . 578
A rosebud by my early walk, 197
As I cam down by yon castle
wa', . . . . • 336
As I came in by Auchindoun, 308
As I came o'er the Cairney
mount, . . . 480
Page.
As I lay on my bed on a
night, . . . 601
As I was wand'ring, . 359
As I went o'er, &c., . 523
As I went out ae May morning, 410
A southland Jenny, . 318
As Sylvia in a forest lay, . 441
As walking forth, . . 326
Auld King Coul, . . 486
Auld langsyne, . . 26
Auld langsyne, . . 426
Auld Robin Gray, . . 236
Auld Rob Morris, . . 200
Auld Sir Symon the King, 354
A waukrife minnie, . 298
Awa', whigs, awa', . . 272
Ay waukin', O, . . 222
Ay waking oh, . . 396
B.
Banks of Spey, . .194
Bannocks o' bear meal, . 489
Benny side, . . .160
Bess and her spinning-wheel, 371
Bess the gawkie, . . 4
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, 134
Bessy's haggies, . . 31
Beware, o' bonnie Ann, . 224
Bhannerach dhon na chri, 165
Bide ye yet, ... 98
Birks of Aberfeldie, . 116
Blink o'er the burn, sweet
Betty, ... 52
Blue bonnets, . . 473
Blythe Jockie, ... 25
INDEX.
31
61
100
55
205
113
93
201
Page.
Blythe Jockie, young and gay, 30
Blythe was she, . . 187
Bonny Barbara Allan, . 230
Bonnie Bell, . . .401
Bonny Bessy,
Bonny Christy,
Bonny Dundee,
Bonny Jean,
Bonnie Kate of Edinburgh,
Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie, 342
Bonnie May, .
Braes of BaJlenden,
Braes of Balquhidder,
Braw, braw lads of Gala wa-
ter, .... 131
Bruce's address to his army, 596
Busk ye, busk ye, . . 65
By the delicious warmness of
thy mouth, . . . 262
C.
Cameronian rant, . . 290
Captain Cook's death, . 288
Carle an the king come, 248
Carle an the king come (old
words), . . .248
Carron side, . . . 312
Ca' the ewes to the knowes, 273
Cauld frosty morning, . -236
Cauld is the evening blast, 603
Cauld kail in Aberdeen, 170
Cease, cease, my dear friend,
to explore, . . . 254
Charlie he's my darling, 440
Chronicle of the heart, 482
Clarinda, . . .206
Clout the caldron, . . . 24
Cock up your beaver, . 319
CoHn Clout, . . .568
Colonel Gardener, . . 214
Come follow, follow me, 552
Come, here's to the nymph
that I love, . . . 354
Come kiss wi' me, come clap
wi' me, . . . 363
Come, let's hae mair wine in, 12
Come under my plaidie, . 550
Comin' thro' the rye (1st sett), 430
Comin' thro' the rye (2d sett), 431
Corn riggs, ... 94
Could aught of song, . 509
Country lassie, . . 376
Craigie-burn wood, . . 311
Cromlet's lilt, . . 207
Page.
Cumbernauld house, ' . 149
Cumnock psalms, . • 418
D.
Dainty Davie, . . 34
Deil tak the wars, , . 270
Dinna think, bonny lassie, 574
Donald and Flora, . .261
Donald Couper, . . 344
Donocht-head, . . 388
Down the burn Davie, . 75
Drap o' capie, O, . . 306
Druimon dubh, . . 187
Dumbarton's drums, . 169
Duncan Davison, . . 156
Duncan Gray, . . 168
Dusty miller, . . 151
E.
Earl Douglas' lament, . 352
East nook of Fife, . . 286
Eppie Adair, . . .290
Eppie M'Nab, . . 346
Ettrick banks, . . 82
Evan banks, . . .516
Evanthe, . . .394
F.
Failte na miosg, . . 268
Fair Eliza, . . 378
Fair Eliza, . . .379
Fairest of the fair, . . 33
Farewell, ye fields, . . 597
Fife and a' the lands about it, 125
Finlayston house.
Fine flowers in the valley.
For a' that, an' a' that.
For lack of gold.
For the sake o' somebody.
Fourteenth of October,
Frae the friends and land
love,
Freicedan (M.),
Frennett hall,
Fy gar rub her o'er wi' strae.
G.
Gaelic air, . . . 183
Gaelic air, . . . 266
Gaelic air, . . . 378
Gaelic air, . . .379
Gaelic air, . . .399
Gae to the ky wi' me Johnny, 142
Galashiels, . . .158
Galloway Tam, . . 336
280
.331
300
171
448
182
312
102
296
17
INDEX.
Ill
Page.
Gently blaw, &c., . . 581
Geordie, an old ballad, 337
Get up and bar the door, 310
Gilderoy, ... 67
Gill Morrice . . 212
Gingling Geordie, . 482
Gladsmuir, . . . 210
Gloomy December, . 515
Good-morrow, fair mistress, 502
Good-night and joy be wi'
you a', ... 620
Go, plaintive sounds, . 595
Go to Berwick Johnny, . 534
Go to the ewe bughts, Marion, 86
Gow's (Neill) lamentation for
Abercairney, . . 203
Green grow the rashes . 78
Green sleeves, . . 402
Gudeen to you, kimmer, 540
Gude Wallace, . . 498
H
Had I the wyte she bad me, 427
Hallow E'en, . . 143
Hallow Fair, , . . 462
Hamilla, . . . ill
Hap me wi' thy petticoat, 146
Happy Clown, . . 260
Hard is the fate of him who
loves, . . . 610
Hardy Knute, or the battle
of Largs, . . . 289
Have you any pots or pans, 536
Her absence will not alter me, 72
Here awa', there awa', . 58
Here's a health to my true
love, . .174
Here's a health to them that's
awa', . , . . 425
Here's his health in water, 494
Here's to thy health, mybonnie
lass, .... 511
He's dear dear to me, &c., 566
He stole my tender heart away, 29
He who presumed to guide the
sun, .... 115
Hey ca' thro' . . 405
Hey how, Johnie lad, . 368
Hey, Jenny, come down to Jock, 175
Hey my kitten, my kitten, 577
Hey, tuttie, tatti, . . 173
Highlander's lament, . 2I8
Highland laddie, . . 431
Highland laddie (new set), 22
Page.
Highland lamentation, 186
Highland song, . . 274
Hooly and fairly, . 199
How long' and dreary is the
night, . . .183
How sweet is the scene, 586
How sweet this lone vale, 588
Hughie Graham, . . 312
I.
lanthy the lovely, . . 107
I care na' for your e'en sae
blue, .... 619
I do confess thou art sae fair, 332
I dream'd I lay, &c., . 153
If e'er I do weel it's a wonder, 332
I had a horse and I had nae
mair, . . .193
I ha'e a wife o' my ain, . 364
I'll ay ca' in by yon town, 470
I'll mak' you be fain to follow
me ... . 277
I'll never leave thee, . 92
I'll never love thee more, 464
I lo'e na a laddie but ane, 276
I love my Jean, . . 244
I love my jovial sailor, . 404
I love my love in secret, 213
I'm o'er young to marry yet, 110
In Brechin did a wabster
dwell, . . .541
Invercauld's reel, . . 203
In yon garden, &c., . 582
Irish air, . , . 458
It is na, Jean, thy bonnie face, 343
It was a' for our rightfu' King, 513
I've been courting at a lass, 316
I who am sore oppressed with
love, .... 154
I wish my love were in a mire, 41
J.
Jamie, come try me, . 238
Jamie Gay, . . . 15
Jamie o' the glen, . 420
Jenny's bawbie, . . 512
Jenny dang the weaver, 133
Jenny Nettles, . . 53
Jenny was fair and unkind, 217
Jocky fou, and Jenny fain, 395
Jocky said to Jenny, . 62
Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss, 589
John Anderson my jo, . 269
John, come kiss me now, 315
John Hay's bonny lassie, 68
IV
INDEX.
John o' Badenyond,
Johnny Macgill,
Johnny and Mary, .
Johnie Armstrang,
Johnie Blunt,
Johnie Cope,
Johnny Faa, or the
laddie, . .
Johny's gray breeks,
Jumpln' John,
K.
Kate of Aberdeen,
Katherine Ogie,
Katy's answer,
Kellyburnbraes,
Killiecrankie, .
Kind Robin loes me,
L.
gipsie
Page,
294
216
101
367
376
242
189
28
143
Lucky Nancy,
Lucy Campbell,
Page.
34
278
36
171
180
392
303
492
226
Laddie lye near me,
Laddie lye near me (old
words), . . .227
Lady Both well's lament, 135
Lady Mary Ann, . . 390
Lady Randolph's complaint, 332
Lass gin ye lo'e me tell me now, 253
Leader haughs and Yarrow 220
Leander on the bay, . 27
Leezie Lindsay, . . 446
Leith wynd, . . 250
Let me in this ae night, . 320
Let ithers brag weel, . 276
Lewis Gordon, . . 87
Little wat ye wha's coming, 591
Lizae Baillie, . . 469
Liv'd ance twa lovers in yon
dale, . . . 616
Lochaber, ... 96
Loch Eroch side, . . 78
Logan water . . 42
Logganburn, . . 511
Logie o' Buchan, . . 368
Lord Breadalbine's march, 279
Lord Ronald my son, . 337
Lord Thomas and fair Annet, 533
Louis, what reck I by thee, 427
Lovely Davies, . . 360
Lovely lass of Monorgan, 154
Lovely Polly Stewart, . 485
Love is the cause of my
mourning, . , . Ill
Love will find out the way, 157
Low down in the broom, 91
M.
M'Gregor of Roro's lament, 181
M'Pherson's farewell, . 1 17
Maggy Lauder, , . 99
Magic's tocher, , . 238
Marquis of Huntly's reel, 209
Mary of Castlecary, . 454
Mary Queen of Scots lament, 417
Mary Scot, ... 74
Mary's dream, . . 38
May-Eve, or Kate of Aberdeen, 36
May morning, . . 574
Merry ha'e I been teethin' a
heckle, . . . 279
M. Freicedan, . . 102
Miss Admiral Gordon's Strath-
spey, .... 244
Miss Hamilton's delight, 183
Miss Muir, . . , 360
Miss Weir, . . . 413
Morag, . . . .150
Muirland Willie, . . 380
Musing on the roaring ocean, 187
My ain kind dearie O, . 50
My apron dearie, . 94
My bonny Mary, . . 240
My boy Tammy, . . 518
My collier laddie, . . 372
My daddy left me, &c., . 542
My dearie, if thou die, . 83
My dear Jockey, . . 16
My father has forty good shil-
lings, . . . 465
My goddess woman, . 314
My Harry was a gallant gay, 218
My heart's in the Highlands, 268
My joe Janet, . . 114
My lady's gown there's gairs
upon't, . . . 573
My loved Celestia, . 160
My love has forsaken me, 159
My love is lost to me, . 264
My love she's but a lassie yet, 234
My Mary, dear departed shade, 288
My minnie says I manna, 478
My Nannie, O, . . 89
My Nannie, O, . . 600
My Peggy's face, . . 517
RJy tocher's the jewel, . 322
My wife has ta'en the gee, 422
My wife's a wanton wee thing, 226
INDEX.
N.
Nae luck about the house, 615
Nancy's ghost, . . 205
Nancy's to the greenwood gane, 50
Nelly's dream, . . 612
Nithsdale's welcome hame, 375
No churchman am I, . 606
No dominies for me, laddie, 504
Now bank an' brae, . 537
Now westlin' winds, . 363
O.
O as I was kist yestreen, 330
O ay, my wife she dang me, 549
O Bothwell bank, . . 529
O can ye labor lea, young man, 407
O can ye sew cushions, . 456
O cherub content, . . 526
O dear mother what shall I do, 245
O dear ! what can the matter
be, ... . 510
O'er Bogie, . , .175
O'er the hills and far awaj', 62
O'er the moor to Maggy, 56
O'er the muir amang the hea-
ther, . . . 338
O'er the water to Charlie, 195
O fare ye weel, my auld wife, 365
O for ane and twenty. Tarn, 366
O gin I were fairly shot of her, 576
O gin my love were yon red
rose, .... 614
O gin ye were dead, gudeman, 421
O gude ale comes, &c., . 561
O heard ye e'er of a silly blind
harper, . . . 598
Oh ono chrio, . . 90
Oh open the door. Lord Gre-
gory, ... 5
O Kenmure's on and awa'
Wilhe, . . .370
O ken ye what Meg o' the mill
has gotten, . . 585
O laddie, I maun lo'e thee, 320
O lay thy loof in mine, lass, 593
O leave novels, &c., . 592
O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, 617
O Mary turns awa', . 560
O Mary, ye's be clad in silk, 605
O May, thy morn, . . 477
O mither dear, . . 133
On a bank of flowers, . 232
On a rock by seas surrounded, 1 07
On hearing a young lady sing, 453
On the death of Delia's linnet, 408
On the restoration of the for-
feited estates, 1 794, . 308
O once I loved, . . 570
Orananaig, . . . 399
Oran Gaoil, . . .282
O saw ye my father, . 77
Oscar's ghost, . . 71
O steer her up and baud her
gaun, . . . 520
O tell me, my bonny, &c., 558
O that I had ne'er been mar-
ried, . . . .613
O turn away those cruel eyes, 604
Our goodman came hame at
e'en, .... 464
Out over the Forth, &c., 434
O wat ye wha's in yon town, 471
O were I on Parnassus' hill, 264
P.
Patie's wedding, . . 396
Peasstrae, . . . 316
Peggy, in devotion, . 419
Peggy, I must love thee, 3
Pinky house, ... 57
Pol wart on the green, . 191
Powers celestial, whose pro-
tion, . . . 473
Prselium Gillicrankianum, 105
Put the gown upon the bishop, 462
R.
Ratthn' roarin' Willie, . 202
Raving winds around her
blowing, . . . 181
Rinn m'eudail mo mhealladh, 359
Red gleams the sun, . 519
Return hameward, . 572
Robie donna gorach, . 305
Robin shure in hairst, . 562
Rock and a wee pickle tow, 450
Rory Ball's port, . . 358
Roslin castle, . . 9
Row saftly, thou stream, 524
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch, 352
Ruffian's rant, ., . 1G4
S.
Sae far awa', . . . 46 1
Sae merry as we twa ha'e been, 60
Sandy and Jockie, . . 292
Sandie o'er the lee, . . 283
Sawnie's pipe, . . 214
2q
VI
INDEX.
Page
Saw ye Johnnie cummin', quo'
she, .... 10
Saw ye nae my Peggy, . 1 2
Saw ye the Thane, " . 594
Scenes of woe and pleasure, 533
Scots queen, . . 198
Scots Jenny, . . 217
Scroggam, , . . ' 558
Sensibility, how charming, 339
Seventh of November, . 233
She rose and let me in, . 84
She says she lo'es me best of a', 458
She's fair and fause, , • 411
Sic a wife as Willie had, 389
Since robb d of all that charm'd
my views, . . . 183
Sir John Malcolm, . . 468
Sir Patrick Spence, . . 496
Sleepy body, . . . 404
SongofSelma, . .123
Song of Selma, . . 265
Stay, my charmer, can you
leave me ? , . . 135
Stern winter has left us, . 544
Stern winter has left us (2d
sett), . . . .545
St Kilda Song, . . 250
Strathallan's lament, . 138
Strephon and Lydia, . 107
Such a parcel of rogues in a
nation, . . . 391
Sure, my Jean, . . 587
Sweet Annie frae the sea-beach
came, ... 85
. 578
Sweetest May,
Tak your auld cloak about ye, 258
Talk not of love, it gives me
pain, .... 194
Tarn Glen, . . .306
Tarn Lin, . . .423
Tarry woo, ... 45
Tell me, Jessie, tell me why, 618
The auld goodman, . 328
The auld man, . . 429
The auld man's mare's dead, 500
The auld wife ayont the fire, 446
The auld yellow-haired laddie, 128
The banks o' Doon, . 387
The banks of Forth, . 76
The banks of Helicon, . 478
The banks of Nith, . . 305
The banks of the Dee, . 532
Page
The banks of the Devon, 165
The banks of the Tweed, 6
The battle of Harlaw. . 528
The battle of Sherra Muir, 290
The beds of sweet roses, 8,
The birks of Aberfeldy, . 115
The birks of Abergeldie, 115
The birks of Invermay, 73
The black eagle, . . 237
The blathrie o't, . . 34
The blue bells of Scotland, 566
The blue-eyed lassie, . 304
The blythsome bridal, . 58
The boatie rows (1st sett), 438
The boatie rows (2d sett), 438
The boatie rows (3d sett), 438
The bonie banks of Ayr, 293
The boniest lass in a' the warld. 111
The bonny brucket lassie, 69
The bonny Earl of Murray, 185
The bonny grey-eyed morn, 80
The bonie lad that's far awa', 328
The bonie lass made the bed
to me, . . . 460
The bonny Scotsman, . 13
The bonny wee thing, . 351
The braes o' Ballochmyle, 285
The breast knots, . . 222
The brisk young lad, . 228
The bridal o't, . . 278
The broom blooms bonie, 474
The broom of Cowdenknows, 70
The bush aboon Traquair, 81
The butcher boy, . .314
The Campbells are comin', 309
The captain's lady, . . 242
The captive riband, . . 266
The cardin' o't, . . 449
The carle he came o'er the
craft, .... 141
The carlin of the glen, . 433
The cherry and the slae, 478
The collier's bony lassie, 48
The cooper o' Cuddy, . 442
The day returns, my bosom
burns, .... 233
The deil's awa' wi' th' excise-
man, . . . . 412
The deucks dang o'er my
daddie, . . . 409
The Duke of Gordon has three
daughters, . . .431
The Dumfries volunteers, 565
The ewie wi' the crooked horn, 302
INDEX.
Vll
Page
The flowers of Edinburgh, 14
The flowers of the Forest, 64
The gaberlunzie man, . 234
Tlie gallant weaver, . 403
The gardener wi' his paidle, 229
The gentle swain, . . 28
The glancing of her apron, 437
The Gordons has the guiding
o't, . . . .107
The happy marriage, . 20
The haws of Cromdale, 502
The Highland balou, . 486
The Highland character, . 218
The Highland king, . ib.
The Highland laddie, . 22
The Highland lassie O, . 121
The Highland queen, . 1
The Highland widow's lament, 514
The Highlander's lament, 608
The humble beggar, . 435
The jolly beggar, . . 274
The joyful widower, . 99
The lass of Ecclefechan, 442
The lass of Livingston, . 18
The lass of Peaty's mill, . 21
The lass that winna sit down, 476
The last time I came o'er the
moor, . . . . 19
The lazy mist, . .241
The linkin laddie, . . 246
The lovely lass of Inverness, 414
The lover's address to a rose-
bud, .... 254
The lowlands of Holland, 1 18
The maid's complaint, . 115
The maid gaed to the mill, 494
The maid in bedlam, . 46
The maid in bedlam, . 47
The maid of Selma, . 119
The maid's complaint, . 115
The maid that tends the goats, 40
The maltman, . . . 445
The miller, . . .129
The mill, mill, O, . . 250
The moudiewort, . . 366
The mucking o' Geordie's byre, 97
The northern lass, . . 122
Then guidwife count the law-
in', ... 323
Theniel Menzies' bonie Mary, 1 1 4
The ploughman, . . 173
The poor pedlar, . . 582
The poor thresher, . 384
The posie, . . .386
The Queen o' the Lothians
cam cruisin' to Fife, . 539
The rain rins down, . 602
The rantin dog the daddie o't, 286
The rantin laddie, . . 474
The reel o' Stumpie, . 470
There grows a bonie brier
bush, . . .508
There'll never be peace till
Jamie comes hame, . 326
There's a youth in this city, 266
There's my thumb, I'll ne'er
beguile you, . . 66
There's nae luck about the
house, ... 44
There's news, lasses, news, 609
There's three gude fellows
ayont yon glen, . . 454
There was a bonie lass, . 606
There was a silly shepherd
swain, . . . 490
There was a wee bit wiffikie, 506
The rinaway bride, . 488
The rowin't in her apron, 437
The Scots recluse, . 214
The shepherd Adonis, . 167
The shepherd's preference, 286
The shepherd's wife, . 372
The siller crown, . 249
The slave's lament, . 398
The soger laddie, . . 334
The song of death, . . 399
The souters o' Selkirk, 450
The sun in the west, . 557
The taylor, . . .505
The taylor fell thro' the bed, 221
The tears I shed, . . 350
The tears of Scotland, . 147
The tither morn, . . 355
The toast, . . . 12
The turnimspike, . . 24
The vain pursuit, . 344
The waefu' heart, . . 252
The wauking of the fauld, 88
The weary pund o' tow, 362
The wedding-day, . . 151
The wee thing, . . 454
The wee wee man, . 382
The whistle, . . 324
The white cockade, . 281
The winter it is past, . 268
The winter of life, . . 501
The wren, or Lennox's love
to Blantyre, . . 497
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INDEX.
Page
The wren's nest, . . 419
The yellow-hair'd laddie, 127
The young Highland rover, 150
The young laird and Edin-
burgh Katie, . .179
The young man's dream, 131
This is no mine ain house, 225
Tho' for seven years, . 522
Thou art gane awa', . 348
Thou art gane awa' (new sett), 348
Thro' the wood laddie, . 161
Thy cheek is o' the rose's hue, 548
Tibbie Dunbar, . . 216
Tibbie Fowler, . . 452
Tibbie, I ha'e seen the day, 203
'Tis nae very lang sinsyne, 569
To a blackbird, . .198
To daunton me, . . 190
Todlin hame, . . 284
To the rosebud, . . 340
To the weaver's gin ye go, 106
Tranent muir, . . 103
Tullochgorum, . . 298
Tune your fiddles, . . 209
'Twas at the shining mid-day
hour, .... 534
Tweedside, ... 37
Twine weel the plaiden, . 32
U.
Up and warn a', Willie, , 195
Up in the morning early, 147
W.
Wae is my heart, . . 490
Waly, waly, . . .166
, Waly, waly (a different sett), 458
Wantonness for ever mair, 435
Wap at the widow, my laddie, 130
Water parted from the sea, 39
Wee Willie Gray, , . 530
We'll put the sheephead in
the pat, . . . 493
Were na my heart light, I wad
die, .... 126
Wha is that at my bower door, 347
Wha wadna be in love, . 562
Whar Esk its silver streams, 522
What ails the lasses at me, 556
What can a young lassie do wi'
an auld man, . . 327
What's that to you, . 590
Page
What will I do gin my hoggie
die, . . . . 139
When absent from the nymph
I love, ... 54
When Guilford good our pilot
stood, . . .102
When I gaed to the mill, 521
When I think on my lad, 570
When I upon thy bosom lean, 214
When she cam ben she bobbed, 364
When the days they ave lang, 530
Where braving angry winter's
storms, . . . 203
Where Helen lies, . . 163
Where wad bonie Annie lie, 335
Where winding Forth adorns
the vale, . • • 149
While hopeless, &c., . 406
Whistle an' I'll come to you,
my lad, . . .109
Whistle o'er the lave o't, 258
Why hangs that cloud ? 143
Widow, are ye waking? . 444
William and Margaret, . 554
William's ghost, . . 374
Willie bre.wed a peck o' maut, 301
Willy's rare and Willy's fair, 542
Willy was a wanton wag, 144
Will ye go and marry, Katie, 472
Wilt thou be my dearie, 484
Within a mile of Edinburgh
town, .... 49
Woe's my heart that we should
sunder, . . .137
Woo'd and married and a', 10
Ye gods, was Strephon's pic-
ture blest, . . . 182
Ye Jacobites by name, . 383
Ye Muses nine, O lend your
aid, .... 611
Ye're welcome, Charlie Stew-
art, . . . _ . 485
Yon wild mossy mountains, 340
You ask me, charming fair, 584
Young Damon, . . 186
Young Jamie, pride of a' the
plain, .... 433
Young Jockey was the blythest
lad, .... 297
Young Philander, . . 230
INDEX
OF THE
MUSICAL AIRS INSERTED IN THE
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A.
Ancient air,
A Port, .
A Scottish march,
Auld langsyne,
Auld Robin Gray, .
Ay wakin', oh !
B.
Battle of Harlaw,
Bruce's address to his army,
Cold and Raw,
Come kiss with me.
I.
Page
D.
Donald Couper
130
*376
391
375
233
206
447
493
132
323
316
Fair Helen of Kirkconnell, 143
G.
Green grows the rashes, *138
H.
Hap me with thy petticoat, 130
Hardie Knute, . . 268
Hand awa' from me, Donald, 318
Here's a health to him that's
awa', .... 371
Hey, now the day dawis, 163
Hey, now the day dawis,
(2d sett), . . .493
Highland laddie, . . 410
I kist her while she blusht, 139
In January last, . . 396
I wish that ye were dead,
gudeman, . . . 366
Jean Lindsay's port, . *377
Joan's placket, . . 129
Jockie's fow, and Jenny's fain, 282
Johnie Armstrang, . . 336
Jumpin Joan, . . 129
L.
Logie of Buchan, . . 337
Long berdes hertheles, . 166
Love will find out the way, 140
M.
May her blest example chace, 132
My dearie, an' thou die, 86
O.
O dear minny, what shall I
do? . . . .223
Oh Nancy, wilt thou go with
me,
Oran Gaoil,
Over the mountains.
Ports (Highland),
R.
Rory Dall's Port,
30
236
140
*371
*371
INDEX.
s.
Sandie o'er the lea,
Scots wha hae wi' Wallace
bled, ....
Skirving's lament.
The auld Highland laddie,
The auld Jew,
The banks of Helicon,
The day dawis.
The day dawis, (2d sett),
The day dawis, (3d sett).
The flowers of the Forest,
Page
Page
The Jew's dochter.
503
257
The ploughman's whistle.
158
The rain rins down,
503
495
The souters of Selkirk,
390
*194
This is no mine ain house.
210
Tune your fiddles.
190
410
W.
254
Who is at my window ?
498
408
Willie and Annet,
395
163
495
Y.
*534
Young Philander,
214
*403
INDEX
OF THE
FIRST LINES OF THE SONGS IN THE
MUSICAL MUSEUM.
Page
About ane bank with balmy
be wis, . . .478
A cock laird fu' cadgie, . 133
A cogie of ale and a pickle
ait meal, = . . 364
Adieu! a heart warm fond
adieu, . . . 620
Adieu, ye streams that smooth-
ly glide ... 64
Ae day a braw wooer, . 338
Ae fond kiss and then we
sever, . . . 358
A friend o' mine came here
yestreen, . . . 422
Aftenhae I play'd at the cards
and the dice, . . 474
Ah ! Chloris could I now but
sit, . . . 67
Ah, Mary, sweetest maid, fare-
well, . . . 346
Ah! sure a pair was never
seen, . . . 23
Ah! the poor shepherd's
mournful fate, . . 158
Ah ! why thus abandon' d to
mourning and woe, . 270
A laddie and a lassie, . 488
A lass that was laden' d with
care, . . . 60
All hail to thee, thou bawmy
bud, . . . 340
Allan by his grief excited, 125
All lovely on the sultry beach, 107
Altho' I be but a country lass, 336
Page
Altho' my back be at the wa', 494
Amidst a rosy bank of flowers, 186
Ance mair I hail thee, thou
gloomy December, . . 313
And are ye sure the news is
true? . . . 44
And a' that e'er my Jenny had, 312
And gin ye meet a bonny
lassie, . , . 17
And I'll o'er the moor to
Maggy, ... 56
And ye shall walk in silk attire 249
An' I'll awa to bonny Tweed-
side, . . . 580
An' I'll kiss thee yet, yet, 201
Anna, thy charms my bosom
fire, .... 347
A nobleman lived in a village
of late, . . .384
An' 0 for ane and twenty Tam, 366
An' O my Eppie, . . 290
An thou were my ain thing, 2
Argyll is my name, . 378
A rose bud by my early walk, 197
As down on Banna' s banks I
stray'd, ... 47
As from a rock past all relief, 3
As I came by Loch Erroch's
side, ... 78
As I came down by yon castle
wa', . . . 336
As I came in by Auchindown, 302
As I came o'er the Cairny
mount, . . . 480
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INDEX.
As I lay on my bed on a night, 601
As I stood by yon roofless
tower, . . , 418
As I was a-walking all alone, 382
As I was a-walking onemorn-
ing in May, , . 8
As I was a-Wandering ae
midsummer e'enin, . 359
As I was walking by yon river
side, . . .566
As I went o'er the Highland
hills, . . .525
As I went out, ae May morn-
ing, . . .340
As I went over yon meadow, 97
As Jamie Gay gang'd blythe
his way, ... 15
As late by a sodger I chanced
to pass, , . . 277
As o'er the Highland hills I
hied, . . . 308
A soldier for gallant achieve-
ments renoun'd, . . 608
As on an eminence I stood a-
musing, . . 282
As on the banks of Tweed I
lay reclined, . . 6
A Southland Jenny that was
right bonie, . .318
As over Gladsmuir's blood-
stain'd field, . . 210
As Patie cam up frae the
glen, . . .396
As Philermon and Phillis to-
gether did walk, . . 162
As Sylvia in a forest lay, 441
As walking forth to view the
plain, - . .171
As walking forth to view the
spring, . . , 526
A' the lads o' Thornie bank, 164
At Polwarth on the green, 191
Auld Rob Morris that wins
in yon glen, . . 200
Auld Rob the laird o' muckle
land, . . . 420
Awa, Whigs, awa', . 272
Ay waking O, waking ay
and wearie, . . 396
B.
Balow, my boy, lie still and
sleep, . . . 135
Bannocks o' bear meal, . 489
Behind yon hills where riv'lets
row, . . . 600
Beneath a green shade, a
lovely young swain, . 93
Beneath a green shade I fand
a fair maid, . . 250
Bessie's beauties shine sae
bright, . . . 31
Betty, early gone a-maying, G6
Blest are the mortals above
all, . - . . 453
Blest as the immortal gods
is he, . . . 41
Blythe, blythe and merry was
she, .... 187
Blythe Jocky, young and gay, 30
Blythe young Bess to Jean
did say, ... 4
Bonny lassie, will ye go, 1 1 5
Bonny lassie, will ye go, 116
Bonie wee thing, canie wee
thing, . . .351
Braw, braw lads o' Gala
water, . . . 131
Bright the moon aboon yon
mountain, . . . 612
Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny
bride, . . . 65
But lately seen in gladsome
green, . . .501
By a murmuring stream a fair
shepherdess lay, . . Ill
By Pinky House oft let me
walk, ... 57
By smooth winding Tay, 68
By the delicious warmness of
thy mouth, . . 262
By the stream so cool and
clear, . . . 250
By yon castle wa' at the close
of the day, . . 326
C.
Carl an the king come, . 248
Ca' the yowes to the knowes, 273
Cauld blaws the wind frae
east to west, . . ] 47
Cauld is the e'enin blast, 603
Cease, cease my dear friend
to explore, . . 254
Chanticleer, wi' noisy whistle, 568
Clarinda, mistress of my soul, 206
Come boat me o'er, come row
me o'er, . . .195
INDEX.
Xlll
Page
Come, follow, follow, . 552
Come, fy ! let us a' to the
wedding, ... 58
Come, gies a sang, Montgom-
ery cried, . . . 298
Come, here's to the nymph
that I love, . . 354
Comin thro' the craigs o'
Kyle, . . . 338
Comin thro' the rye, poor
body, . - . 430
Come, let's hae mair wine in, 1 2
Come under my plaidy, . 550
Could aught of song declare
my pain, . . . 509
D.
Dear Myra, the captive rib-
and's mine, . . 266
Dear Roger, if your Jenny
geek, • . . 17
Deil tak the wars that hurried
Willy frae me, . . 270
Does haughty Gaul invasion
threat, . . . 565
Down the burn, and through
the mead, . . . 101
Dumbarton drums beat bonie
O, . . . .169
Farewell, thou fair day, thou
green earth, and ye skies, 399
Farewell to a' our Scottish
fame, . . . 391
Farewell to Lochaber, and
farewell my Jean, . 96
Farewell, ye dungeons dark
and strong, . . 117
Farewell, ye fields an' mea-
dows green, . . 597
Fate gave the word, the arrow
sped, . . . 280
First when Maggy was my
care, . . . 258
Flow gently, sweet Afton, a-
mong thy green braes, 400
Forbear, gentle youth, to pur-
sue me in vain, . . 344
For ever, fortune, wilt thou
prove, . . . 42
For lake o* gold she's left
meO, . . .171
For weel he kend the way O, 505
Page
Frae Dunidier as I cam
through, . . . 528
Frae the friends and land I
love, .... 312
From Roslin castle's echoing
walls, ... 9
Fu' fain wad 1 be Jamie's lass, 478
G.
Gane is the day and mirk's
the night, . . 323
Gat ye me, O gat ye me, 442
Gently blaw, ye eastern
breezes, . . .581
Gie me a lass wi' a lump o'
land, . . .177
GillMoricewasan earle'sson, 212
Gin a body meet a body, 431
Gin I had a wee house, and a
canty wee fire, . . 98
Gin living worth could win
my heart, . . . 252
Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, 240
Good morrow, fair mistress, 502
Go on, sweet bird, and soothe
my care, - . .198
Go, plaintive sounds, . 595
Go to Berwick, Johnny, . 534
Grahamius notabilis coegerat
montanos, . . .103
Gudeen to you, kimmer, 540
H.
Had I a heart for falsehood
fram'd, ... 47
Had I the wyte, had I the
wyte, . . . 427
Happy's the love which meets
return, ... 74
Hard is the fate of him who
loves, . . . 610
Harken and I will tell you
how, . . • 380
HarkI theloudtempestshakes
earth to its centre, . 226
Hark ! yonder eagle lonely
wails, . . . 237
Have ye any pots or pans, 536
Hear me, ye nymphs, and
every swain, . . 81
Hee, balou, my sweet wee
Donald, . . .486
Her daddie forbad, her min-
nie forbad, . .145
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INDEX.
Page
Here aw a, there awa, here
awa, Willie, . . 58
Here's a health to them that's
awa, .... 425
Here's to the king, sir, . 178
Here's to thy health, my bonie
lass, . . . .511
Hersell be Highland shentle-
man, . . . 24
He who presum'd to guide
the sun, . . . 115
Hey, Donald, how Donald. 344
Hey how, my Johnie lad, 368
Hey ! my kitten, my kitten, 577
Hey the bony, hey the bony, 222
Hey the dusty miller, , 151
Hid from himself now by the
dawn, . . . 260
How blest has my time been, 20
How blythe was I each morn
to see, ... 70
How long and dreary is the
night, . . .183
How often my heart has by
love been o'erthrown, . 482
How pleasant the banks of the
clear winding Devon, . 165
How sweet is the scene at the
dawning o' morning, . 586
How sweet this lone vale, 588
How sweetly smells the sim-
mer green, . . . 61
I.
I am a young bachelor, win-
some, .... .556
I am my mammy's ae bairn, 1 10
I care na for your een sae
blue, .... 619
I chanced to meet an airy
blade, . . .504
I coft a stane o' haslock woo, 449
I do confess thou art sae fair, 332
I dreara'd I lay where flowers
were springing, . , 153
I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen, 304
I had a horse and I had nae
mair, .... 193
I hae a wife o' my ain, . 364
I hae been at Crookieden, 342
I hae laid a herring in saut, 253
I'll ay ca' in by yon town, 470
I lo'e nae a laddie but ane, 276
Page
I love my jovial sailor, . 404
I married with a scolding wife, 99
In April when primroses paint
the sweet plain, . . 127
In Brechin did a wabster
dwell, . . . .541
In comin' by the brig o' Dye, 164
In lovely August last, . 457
In May when the daisies ap-
pear on the green, . 286
In Scotland there lived a hum-
ble beggar, . . 435
In summer when the hay was
maun, . • . 376
In the hall I lay at night, 119
In the garb of old Gaul, 218
In winter when the rain rain'd
cauld, . . . 258
In yon garden fine and gay, 582
I sing of a whistle, a whistle of
worth, . . . 324
It fell about the Martinmas
time, .... 310
It is na, Jean, thy bonnie face, 343
It is night, I am alone, . 123
It's up wi' the souters o' Sel-
kirk, . . . .450
It's whisper'd in parlour, 474
It was a' for our rightfu'
king, .... 513
It was in and about the Mar-
tinmas time, . . 230
It was in an evening sae saft
and sae clear, . . 113
It was in sweet Senegal, 398
I've been courting at a lass, 316
I who am sore oppress'd with
love, . . . . 154
I will awa' wi' my love, . 175
I winna marry ony man but
Sandy o'er the lea, . 283
Jamie, come try me, . 238
Jenny's heart was frank and
free, .... 28
Jockey fou and Jenny fain, 395
Jockey he came here to woo, 175
Jockey met with Jenny fair, 62
Jockey said to Jenny, . 62
Jockey's ta'en the parting
kiss, .... 589
John Anderson, my jo, John, 269
INDEX.
XV
K.
Page
Keen blaws the ■wind o'er
Donocht head, . . 388
L.
Landlady, count the lawin', 178
Lang hae we parted been, 227
Late in an evening forth I
went, .... 328
Leander on the bay, . 27
Leave kindred and friends,
sweet Betty, . . 32
Let ithers brag weel o' their
gear, .... 276
Little wat ye wha's coming, 391
Lived ance two lovers in yon
dale, .... 616
Look where my dear HamUla
smiles, . . . Ill
Lord Thomas and fair Annet, 333
Loud blaw the frosty breezes, 150
Louis, what reck I by thee, 427
Love never more shall give
me pain, ... 83
Love's goddess in a myrtle
grove, . . . 33
M.
Mourn, hapless Caledonia,
mourn, . . .147
My bonny Lizie Baillie, 469
My daddy is a canker'd carle, 91
My daddy left me gear enough, 342
My dear and only love, I pray, 464
My father has forty good
shillings, . . . 463
My Harry was a gallant gay, 218
My heart is a breaking, dear
titty, . . . .306
My heart is sair, I dare na tell, 448
My heart's in the Highlands, 268
My heart was ance as blythe
and free, . . .106
My hero, my hero, my beau-
teous, my brave, . . 332
My Jeany and I have toil'd, 390
My Jockey is the blithest lad, 23
My laddie is gane far away
o'er the plain, . . 16
My lady's gown there's gairs
upon't, . . . 373
My loved Celestia is so fair, 160
My love has forsaken me, 139
My love she's but a lassie yet, 234
Page
My love was born in Aber-
deen, . . . .281
My love was once a bonny lad, 14
My mither's ay glowran o'er
me, ... . 180
My Patie is a lover gay, 94
My Peggy is a young thing, 88
My Peggy's face, my Peggy's
form, . . . .317
My Sandy gied to me a ring, 2 1 3
My sheep I've forsaken, . 94
My soger laddie is over the sea, 334
Mywife's a wanton wee thing, 226
Musing on the roaring ocean, 187
N.
Nae gentle dames, tho' ne'er
so fair, . . . 121
No churchman am I for to
rail and to write, . . 606
No more my song shall be, ye
swains, ... 1
No repose can I discover, . 131
Now bank and brae are
claith'd in green, . . 537
Now smiling Spring again
appears, ... 28
Now Nature hangs her
mantle green, . . 417
Now wat ye wha I met ye-
streen, . . .179
Now westlin winds and
slaughterin' guns, . 363
O.
O all ye luves and groves la-
ment, .... 408
O an ye war dead gudeman, 421
O as I was kist yestreen, . 330
O ay my wife she dang me, 349
O Bell, thy looks have kill'd
my heart, . . . 146
O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, 134
O Both well bank, thou bloom-
estfair, . . .329
O cam ye here the fight to
shun, . . . .290
O can ye labor lea, young man, 407
O can ye sew cushions, . 436
O cherub content, . . 326
O dear minnie what shall I do, 243
O dear Peggy, love's beguil-
mgj
24.L
O dear! what can the matter be, 510
INDEX.
Page
O dinna think, bonnie lassie, 574
O fare ye weel, my auld wife, 365
Of a' the airts the wind can
blaw, .... 244
O for my aia king, quo' gude
Wallace, . . .498
O gae to the kye wi' me,
Johnie, . . .142
O Galloway Tam cam here
to woo, . . . 336
O gin I were fairly shot o' her, 576
O gin my love werfe yon red
rose, .... 614
O gude ale comes, . . 561
O heard ye of a silly Harper, 598
Oh ! I am come to the low
countrie, . . . 514
Oh open the door. Lord Gre-
gory, .... 5
O how can I be blythe and
glad, . . . . 328
O how shall I unskilfu' try, 360
Oh ! send Lewis Gordon hame, 87
Oh was not I a weary wight, 90
O I forbid you, maidens a', 423
O I hae lost my silken snood, 32
O John, come kiss me now, 315
O keep ye weel frae Sir John
Malcolm, . . .468
O Kenmure's on an' awa',
Willie, . . .370
O ken ye what Meg o' the
mill has gotten, . . 585
O ladie, I maun lo'e thee, 320
O Lady Mary Ann looks o'er
the castle wa', .' . 390
O lay thy loof in mine, lass, 593
O leave novels, ye Mauchlin
belles, . . .592
O leeze me on my spinning
wheel, . . .371
O let me in this ae night, 320
O Logie o' Buchan, O Logie
the laird, . . .368
O lovely maid, how dear's
thy power, ... 42
O lovely Polly Stewart, . 485
O love, thou delights in man's
ruin, .... 413
O luve will venture, . 386
O Mally's meek, Mally's
sweet, . . . 617
O Mary, turn awa that bonny
face, .... 560
Page
O Mary, ye's be clad in silk, 605
O May, thy morn was ne'er
sae sweet, . . . 477
O meikle thinks my love o'
my beauty, . . , 322
O merry hae I been teethen a
heckle, ... 279
O merry may the maid be, 129
O mighty Nature's handy-
work, . . .314
O mither dear, I 'gin to fear, 133
O Molly, Molly, my dear
honey, . . . 132
O mount and go, . . 242
O my love's like a red, red
rose, .... 415
On a bank of flowers in a sum-
mer day, . . . 232
O Nannie, wilt thou gang wi'
me, .... 33
On a rock by seas surround-
ed, ... . 107
One day I heard Mary say, 92
One morning very early, one
morning in the Spring, 46
One night as young Colin lay
musing in bed, . . 151
One night I dream'd I lay
most easy, . . . 131
On Etrick banks ae summer's
night, ... 82
O once I lov'd a bonnie lass, 570
O sad and heavy should I
part, .... 461
0 Sandy, why leaves thou thy
Nelly to mourn, . . 161
O saw ye Jenny Nettles, 53
O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie
M'Nab, . . .346
O saw ye my father, . 77
O see that form that faintly
gleams, . . . 71
O steer her up and had her
gaun, . . . 520
O tell me, my bonny young
lassie, .... 558
O that I had ne'er been mar-
ried, .... 613
O that I were where Helen
lies, .... 163
O this is no my ain house, 225
O turn away those cruel eyes, 604
Our auld King Coul was a
jolly auld soul, . . 486
INDEX.
XVll
rage
Our goodman came hame at
e'en, . . . . 466
Our lords are to the moun-
tains gane, . . . 312
Our young lady's a-hunting
gane, .... 437
Out over the Forth, I look to
the North, . . . 434
O waly, waly, up yon bank, 1 66
O waly, waly, up yon bank,. 458
O wat ye wha's in yon town, 471
O weel may the boatie row, 438
O were I able to rehearse, 302
O were I on Parnassus' hill, 264
O wha my babie clouts will
buy, .... 286
O whar did ye get that
hauver meal bannock, . 100
O what had I ado for to
marry, . . .199
O when she cam ben she bob-
bit, .... 364
O where and O where does
your Highland laddie
dwell, . . . 566
O where hae ye been, Lord
Ronald my son, . . 337
O where wad bonnie Annie
lie, . . . .335
O whistle, an' I'll cometo you
my lad, . . .109
O Willie brew'd a peck o'
maut, . . .301
O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet
Tibbie Dunbar, . . 216
P.
Pain'd with her slighting
Jamie's love, . . 18
Peggy, now the king's come, 248
Powers celestial, whose pro-
tection, . . .473
Put the gown upon the
bishop, . . . 462
Q.
Quite over the mountains, 157
R.
Rattlin, roarin Willie, . 202
Raving winds around her
blowing, . . . 181
Red gleams the sun on yon
hill tap, . . .519
Return hameward my heart
again, . • . 572
Robin is my only joe, . 492
Robin shure in hairst, . 562
Row saftly thou stream, . 524
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch, 352
Sae flaxen were her ringlets, 458
Saw ye Johnnie cummin' quo'
she, . . . . 10
Saw ye my wee' thing, . 454
Saw ye nae my Peggy, . 12
Saw ye the thane o' meikle
pride, . . . 594
Scenes of woe and scenes of
pleasure, . . . 533
Scots wha hae wi' Wallace
bled, . . . .596
Se do mholla-mhoUa mholla, 274
Sensibility how charming, 339
She'sfairandfausethatcaus'd
my smart, . . . ■ 411
She sat down below a thorn, 331
She took me in and set me
down, . . . 188
Should auld acquaintance be
forgot, ... 26
Should auld acquaintance be
forgot, . . . 426
Simmer's a pleasant time, 222
Since all thy vows, false maid, 207
Since robb'd of all that
charm'd my view, . 184
Sir John Cope trode the north
right far, . . .242
Sleepy body, drousy body, 404
Slow spreads the gloom my
soul desires, . . 516
Some spieks of lords, some
, spieks of lairds, . . 367
Speak on, speak thus and still
my grief, . . . 137
Stately stept he east the
wa', .... 289
Stay my charmer, can you
leave me, . . • 135
Sternwinterhasleft us, . 544
Sun, gallop down the westlin
skies, .... 263
Sure my Jean is beauty's blos-
som, .... 587
Sweet Annie frae the sea-
beach came, . . 85
XVlll
INDEX.
Page
Sweet closes the evening on
Craigie burn wood, . 311
Sweetest May, let love inspire
thee, . . . .378
Sweet nursling of the tears of
morning, . . . 254
Sweet nymph of my devo-
tion, .... 419
Sweet sir, for your courtesie, 114
Talk not of love, it gives me
pain, . . . .194
Tarry woo, O tarry woo, 45
Tell me Jessy, tell me, . 618
The auld man he came over
the lea, . . .439
The auld man's mare's dead, 500
The auld wife heyond the fire, 446
The blude red rose at Yule
may blaw, . . ,190
The bonniest lad that e'er I
saw, .... 484
The bonny brucket lassie, 69
The bonny grey-eyed morn-
ing, .... 80
The bride cam out of the by re, 10
The Campbells are comin', 309
The carl he cam o'er the
craft, . . . 141
The Catrine woods were yel-
low seen, . . . 285
The Chevalier being void of
fear, .... 103
The collier has a daughter, 48
The country swain that haunts
the plain, . . .316
The day returns, my bosom
burns, . . . .233
The Deil cam fiddlin thro'
the town, . . . 412
The deucks dang o'er my
daddy, . , .409
The Duke of Gordon has
three daughters, . . 431
The fields were green, the
hills were gray, . . 29
The gloomy night is gath'ring
fast, . . . .293
The gypsies cam to our gude
lord's yett, . . 189
The king sits in Dunfermline
toune, . . . 496
The lass of Peaty 's Mill, . 21
Page
The last time I came o'er the
moor, .... 19
The Lawland lads think they
are fine, ... 22
The Lawland maids gang
trig and fine, . . 23
The lazy mist hangs from the
brow of the hill, . . 241
The love that I hae chosen, 1 18
The lovely lass of Inverness, 414
The maid's gane to the mill
by night, . . . 494
The maltman comes on Mon-
onday, . . . 445
The meal was dear short
syne, . . . 238
The moon had climb'd the
highest hill, . , 38
The morn was fair, saft was
the air, . , . 220
The night her silent sable
wore, .... 84
The night is my departing
night, . . . ,620
The noble Maxwells and
their powers, . , 375
The nymphs and shepherds
are met on the green, . 574
The ploughman he's a bonie
lad, . . . , 173
The queen o' the Lothians
cam cruisin to Fife, . 539
The pawkie auld carl came
over the lea, , . 234
The rain rins down thro'
Merryland toune, . 602
The robin came to the wren's
nest 419
There came a ghost to Mar-
garet's door, . . 374
There came a young man to
my daddie's door, , 228
There grows a bonie brier
bush, . , , , 508
There lived a carl in Kelly-
burn braes, . , , 392
There liv'd a man in yonder
glen, , . , ,376
There liv'd a wife in our gate
end, .... 306
There Nancy's to the green-
wood gane, . , . 50
There's a youth in this city,
it were a pity, , . 266
INDEX.
XIX
There's cauld kail in Aber-
deen, .... 170
There's fouth of braw Jockies
and Jennies, . . 462
There's news, lasses, news, 609
There's nought but care on
every hand, . . 78
There's three gude-fellows, 454
There was a battle in the
north, . . .375
There was a bonie lass, . 606
There was an auld wife had a
wee pickle tow, . . 430
There was anee a may, . 126
There was a jolly beggar, 274
There was a lass, they ca'd her
Meg, . . . .156
There was a noble lady, . 582
There was a silly shepherd
swain, . . . 4S0
There was a wee bit wiifikie, 506
There was a wife wonn'd in
Cockpen, . . . 358
The shepherd Adonis, . 167
The shepherd's wife cries o'er
tbeknowe, . . . 372
The silver moon's enamour'd
beams, ... 36
The smiling morn, the breath-
ing spring, ... 73
The smiling plains profusely
gay, . ._ . .213
The smiling spring comes in
rejoicing, . . .401
The spring time returns, . 246
The sun in the west, . 537
The tailor fell thro' the bed,
thimble ana', . . 221
The tears I shed must ever
fall, .... 350
The Thames flows proudly, 305
The tither morn when I for-
lorn, .... 355
The weary pund, the weary
pund, .... 362
The widow can bake, . 130
The winter it is past, . 208
The wren scho lyes in care's
bed, . . . _ . 497
The yellow hair'd laddie sat
on yon burn brae, . 128
They say that Jocky '11 speed
weelo't, . . .278
Page
Thickest night, surround my
dwelling, . . . 138
Tho' cruel fate should bid us
part, .... 122
Tho' for seven years and
mair, . . . 522
Thou art gane awa, thou art
gane awa, . . . 348
Thou ling'ring star, with
less'ning ray, . . 288
Though distant far from
Jessy's charms, . 72
Tho' women's minds like win-
ter winds, . . . 300
Thy cheek is 0' the rose's hue, 548
Thy praise I'll ever celebrate, 274
Tibbie Fowler o' the glen, 452
Tibbie, I hae seen the day, 203
'Tis nae very lang sinsyne, 569
To fly like bird from grove to
grove, ... 25
To me what are riches en-
cumber'd with care, . 174
Twa bonie lads were Sandy
and Jockey, . . 292
'Twas at the hour of dark
midnight, . . .214
'Twas at the shining midday
hour, . . . _ 334
'Twas at the silent solemn
hour, .... 534
'Twas in that season of the
year, .... 9
'Twas on a Monday morning, 440
'Twas past ane o'clock in a
cold frosty morning, . 236
'Twas summer and softly the
breezes, . . . 332
'Twas within a mile of Edin-
burgh town, . . 49
Tune your fiddles, tune them
sweetly, . . .208
Turn again, thou fair Eliza, 378
U.
Ullin, Carril and Ryno, . 265
Up amang yon cliffy rocks, 40
Up and warn a' Willie, . 195
Up wi' the carls of Dysart, 405
W.
Wae is my heart, and the
tear's in my e'e, . . 490
XX
INDEX.
Waes me that e'er I made
your bed, . . . 246
Wantonness for ever mair, 433
Wap and rovy, wap and row, 470
Water parted from the sea, 39
Weary fa' you, Dancan Gray, 168
Wee Willie Gray, . . 530
We'll hide the cooper behind
the door, . . . 442
Well, I agree, ye're sure o' me, 176
We'll put the sheep-head in
the pat, . . .493
Were I assured you'd constant
prove, . • . . 257
Wha is that at my chamber
door, .... 444
Whare are ye gaun my bony
lass, .... 298
Whare Esk its silver current
leads, . . .522
Whare hae ye been sae braw,
lad, . . . _ . 302
Whare live ye, my bonie lass, 372
Whar hae ye been a' day, my
boy Tammy, . - 518
Wha's that at my bower door, 347
What beauties does Flora dis-
close, .... 37
What can a young lassie, 327
What numbers shall the
Muse repeat, . . 43
What think ye o' the scorn-
fu' quine, . . . 476
What will I do gin my hog-
gie die, . . . 139
What words, dear Nancy, will
prevail, . . .140
Wha wadna be in love wi'
bonny Maggy Lauder, . 562
When absent from the nymph
I love, ... 54
When, dear Evan the, we were
young, . . . 394
When first I came to be a
man, .... 294
When first my brave Jolinie
lad, . . . .319
When first my dear laddie
g-aed to the green hill, . 128
When Frennet castle's ivy'd
wall, • ... 296
When Guilford good our pilot
stood, . . .102
Page
When I gaed to the mill my
lane, . . . . 321
When I have asixpence under
my thumb, . . . 284
When I think on my lad, 570
When I think on this warld's
pelf, .... 34
When I upon thy bosom lean, 214
When I was a young lad my
fortune was bad, . 332
When Januar wind was blaw-
ing, .... 460
When merry hearts were gay, 261
When rosy May comes in wi'
flowers, . . . 229
When summer comes, the
swains on Tweed, . 71
When the days they are
lang, . . . .530
When the sheep are in the
fauld, . . .256
When trees did bud, and
fields were green, . 73
When west winds did blow, 217
Where braving angry win-
ter's storms, . . 203
Where Cart rins rowin to the
sea, .... 403
Wherefore sighing art thou
Phillis, . . .473
Where waving pines salute
the skies, . . . 205
Where winding Forth adorns
the vale, . . .149
While fops in saft Italian
verse, ... 34
While hopeless and almost
reduced to despair, . 406
While some for pleasure
pawn their health, . 89
Why hangs that cloud upon
thy brow, . . . 143
Willie was a wanton wag, 144
Willie Wastle dwalt on
Tweed, . . .389
Wilt thou be my dearie, . 484
Will ye gang o'er the lea-rig, 50
Will ye go and marry, Katie, 472
Will ye go to the ewe-bughts,
Marion, ... 86
Will ye go to the Highlands,
Leezie Lindsay, . . 446
Willy's rare and Willy's fair, 542
INDEX. XXI
Page Page
With broken words and Ye rivers so limpid and clear, 191
downcast eyes, . . 137 Ye sylvan pow'rs that rule
the plain, ... 76
Y Ye watchful guardians of the
Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Fair, .... 302
Down, . . . 387 Yon wild mossy mountains, 340
Ye gales that gently wave the You ask me, charming fair, 584
sea, . . • 13 Young Jamie pride of a' the
Ye gallants bright I red you plain, . . . 433
right, . . . 224 Young Jockie was the blyth-
Ye gods was Strephon's pic- est lad, . . . . 297
ture blest, . . .182 Young Peggy blooms our
Ye Highlands and ye Law- boniest lass, . , 79
lands, . . . 185 Young Philander woo'd me
Ye Jacobites by name give an lang, .... 230
ear, .... 383 Yousing of our goodmanfrae
Ye Muses nine, O lend your hame, . . . 614
aid, .... 1
Ye Muses nine, O lend your
aid, ^.... 611
2r
INDEX
or THE
FIRST LINES OF SONGS OR POEMS,
INSERTED IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
363
152
38
35
A cock laird fu' cadgie, . 137
Ae day a braw wooer came
down the lang glen, , 461
Ae simmer night, on Logan
braes, ... 42
Ah ! my love ! leif me not, 93
Alas, my son, you little know, 101
All health be round Balcarras'
board, . . . *128
And from home I wou'd be, *387
As I came in by Fisherrow, 122
As I stood by yon roofless
tower,
As I went forth to view the
plain.
As Sylvia in a forest lay.
As the gentle turtle-dove,
Astrea, why so pale and sad, *1 19
At gloamin, if my lane I be, 53
At setting day and rising
morn, . . . 433
Awake, my love, with genial
ray, ... 80
B.
Balow, my boy, lie still and
sleep, . . 124
Behind yon hills where Lugar
flows, . . 91
Behold, my love, how green
the groves, . . 79
Be lordly, lassie, be lordly, 504
Blink o'er the burn, sweet
Betty, . . 33
Bonny Peggy Ramsay, 304
Born with too much fickle-
ness, &c. . . "401
Born with too much sensibili-
ty, &c. . . *400
Braw, braw lads of Gala
Water, . . 121
Bra', bra' lads o' Gala Wa-
ter, .... *408
But are ye sure the news is
true, . . . *117
By Logan's streams that rin
sae deep, . . ' 42
Can I cease to care ? . 207
Canst thou leave me thus,
my Katy ? . . 145
Ca' the yowes to the knowes, 248
Cauld kale in Aberdeen, 150
Come all ye souls devoid of
art, . . 424
Come, gie's a sang, Mont-
gomery cry'd, . 283
Come, take your glass, the
northern lass, . . 118
Cope sent a challenge frae
Dunbar, . . 220
D.
Dead as a door-nail, . *146
Dear Oswald, could my verse
as smoothly flow, . *406
Declare, ye banks of Helicon, 408
INDEX.
Did ever swain a nymph
adore, . . . *447
Donald Couper and his man, 316
Down in yon meadow a cou-
ple did tarrie, , . 181
Duncan Gray cam here to
woo, . . 148
Dusty was his coat, . *207
E.
Every day my wife tells me, 305
Ewie wi' the crooked horn, *412
F.
Farewell, thou fair day, thou
green earth, and ye skies, 354
Father, she said, you have
done me wrang, . *388
Fiddle strings are dear, laddie, 49 1
Forlorn, my love, no comfort
near, . . .303
Frae Dunideir as I cam
through, . . 447
From the chase in the moun-
tain, . . .170
G.
Gil Morice was an erle's son, 193
Gin ye meet a bonnie lassie, 16
Go, go, go — Go to Berwick,
Johnny, . . 459
Good- night, and joy be wi'
ye a', . . . 512
Great William of Nassau,
who saved us from Rome, 13
H.
Had I the power as I've the
will, . . .415
Had we never loved sae
kindly, . . . *370
Hame, hame, hame, &c. *386
Hark! now the drums beat
up again, . . 64
Hark ! the mavis' evening
sang, . . . 249
Harmonious pipe, how I en-
vye thy bliss, . . *202
Have you any laws to mend, *402
He courted her kindly, , *432
Hee, balow, my sweet wee
Donald, . . 417
Her daddy forbad, her minny
forbad, . . *207
Here awa, there awa, wan-
dering Willie, . 60
Here is the glen, and here
the bower, . . 14
Here's a health to him that's
away, . . 371
Here's a health to them that's
awa, . . 372
Hey for bobbing John, . 474
Hey, now the day dawis, 163
Hech hey ! Robin, quo' she, 422
Hoo are ye kimmer, . *315
How can I be sad on my
wedding day, . . 136
How happy is the rural
clown, . . 237
Husband, husband, cease
your strife, . ^ 112
I.
lanthe lovely, the joy of her
swain, . .108
I do confess thou'rt smooth-
and fair, . . 309
I feed a lad at Roodmass, 358
If those who live in shep-
herds' bowers, . . 79
If thou'lt play me fair play, 413
I ha'e a cow, I ha'e a calf, *412
I hae a wife o' my ain, . 326
I hae layen three herring in
saut, . . 229
I'll clip, quo' she, yere lang
gi-ey wing, . . 81
I'll gang nae mair to yon
town, . . 403
I'll hap ye wi' my petticoat, 130
I'll rowe thee o'er the lea rig, 53
I'm o'er young to marry yet, 110
I'm vrearing awa, Jean, . 168
In figure, in feature, and
powers of mind, . *196
In January last, . 396
I saw three ladies fair, . 369
I see a form, I see a face, 209
It fell about the month of
June, . . *300
I've heard them lilting at the
ewe-milking, . . 67
I've heard them lilting, *146
I've seen the smiling of for-
tune beguUing, . 65
I was born near four miles,
&c. ... *316
XXIV INDEX.
I will awa' wi' my luve, 162 My wife's a wanton wee
I will away, . . 219 thing, . . . 211
I wish I were where Helen My wife's a winsome wee
lies, ... 143 thing, . . . 211
I wish I war where Eelin
lies, . . . *210 N.
I met four chaps yon birks Nancy's to the Assembly
amaug, , . . 435 gone, . . . *124
It was in and about the Mar- No wonder that Apollo left, *134
tinmas, . . . *451
I wish that you were dead, O.
goodman, . , 366 O Brother Sandie, hear ye
the news? . . 12
J. O dear, minny, what shall I
Joan, quod John, when wyll do ? . . . , 223
this be ? . . . 228 O fair maid, &c., . . *326
Jockey's fou, and Jenny's O far-famed Rab ! my silly
fain, ... 282 muse, . . . *294
John Anderson, my jo, cum O gin my love were yon red
in as ye gae by, . 243 rose, . . , 507
John, come kiss me now, 298 Oh, Nancy, wilt thou go with
with me, . . 30
K. O ken ye what Meg o' the
Ken ye wha supped Bessy's mill has gotten ? . 489
haggles ? . . 28 O let us swim in blood of
King, Lords and Commons, * 193 grapes, . . . 169
O Logan, sweetly didst thou
L. glide, ... 43
Last May a braw wooer cam O Logie of Buchan, O Logic
doun the lang glen, . 462 the laird, . . 337
Listen here awhile, a story I O lassie, art thou sleeping
will tell, . . *384 yet? . . _ . 302
Lived ance twa luvers in yon O my bonnie, bonnie High-
dale, . . . 395 land laddie, . . 410
Lizae Baillie's to Gartartan On the blythe Beltane, . *515
gane, . . , 402 On Tweedside dwells a gal-
Long berdes hertheles, . 166 lant swain, . . , 524
Look behind and you shall O, open the door, love Gre-
see, . . . *127 gory, . . . *107
Look up to Pentland's tow'r- 0 swiftly glides the bonny
ing tap, . . . 16 boat, . . . *444
O the ewe-bughting's bon-
M. nie, . . . *201
May her blest example chase, 132 O, this is no my ain house, 208
My daddie's a delver of O, this is no my ain house, 210
dykes, ... 99 Out o'er yon moss, out o'er
for yon muir, . . *408
93 Over the mountains, and un-
My luve murnis for me,
me.
My luve's in Germany, send der the caves, . 140
him harae.
My mother sent me to
well.
My sweetest May, let
incline thee,
344 O waly! waly! love is bonnie, 147
the O were my love yon violet
421 sweet, . . . 538
love O wha for honest poverty, 283
486 O wha is she that lo'es me, 134
INDEX.
Page
O whar hae ye been a' day, *364
O when shall I be married, 401
O where hae ye been. Lord
Randal, my son, . 312
O whistle, and I'll come to
you, my lad, . . 109
O Willie, weel I mind I lent
you my hand, . . 32
Peace, wayward barne, *204
Peggy in devotion, . 363
Pray, came you here the
fight to shun? . 271
Put up thy dagger, Jamie, *303
R.
Returning spring, with glad-
some ray, . . *366
Sawney was tall and of noble
race, ... 96
Saw ye my Maggie, . 8
Scots wha hae wi' Wallace
bled, ... 493
See where the Forth, &c. -*296
Should auld acquaintance be
forgot, . . . 373
Should auld acquaintance, &c.*440
Since cruel hearted fate, *133
Sleep'st thou, or wak'st thou,
fairest creature, . 247
Some speiks of lords, some
speiks of lairds, . 333
Stay, my Willie, yet believe
me, . . . 145
Streams that glide in orient
plains, . . . 133
Sweet fa's the eve on Craigie-
burn, ... 293
T.
The canons roar and trum-
pets sound, . . 411
The cantie spring scarce
rear'd her head, . 477
The cock's at the crawing, *216
The cold Winter it is past, *466
The collier has a daughter, 32
The Coopers they came, . 410
The Elphin Knight sits on
yon hill, . . 63
Page
The first day I landed, . *314
The grass had nae freedom o'
growing, . . 6
The lovely moon had climbed
the hill, ... 39
The mucking o' Geordie's
byre, . . . 100
The nine pint bicker's fa'n,
&c. . . . *392
Then Jockey wou'd a wooing
away, . . . 160
The ploughman he's a bony
lad, . . .138
The rain rins down through
merry Lincoln, . 300
The rain rins doon through
Mirryland toun, . 303
The reek it rose, and the
flame it flew, . . 279
There is not a tailor in all
London town, . . *461
There's a rose in Kenmore's
cap, Willie, . . 339
There's auld Rob Morris,
that wons in yon glen, 183
There's braw, braw lads on
Yarrow braes, . 121
There's cauld kail in Aber-
deen, . . . 151
There's nae luck about the
house, ... 49
There was a lass dwelt in the
north, . . . 397
There was a lass, they ca'd
her Meg, . . 139
There was a knight and he
was young, . . 420
There was an auld man was
handing his plow, . 350
There was a pretty may, and
a milkin' she went, . 345
The snows are dissolving on
Torno's wild shore, . 348
The sun is sunk, the day is
done, .... 339
The winter it is past, . 188
Thickest night surrounds my
dwelling, . . 126
Thy braes were bonny. Yar-
row stream, . . 464
Thou hast left me ever,
Jamie, ... 6
Thy restless father roam?
once more, . . *194
XXVI
INDEX.
Tillielute, tillielute, &c. *109
To daunton me, to daunton
me, . . . 176
To your arms, to your arms,
my bonny Highland lads, 10
Tune your fiddles, tune them
sweetly, . . . 190
'Twas even — the dewy fields
were green, . . 25
'Twas even — the dewy fields
were green, . . 260
'Twas na her bonnie blue een
was ray ruin, . . 212
U.
Up and war them a', Willie, 179
Up wi' the souters o' Selkirk, 390
W.
Wee Totum Fogg, . 455
Weel may we a' be, . 167
We'll put the sheep-head in
the pat, . . . 353
We're a' dry wi' drinking o't, 82
Were I but able to rehearse, 287
Whan winter's wind was
blawing cauld, . 398
What merriment has ta'en the
Whigs, . . . *455
When absent from the nymph
I love, ... 56
When first my dear Johnny
came to this toun, . 301
When first she cam to toun, •*299
When I sleep I dream, . 206
When I think on this warld's
pelf, ... 32
Page
When I was in my se'en-
teenth year, . . 27
When Maggie and I were
acquaint, . . 36
When merry hearts were gay, 239
When Phoebus bright the
azure skies, . . 203
When silent Time, with light-
ly foot, . . .521
When steeds were saddled, *319
When the sheep are in the
fauld, ... 233
When white was my o'erlay,* 317
When wild war's deadly blast
was blawn, . . 226
When you came over first frae
France, . . . 11
Where got'st thou that haver-
mill bonack, . . 102
Who is at my window, who,
who, . . . 498
Why tarries my love, . *311
Y.
Ye banks, and braes, and
streams around, . 153
Ye'll bring me here a pint of
wine, . . , *305
Ye Lothian lairds, in sable
weeds, . . . '192
You have heard of our sweet
little races at Kelso, . 529
Young Philander woo'd me
lang, ... 214
Young Randal was a bonny
lad, . . . . '465
You will think it, my duck,
for the fault I must own, 20
GENERAL INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS.
[*^* The Names of the Scotish Lyric Poets, specimens of vihose Songs
are contained in the Musical Museum., are printed in Capital Letters.'}
A.
Abeli, John, of the Chapel Royal,
133, 135.
Aberdeen Cantus ; a Collection of
Songs, &c., 1662, 1666, and
1682, 140. See also Introduc-
tion.
Adams, Jean, (^Died 1763,) 46,
*117, *398.
Aird's Musical Collections for the
Violin, 403,423.
Anderson, John, music engraver,
Edinburgh, (^Alive 1839,) 485,
487, 327.
Anderson, Thomas, piper in Kelso,
*379.
Armstrong, John, old ballad, and
historical notices, 327, 333.
Arne, Thomas Augustine, Mus.
Doct., song by, 40.
Austin Adam, M.D., (-B. 1726?
B. 1774,) 133, *214, *466.
Aytoun, Sir Robert, {B. 1570,
D. 1638,) 308, *363.
B.
Baillie, Lady Grisell, (B. 1665,
n. 1746,) 119, *200.
Baillie, Miss Joanna *317, *443,
*444, 539.
Bakclay, Rev. John, (B. 1734,
n. 1798,) 271, *322,
Barnard, Lady Ann, vide Lindsay.
Barrett, John, organist, 319.
Battishill, Jonathan, 34.
Beattie, James, D.D., (B. 1735,
Z>. 1803,) 45, 108.
Berg, Mr, 14.
Berwick, Friars of, an old Scotish
poem, attributed to Dunbar, 292.
Biggar, Dissenting clergyman at,
song attributed to, 360,
Binning, Charles Hamilton, Lord,
(J5. 1696, D. 1732,) *447.
Birnie, Patrick, fiddler at King-
horn, (F/ow. 1700,) 427, *461.
Blacklock, Thomas, D. D., (B.
1721, JD. 1791,) 94, 119, 127,
137, 141, 159, 171, 177, *199,
211, 230, 276, 317, 321, 352,
414, •433.
Blamire, Miss, of Carlisle, (Died
1793, aged about 36, not 49, as
stated at p. 521.)
Border Bag-pipers, Notices of
*378_*381.
BoswELL, Sir Alexander, of
Auchinleck, Bart., (B. 1775, D,
1822,) 435, 466,512,518.
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck,
528.
Bothwell, Lady Ann, '203.
Brash, James, bookseller, Glasgow,
*214.
GENERAL INDEX.
Bremner, Robert, musician, 110,
313, 336, 349.
Bruce, John, musician, Dumfries,
109, 236, *410.
Bruce, Michael, (5. 1746, Z). 1767,)
262.
BRYCEjRev. Alexander, (5. 171 4,
D. 1786,) *76, *137, *138.
Buchan, Peter, Gleanings of Bal-
lads, quoted *381, *461.
Burn, Minstrel, a Border poet and
musician, 203, *298.
Burn, Nicol, a Roman Catholic
priest, *298.
Burns, Robert, (5. 1759, JD.
1796,) 5, 14, 25, 43, 60, 79, 83,
91, 102-105, 107, 109-118,
121, 123, 126, 131, 134, 135,
137, 139, 142, 145-148, 157,
158,166, 170-185, 202, 206-221,
224, 226, 236, 241-248, 253,
258,262, 274,275, 280,284-287,
290, 291, 295,296,300, &c. &c.
&c. passim.
Byrd, William, organist, 300.
Cameron, Rev. William, (B.
1751, Z). 1811,) 291, *324.
Campbell, Alexander, 250, 508.
' Albyn's Anthology, quot-
ed passim.
. Extract from M.S.
Journal, *378.
Campbell, Thomas, (Alive 1839,)
445, 515.
Carey, David, (B. 1782, D.
1824,) song by, 441, 514.
Carnegie, James, of Balnamoon,
Song attributed to, *140.
Carter, Thomas, 30.
Cassillis, Earl of. Letter on the
Death of his Lady, in 1642,
*218.
Chalmers, Alexander, Biographical
Dictionary, quoted *304, *308.
Chalmers, George, edition of Allan
Ramsay's Poems, 170, *319.
Chalmers, James, account of
Hamilton of Bangour, *293.
Chambers, Robert, song of Young
Randal, *465.
Scottish Songs, quoted
passim in Addit. Illust.
Chambers' Biographical Dictionary,
quoted 137, 516.
edition of Burns, quoted
*221.
Chappell's National English Airs,
quoted *207.
Clarinda, Mrs M'Lehose, vide
M'Lehose, Mrs,
Burns's Letters to, 221,
*369.
Clarke, Jeremiah, organist, Lon-
don, 83, 84, 483.
Clark, Stephen, organist, Edin-
burgh, 127, 184, 185, 346, 393,
401, 434, 472, 480, 481.
Clark, William, organist, Edin-
burgh, 167, 495.
Cleland, Lieut.-Col. William, 316,
*366.
Clerk, Sir John, of Penicuik,
Bart., (B. 1680 ? Z). 1755,) 120,
*201, *202.
Clunie, Rev. John, (B. 1757, D.
1819,) 251.
CocKBURN, Alicia Rutherford,
Mrs, 149, 150, * 122, *130, *399-
•402.
Cockburn, Catharine Trotter, Mrs,
-*130.
Cockburn, Catharine Rutherford,
Mrs, 149, 150, '127, *149.
Cooper, Isaac, musician, Banff, 496.
Corbet, Miss Grace, 504.
CoupER, Robert, M.D.,(B. 1750,
i>. 1818,) 440, 513. 0
Craig, Adam, musician, Edinburgh,
57.
Craig, Agnes, vide M'Lehose, Mrs.
Cranstoun, Helen Darcy, vide
Stewart, Mrs Dugald,
Crawfurd, Patrick, of Auchinames,
ni3-*-115.
Crawfurd, Robert, (B. 1 695 ?
D. 1733,) 36, 45, 74, 78, 85,
86,94,111,203,*113,*384,*385.
Crawfurd, William, [Robert] vide
supra.
Crokat, James, 222.
Crokat, Mrs, 222.
Cromek, R. H., Reliques of Burns,
quoted passion.
. Remains of Nithsdale and
Galloway Song, 350, 352, 358,
392, 419, 437.
GENERAL INDEX.
XXIX
Gumming, Angus, of Granton, 78,
252, 485.
Cunningham, Allan, (Alivel839,)
82, *116, *144, *382, *385,
*439, *456.
Cunningham, John, 34.
Cunningham, Peter, Collection of
Songs, 539.
Currie, Dr, edition of Burns's
Works, quoted passim.
D.
Dale's Collection of Scots Songs,
81, 151.
Dalrymple (Sir D.) Lord Hailes,
Letter respecting the ballad
" Argyle's Levee," *445.
Dalrymple, Sir Hew, of North Ber-
wick, *127.
Dalyell, Sir John G., communica-
tion respecting Mr Graham of
Gartmore, 521.
Dauney, William, Ancient Scotish
Melodies, from Skene's MS.,
*110, *395, *403.
Dick, Lady, of Prestonfield, 523-
525.
Douglas, Reverend Robert, *218,
*219.
Drummond, Miss Jean, afterwards
Duchess of Athole, 153, *214.
Dowland, John, 468, 499.
Dudgeon, Robert, 40, *395.
Dudgeon, William, (i9. 1753?!).
1813,) 40, *395, *397.
Duncan Gray, vide Gray.
Dunbar, William, the Scotish poet,
162.
Durfey, Thomas, 246, 394, 490.
Pills to Purge Melancholy,
([notedi j)assim.
E.
Ebdon, Thomas, organist, Dur-
ham, 498.
Eglinton, Susanna, Countess of,
*202.
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, of Minto,
Bart. (JS. 1722, D. nil,) 96,
148, 201, *140, '211, *295,
*296, *297.
Elliot, Miss Jane, of Minto, (iS.
1727, D. 1805,) 67, *130-'132.
Erskine, Honourable Andrew,
{B. 1739? D. 1793,) 490,528.
Erskine, Major-Gen. Sir Henry,
Bart., (B. 1720? D. 1765,) 202,
*298,*400.
Erskine, Honourable Henry, 532.
Ewen, John, merchant, Aberdeen,
(S. 1741, D. 1821,) *3b0,
M41-*443.
Falconer, William, {B. 1730,
D. 1769,) 199, *293.
Fergus, Mr, organist, Glasgow, 454.
Fergusson, Robert, {B. 1750, D.
1774,) 53, 121, 133, 173, 399,
*450, *45I.
Finlay's (John) Scottish Ballads,
quoted, *457.
Forbes, Duncan, of CuUoden,
Lord President, {B. 1684, D.
1747,) 34, 70, 111, *133, *320.
Forbes, Rev. John, *461.
Fordyce, David, 217, *304.
FoRDYCE, James, D.D.,(fi. 1720?
D. 1796,) 217, *304.
Forsyth's (Walter) Border Pipers,
*379.
Eraser, Thomas, musician, 5, 6.
Eraser's (Captain) Collection of
Gaelic Airs, 136, 209, 255.
Freebairn, Mr, his Eloge d'Ecosse,
quoted *399.
C
G, (B,)songby,*220. /,w
Gall, Richard, (S. 1766, D.
1801,) 443, 457, 460-466, 472, a'''
473, 48^-489, 5rS.. _ _ ^
Gay, John, Songs to Scottish Airs,
in his Beggar's Opera, 52.
Geddes, Alexander, D.D., {B.
1737, D. 1802,) 90, 432, *463.
Geddes, Rev. William, Saint's Re-
creations, 93, 91<.
Gilderoy, aHighlandfreebooter, 71,
*320. .-
Gleig's, Rev. G. R., History of
England, quoted *207. _
Glover, Jean, (fi. 1758, D.
1801,) 313, *365.
Good's ( Dr Mason) Life of Geddes,
quoted ■'463,
XXX
GENERAL INDEX.
Gordon, Alexander, Fourth Duke
OF, {B. 1743, i>. 1827,) 152,
*212.
Gordon, Sir Robert, of Straloch,
his MS. Lute Book, 1627, *105,
138-»140, *215, *333.
Gow, Neil, musician, 241,
Neil and Nathaniel, Musical
Collections, quoted passim.
Graham, Dougal, {B. 1724? D.
1779,) *110, *111.
Graham, George Farquhar, Esq.
Old Airs harmonized or decy-
phered by, *139, "371, *376,
=^377, *408, 534.
Graham, James, British Georgics,
quoted 242.
Graham, Miss Jenny, of Dumfries,
(B. ]72i,I). 1805,) 101, "Ul-
n44, *408.
Graham, Robert, of Gartmore, (B.
1750, n. 1797,) 473, 521.
Gray, Duncan, 148.
Green, Maurice, 88.
Gregg, James, teacher of dancing,
Ayrshire, 484.
Grant, Mrs, of Carron. afterwards
Mrs Dr Murray, of Bath, (B.
1744?1>. 1814?)320,*368,*369.
Grant, Mrs Anne, of Laggan, {B.
1755, B. 1838,) 527.
Gunn, John, on the Harp, quoted
*373, *377.
H.
Hackston, schoolmaster, *385.
Halket, Sir Alexander, of Pitferran,
*133, *320,
Halket, Elizabeth, vide Ward-
law, Lady.
Halket, George, *381.
Hamilton, Janet, (Mrs Moore,)
19, 20.
Halley, George, Account of the
Murrays of Tullibardine,''222.
Hamilton, John, musicseller,
Edinburgh, (jB. 1761, D. 1814,)
459, 485, 496, 506, 310, 537.
Hamilton, Lord William, Lament
for his Death, *135.
Hamilton, William, of Bangour,
(B. 1704, D. 1754,) 128, 140,
171, 192, 488, 492,*293.
Hamilton, Capt. William, of
Gilbertfield,(5J680?i). 1731,)
•135, *205, *206, *444.
Hardyknute, 263, *319,
Hastie, John, Border piper, *379.
Hastie, Robert, town piper of Jed-
burgh, 335, *379.
Haydn, Joseph, Mus. Doct. 121.
Herd, David, Collection of Scot-
tish Sqpgs and Ballads, quoted
passim.
Hewitt, Richard, 5, *108.
Hilton's Northern Catch, 1632,
quoted 133.
Hoadley, John, LL.D,, 89.
Hogg's Jacobite Relics, quoted j9as-
sim.
Home, Miss Anne, vide Hunter,
Mrs.
Home, Grisell, vide Baillie, Lady
Grisell.
Home, John, 456.
Howard, Samuel, Mus. Doct. 432,
433.
Hugh of Lincoln, Ballads respect-
ing, *490, 535.
Hunter, Anne Home, Mrs, (B.
1742, D. 1821,) 67, *132, •133.
L
Inglis, Mrs Richmond, *297.
James the Fifth, King of Scot-
land, (^. 1511, J>. 1542,) 216,
250
Jamieson, Robert, Popular Ballads
and Songs, 469, 474, 500.
Jeffi-eys, Mr, 520,
Jenny Nettles, tradition respecting,
*120,
Johnson, Charles, 488.
Johnson, James, publisher of the
Scots Musical Museum, 274,
passim.
Johnson, Mr, 313.
Johnston, Miss, of Hilton, after-
wards Mrs Oswald, *318.
K.
Keith, Anne Murray, (B. 1736,
jD. 1818,) 73, *129, *136.
GENERAL INDEX.
XXXI
Keith, Sir Robert Murray, Bart.,
(J5. 1732,^. 1795,) *300,*302.
Kenmure, Gordon, Viscount of,
338.
Kellie, Thomas Alexander, Earl of,
529-532,
Kennedy, Professor Herbert, 107,
*198.
Kennedy, Susanna, vide Eglinton,
Countess of.
Kintore, Countess of, *307.
Kirkconnell, Helen of, tradition
respecting, *209, *211.
Knyvett, William, 37G.
L.
LapUaik, John, {B. 1717, D.
1807,) 200, 202, *294, *297.
Lawries of Maxwelton, *362.
Learmont, John, {B. 1765? D.
1810,) 298, *361, 362*.
Leeves, Reverend William, air by,
231.
Lesly, Alexander, of Doveran, bal-
lad attributed to, *304.
Lewis, Stewart, poem on fair Helen
of Kirkconnell, *208, *365.
Lindsay, Lady Anne, Lady Bar-
nard, {B. 1750, D. 1825,) 230,
337, *310, '312.
Lockhart's (J. G.) Life of Burns,
quoted •392.
Logan, Reverend John, (B. 1748,
D. 1788,) 68, 464.
Lowe, Reverend John, {B. 1750,
B. 1798,) 37, *116.
M.
Macauley, Mr, 456, 517.
Macaulay, James, 517.
Macdonald, Andeew, (J5. 1757,
D. 1790,) 225, *307.
Macdonald, Patrick, collection of
Highland tunes, 372, *374.
Macfarlan, Miss, *299.
Macgibbon, William, musician,
Edinburgh, 192, 198, 199.
Macgill, John, musician, Girvan,
Ayrshire, 202, 467.
Macgregor, Captain John Drum-
mond, 176.
Macgregor, Joseph, Esq. com-
munication respecting Marshall,
*413,
Mackay, Rev. Nath. vide M'Kie.
Mackenzie, Henry, {B. 1745, D.
1831,) 492, 532, 533.
M'Kie, Rev, Nathaniel, (B. 1715,
B. 1781.) 431, *462.
Macint^Sef Robert, musician, Ed-
inburgh, 379, 4^Li79^______
Maclean, DonaldiDorderpiper,
*379.
M'Lehose, Agnes Craig, Mrs,
{B. 1759, alive 1839,) 178, 180
*220, *221, *222.
M'Lennan, Rev. Murdoch, *321,
*416.
Macneill, Hector, {B. 1746, B.
1818,) 238, 251, 344, 393, 440,
467, 473, 485, *313.
Macpherson, James, {B. 1738, B.
1796,) 241.
Mactaggart's Gallovidian Encyclo-
pedia, quoted *118, *365.
Macvicar, Mr, {Flour. 1760,) 1,
*105.
Maigh, David, 78.
Mallet, or Malloch, David, {B.
1700, B. 1765,) 58, 75, 381,
470, *399, *444, "445,520, 536,
Mansfield, Thomas, Esq., MS.
Collection of Songs, quoted *402,
*408, *410, *412, *416, 529.
Marlow, Christopher, 468.
Marshall, William, musician, 115,
190, 22], *305, *413-*416.
Marvell, Andrew, 519.
Mary Queen of Scots, *207.
Mary Scott, the Flower of Yarrow,
vide Scott.
Masterton, Allan, Writing-mas-
ter, Edinburgh, airs composed
by, 126, 208, 258, 273, 286,
*323, 393, *413, 442.
Masterton, Miss Ann, afterwards
Mrs Derbishire, *299.
Mayne, John,(^. 1759, B. 1836,)
25,42, *116, *397, *398.
Michel, M. Francisque, publication
of Hughes de Lincoln, 535.
Mickle, William Julius, {B
1734, B. 1788,) 45, *116, *117.
Miller, James, Depute - Teind-
Clerk, 346.
Mitchell, Joseph, {B. 1684, B.
1734,) 54, 59, *399, *444, *446.
xxxu
GENERAL INDEX.
Montgomery, Captain Alex-
ander, {Flour. 1384,) *163,
-*215, 406, *453.
Montrose, James, Marquis of,
{B. 1612, D. 1650,) 400,429.
Morison, Roderick, blind harper,
vide Rory Dall.
Moore, Edward, 19.
Motherwell, William, 539.
Edition of Burns,
quoted passim in Addit. Illust.
MuiRHEAD, James, D. D., {B.
1740, D. 1808,) 3, *106.
Munuell, Dr Robert, {B. 1758,
Alive 1839,) 357, *391.
Murray, Lady, of Stanhope, *200.
Murray, Anne Keith, vide Keith.
Murray, Mrs, of Bath, vide Grant,
Mrs, of Carron.
Murray, Sir Robert Keith, vide
Keith.
Murray, Dr Thomas, Literary His-
tory of Galloway, quoted 513.
Murrays of Tullibardine, family of,
*222.
N.
Napier, Mark, his Partition of the
Lennox, quoted *121,
Neill, Thomas, precentor, *221.
Newbattle, Lord, Song attributed
to, 4)9.
Nicoll, V/illiam, 286, *323.
O.
Oswald, James, musician, 95, 176,
346, *105, *406-*408.
Musical Collections, quoted
passim.
Airs composed by, passim
173, 201, 202, 205, 314, 315,
325, 339, 361, 466.
Poetical Epistle to, in 1 74 1 ,
*406.
Pagan, Isabel, *316.
Pasquali, Signor, 315.
Percy, Thomas, DD., Bishop of
Dromore, 30, *315.
Phillips, Ambrose, 41.
Pickering, Thomas, 348.
Pinkerton, John, {B. 1758, D.
1823,) 454, *32l, 515, .516.
Playford's, John, Dancing-master,
1657, quoted 113,129, 169,301,
308, 315, 316, 318, 322, .339.
Musick's Handmaid,
1678, quoted 391.
Choyce Ayresand Songs,
1679, quoted 394, 396.
Wit and Mirth, 1698
1703, quoted 3, 394, 398, 400.
Poe, Mr, 31.
Pringle, Andrew, Lord Alemore,
*400.
Pringle, Thomas,*200.
Purcell, Henry, 132.
R.
R. S., Song by, 74.
Ramsay, Allan, {B. 1686, D.
1757), Songs, &c. by, 2, 9, 15,
16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 28, 56,
57, 38, 62, 68, 85, 90, 91, QQ,
98, 119, 120, 122, 125, 127, 130,
137, 141, 161, 162, 168, 169,
176, 208, 221, 224, 225, 236,
237, 240, 310, 381, 382, 442,
459, 460, 482, 490.
Tea- Table Miscellany, 1724-
1740, quoted joassm.
Authors of Songs in, and edi .
tions of that work, *108, *-382-
*384, "-393.
MS. of the Gentle Shepherd,
*202,
Reid, General John, 202, 203.
Ramsa}', Philip A., edition of Tan-
nahill's Poems, 538.
Reid, William, Bookseller, Glas-
gow, {B. 1764, D. 1831,) 53,
152, *212.
Richardson, John, 537.
Riddell, John, musician, 253.
Riddell, Maria Woodley, Mrs, {B.
1778? D. 1812,^215,'208,*303.
Riddell, Robert, ' of Glenriddell,
290, 306, 341, •■302, *323.
Rizzio, David, Scotish airs attributed
to, 1, 10, 36', * 105.
Robertson, Alexander, of Stro-
wan, {B. 1670, Z>. 1749,) 113,
137, 141, *199.
Robertson, Alexander, engraver
and musician, Edinburgh, (J9.
1750? Z). 1819,) 405, *452.
GENERAL INDEX.
xxxni
Robertson's Calliope, 1 739, quoted
118.
Rory Dall, (or Roderick Morison,)
the blind harper, 324, *372-
*376.
Ross, Alexander, of Lochlee, {B.
1700, Z>. 1783,) 252, 391, 472,
*317, *448.
Rutherford, Catharine [Alicia], vide
Cockburn, Mrs.
Rutherford, Elizabeth, vide Scott,
Mrs, of Wauchope.
S. M., air by, 313.
Schetky, Mr, violoncello player, 40,
185.
Scott, Alexander, {Flour. 1568,)
527.
Scott, Elizabeth Rutherford, Mks,
of Wauchope, (JS. 1729, i>.
1789,) 230, *30S.
Scott Mrs, of Dumbartonshire,
{Flour. 1780,) 6, *394.
Scott, Marjr, the Flower of Yarrow,
• 36, 37, 77, 78, *1 15.
Scott, R., of Biggar, 111,
Scott, Thomas, of Monklaw, No-
tices of Border Pipers, *378-
*380.
Scott, Sir Walter, Bart., {B. 1772,
D. 1833,) Border Minstrelsy,
quoted passim.
Recollections of Mrs Cock-
burn, authoress of the Flowers
of the Forest, *123— mistake re-
garding her name, *129, *401.
ScoTT, Sir William, of Thirlstane,
(^.1670? D. 1725,) *121.
Sedley, Sir Charles, song by, com-
monly attributed to President
Forbes, *133, *320.
Selkirk, Souters of, tradition re-
specting, 386.
Semple, Francis, of Beltrees,
{Flo2cr. 1650,)87,*121,475,522.
Sharpe, Charles K., Esq., Ballad-
Book, *306.
. Edition of Lord Kelly's
Minuets, 532.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 22, 5 1 .
Shierefs, Andrew, (i^fo'^r. 1787,)
479, 525.
Shield, William, musical composer,
24, 375.
Sibbald, James, bookseller, Edin-
burgh, *141, 510.
SiLLAR, David, {B. 1760, D.
1830,) 180, -'-221.
Sim, Reverend John, 47.
Skene, John, Musical Manuscript,
{circa 1615,) 18, 61, *110, 125,
*395, 445, 505.
Skinner, Rev. John, {B. 1721,
D. 1807,) 189, 276, 281, 283,
287, *323, *412.
Skirving, Adam, farmer, (^. 1719,
D. 1803,) 105, 220, * 189, * 192,
*305.
Skirving, Archibald, portrait-pain-
ter, (J5. 1749, D. 1819,) * 193,
*-194.
Skirving, Captain Robert, Letter
respecting his Father, *190;
verses by, *193-*198.
Smith, John Stafford, his Musica
Antiqua Anglicana, 228, 391,
503.
Smith, Robert A., musician, 538,
539.
Smollett, Tobias, M.D., {B.
1721, D. 1774,) 133.
Spence, Sir Patrick, ballad of, 423,
*320, *457.
Southerne, Thomas, song by, 56.
Strachan, Dr, Carnwarth, *449.
Stewart, H. D. Cranstoun, Mrs
DuGALD, {B. 1765, D. 1838,)
319, *366.
Stuart, Alexander, music to Ram-
say's Tea - Table Miscellany,
*394.
Sutherland, Earl and Countess of.
Lines on their Funeral, by Sir
G. EUiot, *296.
Swift, Dean Jonathan, 486.
Sybold, Mr, harp-player, 419-
Syron, George, a negro, song by, 5 1 .
Syme, George, piper, *379, *381.
T.
Tait, John, Writer to the Signet,
{B. 1752} B. 1817,) 456, *507.
Tannahill, Robert, Edition of his
Poems, with Life by P. A.
Ramsay, 538, 451.
XXXIV
GENERAL INDEX.
Tenduccij Ferdinando, a celebrated
■ singer, 4, *107, *451.
Tennant, Professor William, 478,
323.
Thomson, George, Correspondence
with Burns, quoted passim.
— — Collection of Scottish
Songs, quoted *317, *444, 487,
512, 537.
Thomson, James, {B. 1700, D.
1748,) 42, 79, 505, 535, 536.
Thomson, William, Orpheus Cale-
donius, 1725-1733, quoted pas-
sim.
Tytler, James, {B. 1747, D.
1805,) 73, 83, 98, 100, 122, 134,
*411.
Tytler, William, of Woodhouselee
1,5.
U.
Urbani, P., Collection of Scots
Songs, 318, 394.
Urquhart of Craigston, *388,
V.
Vane, Lady, Lament on the Death
of her Husband, Lord W. Ham-
ilton, *135.
W.
Walkinshaw, William, 128, *205.
Wallace, Sir William, ballads on,
426, *458-*460.
Wallace, William, of Cairn-
hill, {B. 1712? D. 1763,) 108,
*198.
Walsh's Caledonian Country
Dances, 219.
Watlen, John, 377-
Wardlaw, Elizabeth Halket,
Lady, of Pitrevie, (B. 1677, D.
1727,) 72, 26S, -*319, *458.
Watts 's Musical Miscellany, 1729-
1731, quoted 119,162.
Watson's Collection of Scots
Poems, 1706-1711, quoted pas-
sim.
Webster, Alexander, D.D.,(jB.
1707, X). 1784,) 224, *307.
Williams, Helen Maria, song by,
attributed to Burns, *468.
Wood, Thomas, of St Andrews,
Musical Manuscripts, 1566, &c.,
147, 369, 407, *440.
Wotton, Sir Henry, song by, *454.
Wordsworth, William, Poems on
Yarrow, 518.
Whyte, William, Collection of
Scottish Songs, 121.
Tester, John Lord, {B. 1645,
Z>. 1713,) 36, *112.
Young, Alexander, of Harburn,
Esq., communication- respecting
Miss Jenny Graham, *143.
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