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O! Head Ye Yon Pibroch Sound Sad in The Gale By T.Campbell
O! Head Ye Yon Pibroch Sound Sad in The Gale
O,
heard ye yon pibroch sound sad in the gale,
Where
a band cometh slowly with weeping and wail?
'Tis
the chief of Glenara laments for his dear;
And
her sire and her people are called to her bier.
Glenara
came first, with the mourners and shroud;
Her
kinsmen they followed, but mourned not aloud;
Their
plaids all their bosoms were folded around;
They
marched all in silence, — they looked on the ground.
In
silence they reached, over mountain and moor,
To
a heath where the oak-tree grew lonely and hoar;
"Now
here let us place the gray stone of her cairn
Why
speak ye no word?" said Glenara the stern.
And
tell me, I charge ye, ye clan of my spouse,
Why
fold ye your mantles, why cloud ye your brows?
So
spake the rude chieftain - no answer is made.
But
each mantle, unfolding, a dagger displayed.
I
dreamt of my lady, I dreamt of her shroud.
Cried
a voice from the kinsmen, all wrathful and loud;
And
empty that shroud and that coffin did seem,
Glenara!
Glenara! now read me my dream!
O,
pale grew the cheek of that chieftain, I ween,
When
the shroud was unclosed and no lady was seen;
When
a voice from the kinsmen spoke louder in scorn,
'Twas
the youth who had loved the fair Ellen of Lorn,
"I
dreamt of my lady, I dreamt of her grief,
I
dreamt that her lord was a barbarous chief;
On
a rock of the ocean fair Ellen did seem;
Glenara!
Glenara! now read me my dream!"
In
dust low the traitor has knelt to the ground,
And
the desert revealed where his lady was found;
From
a rock of the ocean that beauty is borne;
Now
joy to the house of fair Ellen of Lorn.
P
By T.Campbell
When Absent From the Nymph I Love By Allan Ramsay.
When Absent From the Nymph I Love
When absent from the nymph I love,
I’d fain shake off the chains I wear;
But whilst I strive these to remove,
More fetters I’m obliged to bear:
My captived fancy, day and nigh,
Fairer and fairer represents
Belinda, formed for delight,
But cruel cause of my complaints.
All day I wander through the groves,
And, nighing, hear from every tree,
The happy birds, chirping their loves,
Happy compared with lonely me.
When gentle sleep, with balmy wings,
to rest fans every weary wight,
A thousand fears my fancy brings,
That keeps me watching all the night.
Sleep flies, while like the goddess fair,
And all the graces in her train,
With melting smiles and killing air,
Appears the cause of all my pain.
Awhile, my mind delighted, flies
O’er all her sweets, with thrilling joy.
Whilst want of work makes doubts arise,
That all my trembling hopes destroy.
Thus while my thoughts are fixed on her.
I’m all o’er transports and desire,
My pulse beats high, my cheeks appear
All roses, and mine eyes all fire.
When to myself I turn to view,
My veins grow chill, my cheeks look was;
Thus whilst my fears my pains renew,
I scarcely look or move a man.
By Allan Ramsay.
The Rosy Brier. Air-”I wish my love was in a myre.” By Burns
The Rosy Brier.
Air-”I wish my love was in a myre.”
O bonnie was yon rosy brier, That blooms sae far frae haunt o' man; And bonnie she, and ah, how dear! It shaded frae the e'enin sun. Yon rosebuds in the morning dew How pure, amang the leaves sae green; But purer was the lover's vow, They witnessed in their shade yestreen . All in its rude and prickly bower, That crimson rose how sweet and fair; But love is far a sweeter flower, Amid life's thorny path o' care. The pathless, wild and wimpling burn, Wi' Chloris in my arms, be mine; And I the warld nor wish nor scorn, Its joys and griefs alike resign. By Burns
The Flag Waved O’er The Castle Wa’. Air- “The Birks o’ Invermay.” By Hogg.
The Flag Waved O’er The Castle Wa’.
Air- “The Birks o’ Invermay.”
The flag waved e’er the castle wa’,
The hind cam’ lilting o’er the lea,
Loud joy ran through the lighted ha’,
An’ ilka ane was blithe but me;
For, ah! My heart had tint its glee,
Although the wars had worn away;
The breast that used my stay to be,
Was lyin’ cauld in foreign clay.
I looked east, I looket west,
I saw the darksomr coming even;
The wild bird had its cozy nest,
The kid was to the hamlet driven,
But house, nor hame, aneath the heaven,
Except the skeugh of greenwood tree;
O, that was a’ the comfort given
To my three little bairns an’ me.
I had a pray’r I could na say!
I had a vow I dougtna breathe-
Foe aye they led my words astray,
An aye they wer’ connectet baith
Wi’ ane wha now was cauld in death!
I looket round wi’ wat’ry e’e-
Hope was na there-but I was laith
To see my little babies dee.
Just as the breeze the aspen stirred,
And bore aslant the falling dew,
I thought I heard a bonny bird
Singing amid the air so blue;
It was a lay that did renew
The hope deep sunk in misery,
It was of ane my woes that knew,
And some kind hearts that cared for me.
O, sweet as breaks the rising day,
Or sunbeams through the wavy rain,
Fell on my soul the cheering lay-
Was it an angel poured the strain?
Wha kens a yearning mother’s pain,
Bent o’er the child upon her knee!
O, mine will bless, and bless again,
The generous heart that cared for me.
A cot was reared by Mercy’s hand
Amid the Grampian wilderness-
It rose, as if by magic wand,
A shelter to forlorn Distress!
An’ weel I ken that Heaven will bless
The hearts that issued the decree-
The window and the fatherless
Can never pray and slighted be.
By Hogg.
This Is No My Ain House. By Ramsay.
This Is No My Ain House
This
is no mine ain house,
I
ken by the rigging o't;
Since
with my love I 've changed vows,
I
dinna like the bigging o't:
For
now that I 'm young Robie's bride,
And
mistress of his fire-side,
Mine
ain house I 'll like to guide,
And
please me with the trigging o't.
Then
farewell to my father's house,
I
gang where love invites me;
The
strictest duty this allows,
When
love with honour meets me.
When
Hymen moulds us into ane,
My
Robie 's nearer than my kin,
And
to refuse him were a sin,
Sae
lang 's he kindly treats me.
When
I 'm in mine ain house,
True
love shall be at hand aye,
To
make me still a prudent spouse,
And
let my man command aye;
Avoiding
ilka cause of strife,
The
common pest of married life,
That
makes ane wearied of his wife,
And
breaks the kindly band aye.
Bonny Black-Eyed Mary Air-”Roy’s Wife.” By Beuler
Bonny Black-Eyed Mary
Air-”Roy’s Wife.”
Would you see a little fairy,
Lips of truth which never vary,
Eyes of sloes,
And cheeks of rose?
You’d love to see my bonny Mary.
Hers is the form the Graces mould,
To charm and steal away the senses;
To raise a flame in bosoms cold,
And make them think of love’s offences.
O! my bonny black-eyed Mary!
Dearest, sweetest, rosy Mary!
Fancy sights
In light blue eyes,
But smiles in thine, my bonny Mary.
Her raven locks float in the wind.
Like Fairy webs in moonlight waving;
E’er weaving snares for heart and mind,
And ev’ry gazing eye enslaving.
O! my bonny black-eyed Mary!
Dearest, sweetest, rosy Mary!
Fancy thieves
Thy locks, and weaves
A snare for love, my bonny Mary
Her bosom is young Pleasure’s couch,
But free from ev’ry thought unholy;
For though it’s warm to virtue’s touch,
‘Tis cold as ice to that of folly.
O! my bonny black-eyed Mary!
Dearest, sweetest, rosy Mary!
Virtue dwells
In others’ spells,
But loves thine best, my bonny Mary.
Then who would melt the chastened snow,
Her bosom o’er by virtue sprinkled?
Ah! who would cause a tear to flow
From eyes when smiles have ever twinkled?
O! my bonny black-eyed Mary!
Dearest sweetest, rosy Mary!
Fancy sighs
In light blue eyes.
But smiles in thine, my bonny Mary!
By Beuler
Sandy Grey By C. Dibdin
Sandy Grey
Sandy Grey was a bit of a ranter,
O! he was the Highland gay,
When Mc Gregor he tuned up his chanter,
For footing a strathspey away,
Himself, too, could pipe like a throstel,
But then, if gude ale’ spide the chiel,
He’d so often be wetting his whistle,
When he piped he’d be dancing a reel,
Whith his toodle, roodle &co.
Making poetry, too, was his pleasure,
But wi’ Hellcon ne’er fashed his lug;
Like a poet, was found o’ gude measure,
Provided ‘twas ale in a mug:
He’d empty a flask down his throttle,
And then, like a poetic ass,
If you ask him the rhyme to a bottle,
Ten to one but he’d answer you- “glass.”
Toodle, roodle, &co.
Quickly he got dole for his drink
(Sorrow your sots a’sup, be assured)
He, an night, when the moon was na blinkin’,
Fell in a dyke and was smoored:
His mind ge’d to mugging been giving,
An’ could na fran dancing reel stop,
So as by the malt he stuck living,
His fate was to die by the hop,
Toodle, roodle,&co.
By C. Dibdin
The Highland Laddie By Ramasy
The Highland Laddie
The Lawland
lads think they are fine,
But
O! they're vain and idly gaudy;
How
much unlike the gracefu' mien
And
manly looks of my Highland laddie.
O
my bonnie Highland laddie,
My
handsome, charming, Highland laddie;
May
Heav’n still guard, and love reward,
The
Lawland lass and her Highland laddie.
If
I were free at will to choose,
To
be the wealthiest Lawland lady,
I'd
tak' young Donald without trews,
With
bonnet blue, and belted plaidie.
O
my bonnie, &c.
The
brawest beau in Burrows- town,
In
a' his airs, wi' art, made ready,
Compared
wi’ him, he's but a clown,
He's
finer far in 's tartan plaidie.
O
my bonnie, &c.
O'er
Benty- hill wi' him I'll run.
And
leave my Lawland kin and daddie;
Frae
winter's cauld and simmer’s sun,
He'll
screen me wi' his Highland plaidie,
O
my bonnie, &c.
A
painted room, and silken bed,
May
please a Lawland laird and lady;
But
I can kiss and be as glad
Behind
a bush in 's Highland plaidie.
O
my bonnie, &c.
Few
compliments between us pass;
I
ca' him my dear Highland laddie,
And
he ca's me his Lawland lass,
Syne
rows me in beneath his plaidie.
O
my bonnie, &c.
Nae
greater joy I'll e'er pretend,
Than
that his love prove true and steady,
Like
mine to him, which ne'er shall end,
While
heaven preserves my Highland laddie.
O
my bonnie, &c.
By Ramasy
O Wha Is She That Lo’es Me Air- “Morag.” By Burns
O Wha Is She That Lo’es Me
Air- “Morag.”
O
wha is
she that lo'es me,
And
has my heart a-keeping?
O
sweet is she that lo'es me,
As
dews o' simmer weeping,
In
tears the rose-bud steeping:
O
that's the lassie o' my heart,
My
lassie ever dearer;
O
that's the queen o' womankind,
And
ne'er a ane to peer her.
If
thou shalt meet a lassie
In
grace and beauty charming,
That
e'en thy chosen lassie,
Ere
while thy breast sae warming,
Had
ne'er sic powers alarming;
O
that's, the lassie, &c.
If
thou hadst heard her talking,
And
thy attentions plighted,
That
ilka body talking,
But
her by thee is slighted;
And
if thou art delighted;
O
that's, the lassie &c.
If
thou hast met this fair one,
When
frae her thou hast parted;
If
every other fair one
But
her thou hast deserted,
And
thou art broken-hearted
O
that's the lassie & co.
Burns
Gudewife, Count The Lawin By Burns
Gudewife, Count The Lawin
Gane
is the day, and mirk's the night,
But
we'll ne'er stray for faut o'
light;
For
ale
and bratdy's stars and moon,
And
blue-red wine's the risin' sun.
Then
gudewife, count the lawin,
The
lawin, the lawin,
Then
gudewife, count the lawin,
And
bring a coggy
mair.
There's
wealth and ease for gentlemen,
And
simple folk maun
fecht and
fen';
Bu here
we're a’
in ae accord,
For
ilka man that's drunk's a lord.
Then
gudewife, &c.
My coggie is
a haly pool
That
heals the wounds o' care
and dool;
And
Pleasure is a wanton trout,
An’
ye drink it a', ye'll find him out.
Then
gudewife, &c.
Burns
Oh! Open the Door By Burns
Oh! Open the Door
Oh, open the door, some pity to show, If love it may na be, Oh; Though thou hast been false, I'll ever prove true, Oh, open the door to me, Oh. Cauld is the blast upon my pale cheek, But caulder thy love for me, Oh! The frost that freezes the life at my heart, Is nought to my pains frae thee, Oh! The wan Moon is setting beyond the white wave, And time is setting with me, Oh! False friends, false love, farewell! for mair I'll ne'er trouble them, nor thee, Oh! She has opened the door, she has opened it wide; She sees the pale corse on the plain, Oh! My true love! she cried, and sank down by his side, Never to rise again, Oh!
Burns
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
O Stay, Sweet Warbling Wood-Lark, Stay Air “Loch-Erroch Side.” By Burns
O Stay, Sweet Warbling Wood-Lark, Stay Air “Loch-Erroch Side.”
O, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay,Nor quit for me the trembling spray!A hapless lover courts thy lay,Thy soothing, fond complaining.Again, again that tender part,That I may catch thy melting art.For surely that wad touch her heart,Wha kills me wi' disdaining.Say, was thy little mate unkind,And heard thee as the careless wind?O, nought but love and sorrow joinedSic notes o' woe could wauken!Thou tells o' never-ending care,Of speechless grief and dark despair:For pity's sake, sweet bird, nae mair,Or my poor heart is broken!
By Burns
Mc Pherson’s Farwell By Burns.
Mc Pherson’s Farwell
Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, The wretch's destinie! McPherson's time will not be long, On yonder gallows-tree. Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, Sae dauntingly gaed he; He play'd a spring, and danc'd it round, Below the gallows-tree. Sae ranitingly, &c. Untie these bands from off my hands, And bring me to my sword; And there's no a man in all Scotland, But I'll brave him at a word. Sae ranitingly, &c. I've liv'd a life of sturt and strife; I die by treacherie: It burns my heart I must depart, And not avenged be. Sae ranitingly, &c. Now farewell light, thou sunshine bright, And all beneath the sky! May coward shame distain his name, The wretch that dares not die! Sae ranitingly, &c. By Burns.