178 No more a-winding the course of yon river, Is it that summer's forsaken our valleys, No, no, the bees humming round the gay roses, Fain would I hide what I fear to discover. Time cannot aid me, my griefs are immortal, Come, then, enamour'd and fond of my anguish, O SAW YE MY DEAR. TUNE-'WHEN SHE CAM BEN SHE BOBBIT. O SAW ye my dear, my Phely? O saw ye my dear, my Phely? She's down i' the grove, she's wi' a new love, What says she, my dearest, my Phely? O had I ne'er seen thee, my Phely! As light as the air, and fause as thou's fair, THOU HAST LEFT ME EVER, JAMIE. TUNE-FEE HIM, FATHER.' THOU hast left me ever, Jamie, Thou hast left me ever; Thou hast left me ever. Aften hast thou vow'd that death Now thou'st left thy lass for aye- Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie, Thou canst love anither jo, While my heart is breaking; MY CHLORIS. TUNE- MY LODGING IS ON THE COLD GROUND.' My Chloris, mark how green the groves, The balmy gales awake the flowers. And wave thy flaxen hair. The lav'rock shuns the palace gay, Let minstrels sweep the skilfu' string The shepherd stops his simple reed, The princely revel may survey The shepherd, in the flowery glen, These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd, to deck The courtiers' gems may witness love- CHARMING MONTH OF MAY. TUNE-' DAINTY DAVIE.' IT was the charming month of May, One morning, by the break of day, From peaceful slumber she arose, CHORUS. Lovely was she by the dawn, The feather'd people you might see They hail the charming Chloe; Till, painting gay the eastern skies, LET NOT WOMAN E'ER COMPLAIN. TUNE-DUNCAN GRAY.' LET not woman e'er complain Of inconstancy in love; Look abroad through Nature's range, Man should then a monster prove? Mark the winds, and mark the skies; Why then ask of silly man, To oppose great Nature's plan? We'll be constant while we canYou can be no more, you know. O PHILLY. TUNE 'THE SOW'S TAIL.' HE. O PHILLY, happy be that day SHE. O Willy, aye I bless the grove Where first I own'd my maiden love, Whilst thou didst pledge the Powers above To be my ain dear Willy. HE. As songsters of the early year |