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142 My cogie. Sirs, my cogie. Sirs, I cannot ivant my cogie I wadna gie my three-girr^d stoup For CL the queues on Bogie. There's Johnie Smith has got a wife That scrimps him o' his cogie. If she were mine, upon my hfe rd douk her in a bogie. My cogie. Sirs, Sfc. There's cauld kail in Aberdeen, And castocks in Stra'bogie Gin I but hae a bonny lass, Ye're welcome to your cogie : And ye may sit up a' the night, And drink till it be braid day-light ; Gie me a lass baith clean and tight, To dance the Reel of Bogie. In cotillons the French excel John Bull loves countra-dances The Spaniards dance fandangos well JMynheer an allemande prances
143 In foursome reels the Scotch delight. The threesome maist dance wondVous light But twasome's ding a' out o' sight, Danc'd to the Reel of Bogie. Come, lads, and view your partners well, Wale each a blythsome rogie I'll tak this lassie to mysel. She seems sae keen and vogie ! Now piper lad bang up the spring The countra fashion is the thing, To prie their mou*s e'er we begin To dance the Reel of Bogie. Now ilka lad has got a lass. Save yon auld doited fogie And ta'en a fling upo' the grass, As they do in Stra'bogie : But a' the lasses look sae fain. We canna think oursel's to hain. For they maun hae their come again To dance the Reel of Bogie. Now a' the lads hae done their best. Like true men of Stra'bogie We'll stop awhile and tak a rest, And tipple out a cogie
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vin And to each month add five year
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xu Then may he say, both night and
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In what state ever that thou be, re
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XVI gotten bards we owe some of his
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music are both posterior to the day
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The guilt appeared in Jamie's cheek
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6 to tvhom I am indebted for the an
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~s THE BEDS OF SWEET ROSES. This so
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Fee him, father,* fee him, quo' she
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12 SAW YE NAE MY PEGGY? This charmi
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14 Saw ye my Maggie, Saw ye my Magg
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16 gallant though unfortunate house
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18 To this day among people who kno
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20 Let neist day come as it thinks
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22 THE LAST TIME 1 CAME O ER THE MO
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£4 To dead him weel shall be my ca
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26 The poor poet, with that inoffen
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28 Upon the green the virgins wait,
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30 .; ing together by the banks of
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32 THE TURNIMSPIKE. There is a stan
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34 They tak the horse then py te he
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36 ^c." It consists of three stanza
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38 THE BLAITHRIE O T. The following
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40 Tho' we hae nae horses or menzie
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m worthy and able defender of the b
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44 Say, charmer, where do thy flock
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46 O weel may the boatie row. That
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THE POSIE. It appears evident to me
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5a The primrose I will pu', the fir
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52 She from her pillow gently rais'
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54 Up raise the good man's dochter,
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66 And he took out his little knife
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58 Hart, and hynd, and fallow-deer,
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60 THE COLLIERS BONIE LASSIE. Thefi
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6^ Come, in thy raven plumage, Nigh
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64 DOWN THE BURN, DAVIE. I HAVE bee
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66 What pass'd, I guess, was harmle
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68 came first on the streets as a b
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70 Sae true's his words, sae smooth
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72 pedia Britannicaj which he compo
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74 SAE MERRY AS WE TWA HA E BEEN. T
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70 flouir his grave to crown !" Thi
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78 I try'd to sooth my am'rous flam
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80 ''At that time the opportunities
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82 youngest son, commonly called th
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84 Has kill'd the kindest heart Tha
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86 licacieSj and made it at once fj
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88 Sae put on your pearlins, Marion
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90 I OH ONO CHRIO.* Dr. Blacklock i
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Page 118 and 119: 94 sprightly J and forcibly express
Page 120 and 121: 96 Then to his bags he flew wi' spe
Page 122 and 123: 98 TRANENT MUIR.* The Chevalier,f b
Page 124 and 125: 100 Menteith the great,* when herse
Page 126 and 127: 102 For king and laws, and country'
Page 128 and 129: 104 Sic unco' hacks, and deadly wha
Page 130 and 131: 106 which their friends thought dan
Page 132 and 133: 108 Fu' loud and sliill the frosty
Page 134 and 135: 110 MY JO JANET Johnson, the publis
Page 136 and 137: 112 My spinnin-wheel is auld and st
Page 138 and 139: 114 THE HIGHLAND LASSIE, O. This wa
Page 140 and 141: 116 But fickle fortune frowns on me
Page 142 and 143: 118 The meikle pot upon my back, Un
Page 144 and 145: 120 He had a wee titty that loo'd n
Page 146 and 147: 122 strathallan's lament.* This air
Page 148 and 149: 124 The birds sit chittering in the
Page 150 and 151: 126 I Oh ! baneful cause !—oh ! f
Page 152 and 153: 128 Down amang the broom, the broom
Page 154 and 155: 130 I DREAm'd I LAY WHERE FLOWERS W
Page 156 and 157: 132 hanks of the little river Devon
Page 158 and 159: 134 Her bosom I press'd, but, sunk
Page 160 and 161: 136 1 leant my back unto an aik, I
Page 162 and 163: 138 Maggie coost her head fu' high,
Page 164 and 165: 140 hy the father of the present Si
Page 168 and 169: line say, 144 Come now, my lads, an
Page 170 and 171: 146 Brave Argyle^ and Belhaven,f No
Page 172 and 173: Brave Harry* retook 148 His brother
Page 174 and 175: 150 Lord Perth* stood the storm, Se
Page 176 and 177: 152 But Cleppan* acted pretty, And
Page 178 and 179: 154 Then Laurie, for fear Of what h
Page 180 and 181: 156 So we a' took the flight, And M
Page 182 and 183: 16B The Duke of Argyle and the Earl
Page 184 and 185: 160 Their left-hand general had nae
Page 186 and 187: 162 Sae bide you yet, and hide you
Page 188 and 189: 164 And if there happen ever to be
Page 190 and 191: 166 RAVING WINDS AROUND HER BLOWING
Page 192 and 193: 168 For bridal days are merry times
Page 194 and 195: 170 WHAT AILS THE LASSES AT ME. Tun
Page 196 and 197: 17^ But when I speak to them that's
Page 198 and 199: 174 A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me
Page 200 and 201: 176 But had I nine dathers, as I ha
Page 202 and 203: 178 Syii powing and ripling an' ste
Page 204 and 205: J 60 A pair of grey hoggers well cl
Page 206 and 207: 182 Lay aside your sour grimaces. C
Page 208 and 209: 184 Love our cheerful spirits raise
Page 210 and 211: 186 O gin my wife wad drink hooly a
Page 213 and 214: 189 APPENDIX TO VOL. I. APPENDIX (a
Page 215 and 216: 191 In opposition to these claims,
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193 The inquiry which this disputed
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195 Some time after the year 1760 s
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197 Since I wrote to Mr. Mudford, M
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199 And niak the Table neat and tri
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§01 he was employed in preparing c
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20,^: works: " The Weekly Mirror" a
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205 manners, the modesty of his dis
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£07 Songs, called, '^ What ails th
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209 APPENDIX fd,J Mr. Skinner died
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211 " His old friend, however, afte
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21; It's true we've been but poor,
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215 The two subjoined letters were
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217 Songs in the English language,
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219 ly in the old Scottish dialect
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221 your own proper and piercing we
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223 tioned in your last, to the tun
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225 fluence over him than any other
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£27 food, I desired her to endeavo
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229 was then very complaisant, and
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2 Get up, goodman, it is fou time,
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RATTLIN, ROARIN WILLIE. The last st
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6 As one who by some savage stream,
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8 I doubt na, lass, but ye may thin
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10 Loove for loove is the bargain f
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12 YOUNG DAMON. This air is hy Oswa
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14 JOHNY FAA, OR THE GYPSIE LADDIE.
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16 And she came tripping down the s
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18 TO DAUNTON ME. The two following
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20 By my gude luck a maid 1 met. Ju
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22 The bonie lassie made the bed to
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Theft she pat siller in my purse, W
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26 AULD ROBIN GRAY. This air was fo
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28 I gang like a ghaist, and I care
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^ When we gaed to the braes o' Mar,
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32 He streight gaed to Duniblane ag
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34 Represents hoary locks; an old b
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36 And there will be lang-kail and
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40 O CAN YE XABOUR LEA, YOUNG MAN.
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42 WHEN I UPON THY BOSOM LEAN. Tune
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44 MY HARRY WAS A GALLANT GAY. Tune
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46 The captive bands may chain the
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48 And in Scotia's cold climate may
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50 Pan playing on his aiten reed, A
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50, What sweeter music wad ye hear,
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54 Woo'd and married and a\ Married
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56 Young luckie thus fand hersel' m
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6B " What's the matter?" quo' Willi
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m MUIRLAND WILLIE, Hearken, and I w
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64 Their toys and mutches were sae
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66 O soft as love ! as honour fair
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6S Lasses a' lilting before the bre
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70 O dule for the order Sent our la
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n O fickle fortune ! why this cruel
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74 sent dress, it has gained immort
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76 'Tis na for naught, bauld Duncan
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78 He wav'd his hand : the pipers p
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80 What ! shall our hearts of steel
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82 KENNETH. I weird, I weird, hard-
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84 The youth that bare Lord Kenneth
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86 But William never liv'd to flee
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88 Below the arrows* arch they rush
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00 I'll tak the curchie aff my head
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92 sunt etienings than at all the h
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9i THE GABERLUNZIE-MAN.'^ The Gaher
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96 Between the twa was made a plot
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98 Wi' cauk and keel I'll win your
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This song is mine. 100 THE LAZY MIS
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102 What a happy nation this will b
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104 I LOVE MY JEAN. This air is by
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106 I hear her in the tunefu' birds
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108 And ay 1 muse and sing thy name
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no His coat is the hue of his bonne
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1 1£ MY heart's in the HIGHLANDS,
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114 THE SHEPHERDS PREFERENCEo This
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116 The scenes where wretched fancy
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118 tULLOCHGORUM. This, first of so
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120 They're dowf and dowie at the b
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im JOHN O BADENYON, This excellent
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I hy'd me home, and tun'd my pipe T
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Youll meet displeasure every where
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128 We twa hae paidl't i' the burn,
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130 COCKFEN. O, when she came ben s
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1S2 And a' the day to sit in dool.
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J34 LADIE MARY ANN. O Lady Mary Ann
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136 It is the moon, I ken her horn,
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138 With sword and terge into their
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140 The solemn league and covenant
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I never needed tar nor keil To mark
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144 I never met wi' sic a tum, As t
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146 CRAIGIE-BURN WOOD. Sweet closes
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148 Brightest climes shall mirk app
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150 When we had three times toom'd
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u^ HUGHIE GRAHAM. Our lords are to
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154 : ; ; O baud your tongue, the b
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156 THE BONNY ERLE OF MURRAY. The l
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15S ; ; But blinks o' her beauty, a
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160 Your proffer o' luve's an airle
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16^ The church is in ruins, the sta
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164 " O welcome, most kindly," the
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166 I DO CONFESS THOU ART SAE FAIR.
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168 THE SOGER LADDIE. The first ver
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170 A bonie bonie lassie she was, A
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172 A gleib o' Ian', a claut o' gea
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174 O ER THE MOOR AMANO THE HEATHER
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176 While thus we lay she sang a sa
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178 If ruthless Li^ pass this M^ay,
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180 She is not the fairest, altho'
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18£ EPPIE m'NAB. The old song, wit
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184 THOU ART GANE AWA. This tune is
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186 No cold approach, no alter'd mi
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188 were composed to commemorate th
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190 LUCKY NANSIE. While fops in sof
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127 Hear then my charitable vow, De
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194 The following original Letter o
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196 FRAGMENTS. Tune — Willie's Ra
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198 She's ta'en three links of her
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200 But he set her on a coal-black
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202 BONNIE DUNDEE.* whare gat ye th
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204 YOUNG HYNHORN. ( To its own Tun
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£06 I gat na't by sea, I gat na't
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209 Among the MS. papers of Burns,
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211 WATTY AND MEG. The reader is he
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^13 Dryster Jock was sitting cracky
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215 Mungo fill'd him up a toothfu',
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217 '* Night and day she's ever yel
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219 ^ For a wee I quietly knuckl'd,
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221 " Ye'U sit wi' your limmers rou
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223 " Owre the seas I march this mo
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225 Down he threw his staff victori
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220 THE JOLLY BEGGARS. This spirite
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^31 prominent persons are a maimed
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to the general respect which is pai
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0,35 This here was for a wench, and
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2S7 Some one of a troop of dragoons
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239 ; ; My Grannie she bought me a
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241 II. With his phiUbeg an' tartan
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24S AIR. Tune—Whistle owre the la
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245 Tune—Clout the Caudron. Mj bo
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^47 He was a care-defying blade, As
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249 For a' that an a' that, An^ twi
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!251 And at night, in barn or stabl
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253 with regret, advertised to be p
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Q55 Such are the contents of a volu
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258 roosts and hedges, lifting lamb
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£60 Note III, While she held up he
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26^ Note VIII. A pigmy scraper on a
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264 The strolling bard seems rejoic
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^66 PAGE My ain kind dearie O 60 My
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S68. ' PAGE Auld Robin Gray «... 2
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270 PACE Woo'd and married an' a* 5
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The scheme of this Woi^ is in every
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