The Scottish Songs, Volume 1Robert Chambers Ballantyne, 1829 - 370 páginas |
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... Scottish Songs should be put into a shape at once cheap and conveni- ent , and which should at the same time com- prehend the important object , literary and ty- pographical correctness . Among the innume- rable collections of Scottish Song ...
... Scottish Songs should be put into a shape at once cheap and conveni- ent , and which should at the same time com- prehend the important object , literary and ty- pographical correctness . Among the innume- rable collections of Scottish Song ...
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... songs of a country , that some should be accepted which have not yet endured the or- deal of public taste . In an Introductory Essay , a view is given of all the facts known with cer- tainty regarding Scottish Song in general ; and to ...
... songs of a country , that some should be accepted which have not yet endured the or- deal of public taste . In an Introductory Essay , a view is given of all the facts known with cer- tainty regarding Scottish Song in general ; and to ...
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... songs are to be found , in all their native beau- ty , in the collections of Ramsay and Herd . HANOVER STReet , Edinburgh ; April 27 , 1829 . HISTORICAL ESSAY ON SCOTTISH SONG . It seems extremely strange iii.
... songs are to be found , in all their native beau- ty , in the collections of Ramsay and Herd . HANOVER STReet , Edinburgh ; April 27 , 1829 . HISTORICAL ESSAY ON SCOTTISH SONG . It seems extremely strange iii.
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Robert Chambers. HISTORICAL ESSAY ON SCOTTISH SONG . It seems extremely strange , that , although the Scot tish people are more proud of their songs and music than of any other branch of literature or accomplish- ment peculiar to them ...
Robert Chambers. HISTORICAL ESSAY ON SCOTTISH SONG . It seems extremely strange , that , although the Scot tish people are more proud of their songs and music than of any other branch of literature or accomplish- ment peculiar to them ...
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Allan Allan water amang auld baith ballad baloo banks beautiful Birks of Aberfeldy blythe boatie rows bonnie lassie braes braw BURNS canna cauld Complaynt of Scotland dance dear dearie Donald Macgillavry doun Dumbarton's Drums e'en e'er Edinburgh fair Farewell flowers frae gane gang Gilderoy glen green gude gudeman gudewife hame heart Herd's Collection Highland Highland laddie hills ilka Jacobite Jenny John Tod Johnnie king kiss laddie lady laird lass lo'e Lochaber lover maun merry mony nae mair nane ne'er never o'er ower padda Pinkie House puir Ramsay Rob Morris sang Scotland Scots Scots Musical Museum Scottish song sing sung sweet Tea-Table Miscellany thee There's thou toun tune TUNE-The wadna weel Whigs wife Willie ye're yestreen young
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Página 290 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! " Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! " Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green, The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd amorous round the raptured scene.
Página 234 - But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
Página 289 - Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary, dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest ? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? Vol.
Página 290 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Página 234 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide,- And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Página 246 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving : There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving...
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