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... verses for any merit they have . I composed them at the time Patie Allan's mother died ; that was about the back of midnight ; and by the lee - side of a bowl of punch , which had overset every mortal in company , except the hautbois ...
... verses for any merit they have . I composed them at the time Patie Allan's mother died ; that was about the back of midnight ; and by the lee - side of a bowl of punch , which had overset every mortal in company , except the hautbois ...
Página 331
... verses , which are in a style wonderfully tender and chaste for their age , were written by a Mr Douglas of Fingland , upon Anne , one of the four daughters of Sir Robert Laurie , first baronet of Maxwelton , by his second wife , who ...
... verses , which are in a style wonderfully tender and chaste for their age , were written by a Mr Douglas of Fingland , upon Anne , one of the four daughters of Sir Robert Laurie , first baronet of Maxwelton , by his second wife , who ...
Página 339
... verses which had always hitherto , for want of better , been sung to it . She had previously been endeavouring to beguile the tedium occasioned by her sister's marriage and departure for London , by the com- position of verses ; but of ...
... verses which had always hitherto , for want of better , been sung to it . She had previously been endeavouring to beguile the tedium occasioned by her sister's marriage and departure for London , by the com- position of verses ; but of ...
Página 340
... died in they ear 1828 , at the age of eighty . It may be proper , however , to add , that the first verse of Auld Robin Gray is still usually sung to the air of " The Bridegroom grat . " The ship it was a wreck - why didna Jamie 340.
... died in they ear 1828 , at the age of eighty . It may be proper , however , to add , that the first verse of Auld Robin Gray is still usually sung to the air of " The Bridegroom grat . " The ship it was a wreck - why didna Jamie 340.
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... verse Milton makes out of mere catalogues of lo- calities . The author , Nicol Burne , is supposed to have been one of the last of the old race of minstrels . In an old collection of songs , in their original state of ballants , I have ...
... verse Milton makes out of mere catalogues of lo- calities . The author , Nicol Burne , is supposed to have been one of the last of the old race of minstrels . In an old collection of songs , in their original state of ballants , I have ...
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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM amang bairns baith bawbee blaw blythe bonnie lassie braes braw BURNS busk Campbells are coming canna cauld Charlie Cockpen dear dearie deil dinna Donald doun e'en e'er fair frae Gala Water gane gang gaun glen gowd green gude hame Haud awa hawkie heart Herd's Collection Highland laddie hinnie ilka Invermay Jamie Jenny Jock Johnnie Johnson's Musical Museum kiss lady laird lass leave thee Little wat ye lo'es Maggie married Mary Mary Hay maun mony morning mysell nae mair naething nane ne'er never o'er ower Puir auld maidens Robin Saw ye Scotland Scots Musical Museum Scottish siller sing song sweet syne Tea-Table Miscellany There's thou TUNE-The verse wadna wat ye wha's weary wee thing weel wife Willie ye wha's coming ye're young
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