The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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My Jockie toils upon the plain,
Through wind and weet, through frost and snaw
And ower the lee I look fu' fain,
When Jockie's owsen hameward ca'.
And ay the nicht comes round again,
When in his arms he taks me a'
And ay he vows he'll be my ain
As lang as he has breath to draw.
UP AND WAUR THEM A', WILLIE.*
TuNE-^CT^ and waur them a', Willie,
When we went to the braes o' Mar,
And to the weaponshaw, Willie,
With true design to stand our ground,
And chase our faes awa, Willie,
Lairds and lords cam there bedeen.
And vow gin they were braw, Willie I
Up and waurf them a', Willie I
Up and waur them a', Willie !
But when our standard was set up,
Sae fierce the wind did blaw, Willie,
The royal nit upon the tap
Down to the ground did fa', Willie.
Then second-sichted Sandy said.
We'd do nae gude at a', Willie.:{:
Up and waur, he.
* A Jacobite account of the rebellion of 1715, and in particular of tlie
battle of SheriflPmuir, The tune, which, with the burden, may be older
than the occasion of this song, is very popular, and has been applied to modern
songs.
t Burns contends that this should be luarn, in allusion to the Crantara,
or warning of a Highland clan to arms. But I have preferred the word
which is invariably used in the Lowlands. To ivaur is to worst or defeat.
i This is an historical fact.
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