The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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Croonin ower some simple sang
O' her that's far awa.
Now I downa bide to leuk
Ayont the cheerless ingle neuk,
Where aft I read the haly beuk
To her that's far awa.
Haste, my dearest ! haste ye hame,
Come, my ain beloved dame !
Ferry OAver loch, sea, and stream,
And ne'er gae mair awa
SONG.
JOHN GRIEVE.
Tune—Po/ifctr^ on the Green.
'TwAS summer tide ; the cushat sang
His am'rous roundelay
And dews, like cluster'd diamonds, hang
On flower and leafy spray.
The coverlet of gloaming grey
On every thing was seen.
When lads and lasses took their way
To Polwart on the Green.
The spirit-moving dance went on,
And harmless revelry
Of young hearts all in unison,
Wi' love's soft witcherie
Their hall the open-daisied lea,
While frae the welkin sheen.
The moon shone brightly on the glee
At Polwart on the Green.