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~s THE BEDS OF SWEET ROSES. This song, as far as I know, for the first time appears here in print.— When I was a hoy, it was a very popular song in Ayrshire. I remember to have heard those fanatics, the Buchanites,^ sing some of their nonsensical rhymes, which they dignify zoith the riame of hymns, to this ctzV.f * A set of itinerant fanatics in the west of Scotland, so deno- minated from their leader, Elizabeth Buchan. The husband of this visionary was one of the proprietors of the Delft-work ma- nufactory at Glasgow, by whom she had several children. About 1779 she began to prophecy that the end of the world was drawing nigh, and that all Christians must abandon worldly connexions, in order to be in readiness to meet Christ. She soon gathered a great number of followers, and journeyed with them through several parts of Scotland, increasing as thejr went. At length Mrs. Buchan died in 1791, and her disciples dispersed. t This practice of composing spiritual hymns and songs to common ballad tunes was laughed at by Shakespeare in his Wintefs Tale, where he speaks of a Puritan who sings psalms to hornpipes; and that it obtained long anterior to the time of the Buchanites, the curious reader may see, if he can meet with a very scarce book quoted in " Campbell's History of Poetry in Scotland," which appeared in Mr. Constable's sale Catalogue for 1796, called Geddes's Saints Recreation, &c. addressed, in the very spirit of modern dedication, to no less than Jive Patronesses! each of whom the author hath honoured with a separate dedication.
SAW YE JOHNNIE CUMMIN ? QUo' SHE. This song for genuine humor in the verses, and iively originality in the air, is unparalleled. I take it to he very old. Saw ye Johnnie cummin ? quo' she, Saw ye Johnnie cummin, O saw ye Johnnie cummin, quo' she Saw ye Johnnie cummin, Wi' his bkie bonnet on his head. And his doggie runnin, quo' she And his doggie runnin ? cation, expressive of his notions of their piety, pretensions to nobility, S^c, S^c. The reader may see many specimens of this pious nonsense in " Ane compendious booke of Godly and spirituall Songs," &c. 16^1, specimens of which the late Lord Hailes published in 1764. The whole was republished, with a valuable Introduction, by Dalzell, Edin. 1801. Similar performances made their appearance among the Bereans in Scotland, the production of their spiritual guide, Mr. Barclay. Among others are these titles : " Hand awa\ bide awa\ hand awa frae me Deilie"— " Wut ye wha I tnet yestreen, lying on my bed, Mamma?—an angel bright," ^c.
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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
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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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S8 And there will be happer-ars'd N
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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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