Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810 - Ballads, Scots |
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Page v
... copy of it . His conjectures were fully verified . From the solecisms with which this copy abounded , he perceived that it had not been much indebted to the care of its editors . He hoped , however , that the Poet's mother might still ...
... copy of it . His conjectures were fully verified . From the solecisms with which this copy abounded , he perceived that it had not been much indebted to the care of its editors . He hoped , however , that the Poet's mother might still ...
Page vi
... copy to his readers . On a visit to this worthy old woman , he had the satisfaction of hearing the whole recited by her , and he carefully marked the variations between his copy and her recitation . The reading of Mrs. Burns was so much ...
... copy to his readers . On a visit to this worthy old woman , he had the satisfaction of hearing the whole recited by her , and he carefully marked the variations between his copy and her recitation . The reading of Mrs. Burns was so much ...
Page xii
... she nor her son Gilbert had ever seen a printed copy of it . It is no bad specimen of the quaint , moralizing manner that obtained soon after the Reformation . This * Without . quaintness , however , is mixed up with a good xii.
... she nor her son Gilbert had ever seen a printed copy of it . It is no bad specimen of the quaint , moralizing manner that obtained soon after the Reformation . This * Without . quaintness , however , is mixed up with a good xii.
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... copy of verses to the Doctor on quitting his service . Among the verses are the following lines : " How oft those plains I've thoughtless prest ; . " Whistled or sung some Fair distrest , " When fate would steal a tear . " Allading , to ...
... copy of verses to the Doctor on quitting his service . Among the verses are the following lines : " How oft those plains I've thoughtless prest ; . " Whistled or sung some Fair distrest , " When fate would steal a tear . " Allading , to ...
Page 88
... copies of the song , and it has pre- fixed , Tune of Tarry Woo.— Of which tune , a different set has insensibly varied into a different air . - To a Scots critic , the pathos of the line , " Tho ' his back be at the wa ' , " -must be ...
... copies of the song , and it has pre- fixed , Tune of Tarry Woo.— Of which tune , a different set has insensibly varied into a different air . - To a Scots critic , the pathos of the line , " Tho ' his back be at the wa ' , " -must be ...
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Aberdeen Allan Water amang auld baith ballad beautiful beginning o't birks of Aberfeldy blaithrie o't blythe boatie rows Bogie bonie laddie bonny brae braw breeks bridal o't Burns cauld charms clan composed Drummond duke e'en e'er earl Earl of Loudon earl of Mar Edinburgh Editor fair flowers frae gang nae mair heard Highland laddie hooly and fairly ilka Janet Jean Adam lass lassie Lord Maggie Marion Mary maun mony naething nane ne'er never night o'er young old song Peggy Piper poems poet posie Ramsay Ritson Roslin Castle Sae bide Saw ye Scotish Scotish Song Scotland Scots sing spinning o't stanzas sweet tarry woo thee There's nae luck thou thro todlen hame Trumpet Marine tune Tytler verses Viscount Strathallan waly weel wife