The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

60S
When the drums do beat,
And the cannons rattle,
Thou shalt sit in state,
And see thy love in battle.
O mount and go, &c.
When the vanquished foe
Sues for peace and quiet,
To the shades * we'll go.
And in love enjoy it. f
O mount and go, ^c.
O DEAR! MINNIE, WHAT SHALL I DO?
Tune—O dear ! mother^ tohat shall I do 9
" Oh dear I minnie, what shall I do ?
Oh dear I minnie, what shall I do ?
Oh dear ! minnie, what shall I do ?"
" Daft thing, doiled -^ thing, do as I do."
" If I be black, I canna be lo'ed
If I be fair, I canna be gude
If I be lordly, the lads will look by me ;
Oh dear I minnie, what shall I do ?
Oh dear ! minnie, what shall I do ?
Oh dear I minnie, what shall I do ?
Oh dear I
minnie, what shall 1 do ?"
" Daft thing, doiled thing, do as I do."
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* Could the poet here mean the celebrated tavern called " The Shades,"
near London Bridge ?
t From Johnson's Musical Museum, Part III. 1790.
i Stupid, with imbecility.
§ This amusing old thing is printed in Johnson's Musical Museum,
(Part III. 1790.) as the ancient verses for an air which is there given with
a song beginning, " Oh dear Peggy, love's beguiling."
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