with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns
with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns
48 And in Scotia's cold climate may each of us find. That our friends still prove true, and our beauties prove kind. Then we'll defend our liberty, our country, and our laws, And teach our late posterity to Jight in Free- dom's cause, That they like our ancestors hold, S^c, THE TAILOR FELL THRO THE BED, THIMBLE This air is the march of the Corporation of Tailors.'^ The second and fourth stanzas are mine. * Probably alluding to the custom of the Incorporations of the Royal Boroughs, in Scotland, perambulating annually the boundaries of their property.—-Ecf.
49 LEADER HAUGHS AND YARROW. There is in several collections, the old song oj Leader Haughs and Yarrow. It seems to have been the work of one of our itinerant minstrels, as he calls himself at the conclusion of his songy Minstrel Burn. When Phoebus bright, the azure skies With golden rays enlight'neth, He makes all Nature's beauties rise, Herbs, trees, and flow'rs he quick'neth Amongst all those he makes his choice, And with delight goes thorough. With radiant beams and silver streams O'er Leader-Haughs and Yarrozo. When Aries the day and night In equal length divideth, Auld frosty Saturn takes his flight, Nae langer he abideth Then Flora Queen, with mantle green^ Casts afF her former sorrow. And vows to dwell with Ceres' sell, VOL, II. In Leader-Haughs and Yarrow, E
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48<br />
And in Scotia's cold climate may each of us find.<br />
That our friends still prove true, <strong>and</strong> our beauties<br />
prove kind.<br />
Then we'll defend our liberty, our country, <strong>and</strong><br />
our laws,<br />
And teach our late posterity to Jight in Free-<br />
dom's cause,<br />
That they like our ancestors hold, S^c,<br />
THE TAILOR FELL THRO THE BED, THIMBLE<br />
This air is the march of the Corporation of<br />
Tailors.'^ The second <strong>and</strong> fourth stanzas are<br />
mine.<br />
* Probably alluding to the custom of the Incorporations of<br />
the Royal Boroughs, in Scotl<strong>and</strong>, perambulating annually the<br />
boundaries of their property.—-Ecf.
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