The pocket encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish songs, selected from the works of the most eminent poets; with original pieces, and notes, Volume 11816 |
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... beautiful song , called Pompey's Ghost . " He was a native of Galloway , and resided some time at Airds ; but it appears that he afterwards emigrated to America . Little more is known respecting him . And cuddle there fu ' kindly Wi ...
... beautiful song , called Pompey's Ghost . " He was a native of Galloway , and resided some time at Airds ; but it appears that he afterwards emigrated to America . Little more is known respecting him . And cuddle there fu ' kindly Wi ...
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... beautiful music , with moral sentiments that are singularly interesting . " In con- formity to the judgment of Dr. CURRIE , the verse usually printed first is here omitted ; one of those which are indisputably Burns's is substituted in ...
... beautiful music , with moral sentiments that are singularly interesting . " In con- formity to the judgment of Dr. CURRIE , the verse usually printed first is here omitted ; one of those which are indisputably Burns's is substituted in ...
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... beautiful song of Tweedside is Mr. CRAW- FORD'S , and indeed does great honour to his poetical talents . He was a ROBERT CRAWFORD ; the Mary he celebrates , was a MARY STEWART , of the Castlemilk family , afterwards married to a Mr ...
... beautiful song of Tweedside is Mr. CRAW- FORD'S , and indeed does great honour to his poetical talents . He was a ROBERT CRAWFORD ; the Mary he celebrates , was a MARY STEWART , of the Castlemilk family , afterwards married to a Mr ...
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... beautiful winding streamlet in the parish of Camp- sie : it rises in the northern part of the lofty ridge of mountains called the Campsie Fells , meanders through the romantic glens of Glen - Dawin and the Clachan , and runs through the ...
... beautiful winding streamlet in the parish of Camp- sie : it rises in the northern part of the lofty ridge of mountains called the Campsie Fells , meanders through the romantic glens of Glen - Dawin and the Clachan , and runs through the ...
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... beautiful song , and in the genuine Scottish taste . We have few pastoral compositions , I mean the pastoral of nature , that are equal to this . " OSWALD , who was a Music - seller in London , published a large collection of Scottish ...
... beautiful song , and in the genuine Scottish taste . We have few pastoral compositions , I mean the pastoral of nature , that are equal to this . " OSWALD , who was a Music - seller in London , published a large collection of Scottish ...
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aboon alang amang auld langsyne auld Robin Gray baith banks bannocks Bard barley bree beautiful birken Birks of Aberfeldy blast blaw bloom blythe bonnie lassie bosom braw breast BURNS busk Caledonia canna cantie cauld charms coggie dear dearie e'en e'er fair Farewell flowers frae friends gang glen green gude hame happy heart Highland laddie hills ilka Jamie Jean Jockie John Anderson Johnnie kiss laird lass lo'ed Logan braes loo'd lover Maggie maid Mary maun mind monie morning muse nae mair ne'er never night o'er onie owre plaid pleasure ROBERT TANNAHILL Roslin Castle sang scenes Scottish simmer sing smile snaw song tear thee There's thou thro TUNE verses wander weel Whan whare wild wind winna wooing young young Jessie
Popular passages
Page 95 - Mary ! dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest ? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast...
Page 33 - 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. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Page 34 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 18 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Page 311 - Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize ; The sodger's wealth is...
Page 162 - 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 25 - By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw; And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.
Page 135 - Glen? Yestreen at the Valentines' dealing, My heart to my mou gied a sten : For thrice I drew ane without failing, And thrice it was written, Tam Glen. The last Halloween I was waukin My droukit sark-sleeve, as ye ken ; His likeness cam up the house staukin — And the very grey breeks o...
Page 25 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 198 - Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a