O garb renown'd the whole world round! What mortal man would swither To toast with me-now three times three"The bonnet, kilt and feather!" O dear to me, &c. MY MORAG. AIR. "The Haughs of Cromdale." I WOULD not, if I could, declare I'd rather play the miser, dear, Yet wert thou only once mine own, How would my song in joyful flow On dear, delightful Mòrag! AVICH'S FAIRY BOWER. The following song was suggested by an old favourite fairy "luinneag," the chorus of which runs thus :— "Am bun a chruidh cha chaidil mi, Am bun a chruidh cha bhi mi; Am bun a chruidh cha chaidil mi, 'S mo leabaidh anns an t-sithean." The luinneag in question had its origin in a superstition not yet entirely dead in the Scottish Highlands, where for a pretty mortal maiden to be wooed by a "leannan-sith," was up to the beginning of the present century, quite a popular belief among "the sea-divided Gael" of both Ireland and Scotland. A no unfrequent consequence of such intercourse was that the damsel thus wooed allowed herself to be charmed away by her elfin lover into some near-by abode of the "good people," never again to revisit her own home! IN vain to me shews Beltane fair Its wealth of song and flower,— Chorus.-Ochòin a righ for Annie O, Sweet Annie of Glengower! They met her in the gloaming grey Near Dovan's warlock tower, Syne witched her with their music gay Ochoin a righ, &c. Where oft together herding kye I in my plaid did row her, Alone I now may sing or sigh, Sad-thinking on yon bower. Ochòin a righ, &c. To tempt her stay, the fay folk may With endless youth and beauty both, O that old Merlin's magic key Ochoin a righ, &c. Peggy bhan has wooers plenty Ere she breaks her troth to me! THE HERO OF KARS. AIR." When the Kye come Hame." WHEN mad Muscovite ambition Challenged Britain to the fight, And the bravest of the brave went forth There is none that you can name me The born Hero of Kars! The stern Hero of Kars! Never was a chief more gallant Think of yon beleagured city Where, like lion bold at bay, The more dread the odds against him, |