She's bow-hough'd, she's hein shinn'd, Auld baudrans by the ingle sits, An' wi' her loof her face a washin; She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion ; Sic a wife as Willie had, GLOOMY DECEMBER. E mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December! ince mair I-hail thee, wi' sorrow and care; was the parting thou makes me remember, arting wi' Nancy, Oh! ne'er to meet mair; d lovers' parting is sweet painful pleasure, ope beaming mild on the soft parting hour; the dire feeling, O farewell for ever! s anguish unmingl'd and agony pure. ld as the winter now tearing the forest, Till the last leaf o' the summer is flown, Such is the tempest has shaken my bosom, Still as I hail thee, thou gloomy December, WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE. WILT thou be my dearie? When sorrow wrings my gentle heart, Only thou, I swear and vow, Lassie, say thou lo'es me; Or if thou wilt na be my ain, Say na thou'lt refuse me ; If it winna, canna be, Thou for thine may choose me; SHE'S FAIR AND FAUSE. SHE'S fair and fause that causes my smart, A coof cam in wi' rowth o' gear, Whae er ye be that woman love, To this be never blind, Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle she prove, A woman has't by kind: O woman lovely, woman fair! An angel form's faun to thy share, "Twad been o'er meikle to gien thee mair, I mean an angel mind. AFTON-WATER. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. How pleasant thy banks, and green valleys below, Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, wave. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Afton-Water is the stream on which stands Afton-lodge: to which Mrs Stewart removed from Stair.-Afton-lodge was Mrs Stewart's property from her father. The song was presented to her in return for her notice, the first he ever received from any person in her rank of life. E. |