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28 I gang like a ghaist, and I carena to spin, I darena think on Jamie, for that wad be a sin But I'll do my best a gudewife to be. For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me.^ * Mr. Pinkerton, after observing that none of the " Scotch amatory ballads," as he remembers, ^' are written by ladies j" and that the " profligacy of manners which always reigns before women can so utterly forget all sense of decency and propriety as to commence authors, is yet almost unknown in Scotland," adds, in a note, that " there is, indeed, of very late years, one insignificant exception to this rule: Auld Robin Gray, having got his silly psalm set to soporific music, is, to the credit of our taste, popular for the day. But after lulling some good-natured audiences asleep, he will soon fall asleep himself." Little Rit- son, with a becoming boldness and indignation at the author of these ungracious and ungallant remarks, steps forward with his accustomed Bantom-cock courage, and thus strikes at the hard forehead of Pinkerton. " Alas ! this ' silly psalm' will continue to be sung, ' to the credit of our taste,' long after tjje author of this equally ridiculous and malignant paragraph shall be as com- pletely forgotten as yesterday's Ephemeron, and his printed trash be only occasionally discernible at the bottom of a pye.- Of the 24 Scotish Song-writers whose names are preserved, four, if not five, are females; and, as poetesses, two more might be added to the number." At the time Mr. Pinkerton made this unmanly remark, he must have been aware that an examination of the cha- racters of our principal female authors would have convinced him of its fallacy. Nor would he find many instances at the present day, to bear him out in it j and the spotless and ho- nourable
29 UP AND WARN A WILLIE. The expression^ " Up and warn a' Willie," alludes to the Crantara, or warning of a Highland Clan to arms. Not understanding this, the Lowlanders in the zoest and south say^ "Up and waur them a,"
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xu Then may he say, both night and
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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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9« composed his beautiful song of
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94 sprightly J and forcibly express
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96 Then to his bags he flew wi' spe
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98 TRANENT MUIR.* The Chevalier,f b
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100 Menteith the great,* when herse
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102 For king and laws, and country'
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104 Sic unco' hacks, and deadly wha
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106 which their friends thought dan
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108 Fu' loud and sliill the frosty
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110 MY JO JANET Johnson, the publis
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112 My spinnin-wheel is auld and st
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114 THE HIGHLAND LASSIE, O. This wa
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116 But fickle fortune frowns on me
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118 The meikle pot upon my back, Un
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120 He had a wee titty that loo'd n
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122 strathallan's lament.* This air
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124 The birds sit chittering in the
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126 I Oh ! baneful cause !—oh ! f
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128 Down amang the broom, the broom
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130 I DREAm'd I LAY WHERE FLOWERS W
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132 hanks of the little river Devon
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134 Her bosom I press'd, but, sunk
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136 1 leant my back unto an aik, I
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138 Maggie coost her head fu' high,
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140 hy the father of the present Si
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142 My cogie. Sirs, my cogie. Sirs,
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line say, 144 Come now, my lads, an
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146 Brave Argyle^ and Belhaven,f No
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Brave Harry* retook 148 His brother
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150 Lord Perth* stood the storm, Se
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152 But Cleppan* acted pretty, And
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154 Then Laurie, for fear Of what h
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156 So we a' took the flight, And M
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16B The Duke of Argyle and the Earl
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160 Their left-hand general had nae
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162 Sae bide you yet, and hide you
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164 And if there happen ever to be
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166 RAVING WINDS AROUND HER BLOWING
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168 For bridal days are merry times
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170 WHAT AILS THE LASSES AT ME. Tun
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17^ But when I speak to them that's
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174 A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me
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176 But had I nine dathers, as I ha
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178 Syii powing and ripling an' ste
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J 60 A pair of grey hoggers well cl
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182 Lay aside your sour grimaces. C
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184 Love our cheerful spirits raise
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186 O gin my wife wad drink hooly a
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189 APPENDIX TO VOL. I. APPENDIX (a
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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
Page 233 and 234: 209 APPENDIX fd,J Mr. Skinner died
Page 235 and 236: 211 " His old friend, however, afte
Page 237 and 238: 21; It's true we've been but poor,
Page 239 and 240: 215 The two subjoined letters were
Page 241 and 242: 217 Songs in the English language,
Page 243 and 244: 219 ly in the old Scottish dialect
Page 245 and 246: 221 your own proper and piercing we
Page 247 and 248: 223 tioned in your last, to the tun
Page 249 and 250: 225 fluence over him than any other
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Page 258 and 259: 2 Get up, goodman, it is fou time,
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Page 262 and 263: 6 As one who by some savage stream,
Page 264 and 265: 8 I doubt na, lass, but ye may thin
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Page 268 and 269: 12 YOUNG DAMON. This air is hy Oswa
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Page 274 and 275: 18 TO DAUNTON ME. The two following
Page 276 and 277: 20 By my gude luck a maid 1 met. Ju
Page 278 and 279: 22 The bonie lassie made the bed to
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Page 282 and 283: 26 AULD ROBIN GRAY. This air was fo
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Page 296 and 297: 40 O CAN YE XABOUR LEA, YOUNG MAN.
Page 298 and 299: 42 WHEN I UPON THY BOSOM LEAN. Tune
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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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