II. "Now let this wilful grief be done, His step is first in peaceful ha', His sword in battle keen". But aye she loot the tears down fa' For Jock of Hazeldean. III. "A chain o' gold ye sall not lack, Nor braid to bind your hair: Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk, Nor palfrey fresh and fair; And you, the foremost o' them a', Shall ride our forest queen" But aye she loot the tears down fa' For Jock of Hazeldean. IV. The kirk was deck'd at morning-tide, The tapers glimmer'd fair; The priest and bridegroom wait the bride, And dame and knight are there. They sought her both by bower and ha', The ladie was not seen! She's o'er the Border, and awa Wi' Jock of Hazeldean. LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF. AIR" Gadil gu lo.” * I. O hush thee, my babie, thy sire was a knight; Thy mother a lady, both lovely and bright; O ho ro, i ri ri, cadil gu lo, O ho ro, i ri ri, &c. II. O fear not the bugle, though loudly it blows, *Sleep on till day." These words, adapted to a melody somewhat different from the original, are sung in my friend Mr Terry's drama of Guy Mannering. Their bows would be bended, their blades would be red, Ere the step of a foeman draws near to thy bed. O ho ro, i ri ri, &c. III. O hush thee, my baby, the time soon will come, PIBROCH OF DONALD DHU. Written for Albyn's Anthology. AIR-" Piobair of Dhonuil Duibh.” * This is a very ancient Pibroch belonging to the Clan MacDonald, and supposed to refer to the expedition of Donald Balloch, who, in 1431, launched from the Isles with a considerable force, invaded Lochaber, and at Inverlochy defeated and put to flight the Earls of Mar and Caithness, though at the head of an army superior to his own. The words of the set, theme, or melody, to which the pipe variations are applied, run thus in Gaelic: Piobaireachd Dhonuil, piobaireachd Dhonuil ; Piobaireachd Dhonuil Duidh, piobaireachd Dhonuil; Piobaireachd Dhonuil Dhuidh, piobaireachd Dhonuil; * The pibroch of Donald the Black. |