The Tea-table Miscellany: A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English. In Four Volumes. By Allan Ramsay, Issue 420A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For A. Donaldson, 1762 - 448 pages |
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... wou'd repent 301 Cupid , cafe a love - fick maid 327 Come , neighbours , now we've made our hay 332 Come , carles a ' of fumblers ha ' .357 Come let us prepare 362 Cynthia frowns whene'er I woo her Care , away , gae thou frae me Custom ...
... wou'd repent 301 Cupid , cafe a love - fick maid 327 Come , neighbours , now we've made our hay 332 Come , carles a ' of fumblers ha ' .357 Come let us prepare 362 Cynthia frowns whene'er I woo her Care , away , gae thou frae me Custom ...
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... Wou'd you chufe a wife , 286 Why fhould a foolish marriage - vow When , lovely Phillis , thou art kind Why we love , and why we hate 295 298 303 When bright Aurelia tript the plain 308 While filently I lov'd , nor dar'd 212 We all to ...
... Wou'd you chufe a wife , 286 Why fhould a foolish marriage - vow When , lovely Phillis , thou art kind Why we love , and why we hate 295 298 303 When bright Aurelia tript the plain 308 While filently I lov'd , nor dar'd 212 We all to ...
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... wou'd ye light down , I'll gi'e ye my doughter's love to win , With a fal , dal , & c . Now , wooer , fin ye are lighted down , Where do ye win , or in what town ? I think my doughter winna gloom On fic a lad as ye . The wooer he stepp ...
... wou'd ye light down , I'll gi'e ye my doughter's love to win , With a fal , dal , & c . Now , wooer , fin ye are lighted down , Where do ye win , or in what town ? I think my doughter winna gloom On fic a lad as ye . The wooer he stepp ...
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... Wou'd take my reft away . Your charms in harmless childhood lay , As metals in a mine .. Age from no face takes more away , Than youth conceal'd in thine : But as your charms infenfibly To their perfection preft ; So love as unperceiv'd ...
... Wou'd take my reft away . Your charms in harmless childhood lay , As metals in a mine .. Age from no face takes more away , Than youth conceal'd in thine : But as your charms infenfibly To their perfection preft ; So love as unperceiv'd ...
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... Wou'd he return wou'd he return , She ne'er again wou'd give him care , Or cause him mourn or caufe him mourn . Why lov'd I thee , deferving fwain , Yet still thought fhame yet fill thought fhame , When he my yielding heart did gain ...
... Wou'd he return wou'd he return , She ne'er again wou'd give him care , Or cause him mourn or caufe him mourn . Why lov'd I thee , deferving fwain , Yet still thought fhame yet fill thought fhame , When he my yielding heart did gain ...
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Alake auld baith beauty Becauſe blate blefs'd blifs blyth bofom bonny braes breaft Broom of Cowdenknows charms chearful cou'd cry'd dear defire defpair delight deroll didle drink e'er ev'ry eyes faft faid fair falfe fcorn fhall fhepherd fhine fhou'd fighs filly fince fing fleep fmiles foft fome foon forrow foul fpring frae ftill fuch fwain fweet gowans are gay grace green hame happy heart highland laddie houſe Invermay Jeany Jenny kifs laddie laffie lafs laft Lochaber lov'd lover maid maun merry morning mufic muft muſt nae mair ne'er never night nymph o'er paffion pain Peggy pleaſe pleaſure rife Rob Morris rofe ſhall ſhe ſmile SONG ſpeak ſweet Syne tell thee thefe There's theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tune Twas wawking Whilft Whofe wife wine wou'd Yarrow young
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