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... O for the and twentie , Tam " 66 Song 46. " O leeze me on my spinnin wheel " \ . Song 47. In summer , when the hay was mawn ” " Turn again , thou fair Eliza " CONTENTS OF VOL . II . Song 53. " Wilt vi CONTENTS OF VOL . II .
... O for the and twentie , Tam " 66 Song 46. " O leeze me on my spinnin wheel " \ . Song 47. In summer , when the hay was mawn ” " Turn again , thou fair Eliza " CONTENTS OF VOL . II . Song 53. " Wilt vi CONTENTS OF VOL . II .
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... fair and fause that causes my smart ” 149 Song 55. " Flow gently , sweet Afton , among thy green braes " · Song 56. " Where Cart rins rowin to the sea " Song 57. " My heart is sair , I darena tell " Song 58. " The lovely lass o ...
... fair and fause that causes my smart ” 149 Song 55. " Flow gently , sweet Afton , among thy green braes " · Song 56. " Where Cart rins rowin to the sea " Song 57. " My heart is sair , I darena tell " Song 58. " The lovely lass o ...
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... Fair play , he car'd na deils a boddle . But Maggie stood right sair astonish'd , Till , by the heel and hand admonish'd , She ventur'd forward on the light ; And , vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae ...
... Fair play , he car'd na deils a boddle . But Maggie stood right sair astonish'd , Till , by the heel and hand admonish'd , She ventur'd forward on the light ; And , vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae ...
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... : Death tears the brother of her love From Isabella's arms . Sweetly deckt with pearly dew The morning rose may blow ; But cold successive noontide blasts May lay its beauties low . Fair on Isabella's morn The sun propitious smil'd ; But ...
... : Death tears the brother of her love From Isabella's arms . Sweetly deckt with pearly dew The morning rose may blow ; But cold successive noontide blasts May lay its beauties low . Fair on Isabella's morn The sun propitious smil'd ; But ...
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Robert Burns. Fair on Isabella's morn The sun propitious smil'd ; But , long ere noon , succeeding clouds Succeeding hopes beguil❜d . Fate oft tears the bosom chords That nature finest strung : So Isabella's heart was form'd , And so ...
Robert Burns. Fair on Isabella's morn The sun propitious smil'd ; But , long ere noon , succeeding clouds Succeeding hopes beguil❜d . Fate oft tears the bosom chords That nature finest strung : So Isabella's heart was form'd , And so ...
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Page 4 - Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Page 116 - 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 105 - I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Page 6 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Page 5 - Kirkton Jean till Monday. She prophesied that, late or soon, Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon ; Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk By Alloway's auld haunted kirk. Ah, gentle dames ! it gars me greet To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi...
Page 11 - Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie. — Ah ! little kend thy reverend grannie, That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, Wi...
Page 159 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Page 10 - As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, 'Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans A' plump and strapping, in their teens ; Their sarks instead o...
Page 13 - The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Page 12 - In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu...