The Forest Minstrel: A Selection of Songs, Adapted to the Most Favourite Scottish Airs. Few of Them Ever Before Published |
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ah woe alang Athol Cummers auld Ayont Beety birken Birniebouzle blaw blue blythe bonny black e'e bonny boy bonny Dundee Bonny laddie bonny lass Bonny Mary bosom bower braes of Ballahun brave braw CALEDONIA canna cauld cheery claes Cunningham dear dear Doctor Doctor Monro Donald Macdonald drinkin Ettrick fair farewell feetie o't flower frae Gae hap Gallowa gang gaun gloamin green hame happy as Peggy heart Highland laddie hills Hogg hurkle ilka isles isna JAMES HOGG Jamie Jeany John Borthick lass of Deloraine lassie lo'e maun merry morning mountain naething ne'er never noble boys o'er plaid rowe the feetie sang sing smile song sweet tear thee thou vale weary weel wha's sae happy Whan whare wild Willie wind woodland wrang Yarrow ye'll Ye're gane young
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Page 10 - White were the sheets And embroider'd the cover ; But his sheets are more white, And his canopy grander, And sounder he sleeps Where the hill foxes wander. Alas, pretty maiden, What sorrows attend you ! I see you sit shivering, With lights at your window ; But long may you wait Ere your arms shall enclose him, For still, still he lies, With a wreath on his bosom ! THE MOON WAS A-WANING.
Page 219 - CALEDONIA ! thou land of the mountain and rock, Of the ocean, the mist, and the wind — Thou land of the torrent, the pine, and the oak, Of the roebuck, the hart, and the hind : Though bare are thy cliffs, and though barren thy glens, Though bleak thy dun islands appear, Yet kind are the hearts, and undaunted the clans, That roam on these mountains so drear...
Page 16 - Nae wonder the tear fa's sae fast frae my ee. " Wi' the rest o' my claes I hae row'd up the ribbon, The bonnie blue ribbon that Jamie gae me ; Yestreen when he gae me't, and saw I was sabbin', I'll never forget the wae blink o
Page 193 - Wi' rocks o' the Nevis and Garny We'd rattle him off frae our shore , Or lull him asleep in a cairny, An' sing him — Lochaber no more ! Stanes an
Page 9 - The tempest was over; Fair was the maiden, And fond was the lover ; But the snow was so deep, That his heart it grew weary, And he sunk down to sleep, In the moorland so dreary. Soft was the bed She had made for her lover, White were the sheets And...
Page 190 - MY name it is Donald M'Donald, I leere in the Heelands sae grand ; I hae follow'd our banner, and will do, Wherever my Maker has land. When rankit amang the blue bonnets, Nae danger can fear me ava ; I ken that my brethren around me Are either to conquer or fa'.
Page 16 - I'm just like a lammie that loses its mither; Nae mither or friend the puir lammie can see; I fear I hae tint my poor heart a'thegither, Nae wonder the tear fa's sae fast frae my ee. " Wi
Page 17 - The lamb likes the gowan wi' dew when it's droukit ; The hare likes the brake and the braird on the lea : But Lucy likes Jamie," — she turn'd and she lookit, She thocht the dear place she wad never mair see. Ah, weel may young Jamie gang dowie and cheerless ! And weel may he greet on the bank o...
Page 113 - My heart could not bear it, dear Doctor Monro." 2 " The lasses are comely, and dear to your bosom ; But virtue and beauty has many a foe ! 0 think what may happen ; just nipt in their blossom !"" Ah ! merciful Heaven ! cease, Doctor Monro. Dear Doctor, I'll thank you to hand me my breeches ; I'm better ; I'll drink with you ere that you go ; I'll never more sicken for women or riches, But love my relations and Doctor Monro. 1 plainly perceive, were I wedded to Christy, My peace and my pleasures I...
Page 197 - CULLODEN ! on thy swarthy brow Spring no wild flowers nor verdure fair ; Thou feel'st not summer's genial glow, More than the freezing wintry air ; For once thou drank'st the hero's blood, And war's unhallow'd footsteps bore.