The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

669
Merrily, iiienily, merrily, merrily,
Merrily danced the quakers ;
Merrily danced the quaker's wife,
And merrily danced the quakers.
Tune— The Qiialcers xcife.
On Saturday my wife she died ;
On Sunday she was buried ;
On Mononday I courted a wife,
On Tuesday I was married.
On Wednesday I stealt a horse,
On Thursday was apprehended
On Friday I was condemned to die.
On Saturday I was hanged.
WHEN THE SUN GAES DOWN.
WILLIAM WILSON.
When the sun gaes down, when the sun gaes down,
I'll meet thee, bonny Mary, when the sun gaes down
I'll row my apron up, and I'll leave the reeky town,
And meet thee by the burnie when the sun gaes down.
By the burnie there's a bower ; we will gently lean us
there,
And forget in ither's arms every earthly care ;
For the chiefest o' my joys in this weary mortal roun',
Is the burn- side, wi' Mary, when the sun gaes down.
There the ruined castle tower on the distant steep ap-
pears,
Like a hoary auld warrior faded wi' years ;
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