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with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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90 I<br />

OH ONO CHRIO.*<br />

Dr. Blacklock informed me that this song was<br />

composed on the infamous massacre of Glencoe.<br />

Oh !<br />

was<br />

not I a weary wight<br />

Oh I ono chri, oh ! ono chri—<br />

Maid, wife, <strong>and</strong> widow, in one night!<br />

When in my soft <strong>and</strong> yielding arms,<br />

O !<br />

when most I thought him free from harms.<br />

Even at the dead time of the night.<br />

They broke my bower, <strong>and</strong> slew my knight.<br />

With ae lock of his jet black hair,<br />

I'll tye my heart for evermair<br />

Nae sly-tongued youth, or flatt'ring swain,<br />

Shall e'er untye this knot again<br />

Thine still, dear youth, that heart shall be,<br />

Nor pant for aught, save heaven <strong>and</strong> thee.<br />

(The chorus repeated at the end of each line.)<br />

ILL NEVER LEAVE THEE.<br />

This is another of Crawford's songSy but I do<br />

not think in his happiest manner.— What an ah-<br />

* A corruption of Ohone a rie' signifying— >4Zrts /or the prince,<br />

&r chief.<br />

I

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