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Page xxvi
... O'er the Muir amang the heather ' . Whether or not James IV wrote The Gaberlunzie Man , the universal belief that he might have done so is sufficient for the purpose . A considerable number of the most admired vernacular songs of the ...
... O'er the Muir amang the heather ' . Whether or not James IV wrote The Gaberlunzie Man , the universal belief that he might have done so is sufficient for the purpose . A considerable number of the most admired vernacular songs of the ...
Page xlvii
... o'er the lave o't ; Rattlin ' roarin ' Willie ; Ye'll ay be welcome back again ; The weary pund o ' tow ; and so on . These are some of the airs named in song books without music , and sung by the people , or the familiar , favourite ...
... o'er the lave o't ; Rattlin ' roarin ' Willie ; Ye'll ay be welcome back again ; The weary pund o ' tow ; and so on . These are some of the airs named in song books without music , and sung by the people , or the familiar , favourite ...
Page xlviii
... o'er yon castle wa ' for Cumnock Psalms , a traditional tune which he recovered while it was doing service for an unprintable song . His verses of The posie were written to perpetuate the melody of a poor ballad which his wife used to ...
... o'er yon castle wa ' for Cumnock Psalms , a traditional tune which he recovered while it was doing service for an unprintable song . His verses of The posie were written to perpetuate the melody of a poor ballad which his wife used to ...
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... o'er my chin , & c . ] ' It is somewhat singular , that in Lanark , Renfrew , Ayr , Wigton , Kirkcudbright , and Dumfries - shires , there is scarcely one old song or tune which , from the title , & c . , can be guessed to belong to ...
... o'er my chin , & c . ] ' It is somewhat singular , that in Lanark , Renfrew , Ayr , Wigton , Kirkcudbright , and Dumfries - shires , there is scarcely one old song or tune which , from the title , & c . , can be guessed to belong to ...
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... o'er the lea : Sure a finer creature , Ne'er was form'd by Nature ; So compleat each feature , So divine is she , & c . ] ' This charming song is much older , and indeed . superior , to Ramsay's verses , The Toast , as he calls them ...
... o'er the lea : Sure a finer creature , Ne'er was form'd by Nature ; So compleat each feature , So divine is she , & c . ] ' This charming song is much older , and indeed . superior , to Ramsay's verses , The Toast , as he calls them ...
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Allan Allan Ramsay amang Auld lang syne ballad banks beautiful Blacklock blythe Bremner's British Museum broadside Burns wrote Burns's chorus Collection of Scots composed composition copy Cromek Dainty Davie dance dearie Dick's Burns Earl Edinburgh edition eighteenth century English entitled frae George Thomson hame Herd's Scots Songs Highland laddie Interleaved Museum Jacobite James John Johnie Johnson known lady lament lassie Lord manuscript Mary McGibbon's Scots Tunes melodies Merry Muses Miss music of Scotland musician notes o'er old song original Orpheus Caledonius Oswald's Companion Perth Musical Miscellany Poems poet poetry printed published Ramsay Ramsay's Miscellany Reels Riddell Riddell's Robert Burns Roslin Castle Saw ye says Scotch Tunes Scotland Scots Musical Museum Scottish music sing stanza Strathspeys sung sweet thee thou tradition Tytler vernacular verse and air weel writing written Yair's Charmer
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Page ix - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Page 15 - His breath like caller air ; His very foot has music in't As he comes up the stair. And will I see his face again ? And will I hear him speak ? I'm downright dizzy wi' the thought, In troth I'm like
Page 9 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne! Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne ? And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp, And surely I'll be mine, And we'll tak a cup o...
Page 48 - MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo.
Page 9 - Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to min' ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne.
Page 103 - I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green ; There's not a bonie bird that sings, But minds me o
Page 46 - And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Page 102 - They'll ne'er make a tempest like that in my mind; Though loudest of thunder on louder waves roar, That's naething like leaving my love on the shore. To leave thee behind me my heart is sair...
Page 48 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe — My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Page 120 - THERE was a jovial beggar, He had a wooden leg, Lame from his cradle, And forced for to beg. And a begging we will go, we'll go, we'll go; And a begging we will go...