with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

47
AVhen Sawney, Jock, an* Janetie,
Are up and gotten lear,
They'll help to gar the boatie row,
And lighten a' our care
The boatie rows, the boatie rows,
The boatie rows fu' weel;
And lightsome be her heart that bears
The murlain, and the creel.
And when wi* age we're worn down,
And hirpling round the door,
They'll row to keep us dry and warm,
As we did them before:
Then weel may the boatie row,
She wins the bairns bread;
And happy be the lot of a'
That wish the boat to speed 1
THE HAPPY MARRIAGE.
Another, hut 'very pretty Anglo- Scotish piece,*
* The Editor subjoins this song as a fair specimen of these
Anglo-Scotish productions.
How blest has ray time been, what joys have I known,
Since wedlock's soft bondage made Jessy my ownf
So joyful my heart is, so easy my chain.
That freedom is tasteless, and roving a pain.
Thro*