Songs: Now First CollectedW. Stodart, 1832 - 311 páginas |
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... Niel Gow , junior . He said it was an ancient Skye air , but after- wards told me it was his own . When I first heard the song sung by Mr. Morison , I never was so agreeably astonished , -I could hardly believe my senses that I had made ...
... Niel Gow , junior . He said it was an ancient Skye air , but after- wards told me it was his own . When I first heard the song sung by Mr. Morison , I never was so agreeably astonished , -I could hardly believe my senses that I had made ...
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... Niel Gow , and to it I dashed down the words at random . Afterwards , when there was like to be a dust among the music - sellers about the tune , Mr. Robertson wrote to me about it , and to justify his appropriation , assured me that ...
... Niel Gow , and to it I dashed down the words at random . Afterwards , when there was like to be a dust among the music - sellers about the tune , Mr. Robertson wrote to me about it , and to justify his appropriation , assured me that ...
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... Niel Gow , jun . composed the air to which it is set in the Border Garland , but it is oftener sung to another composed by a young lady . CALEDONIA ! thou land of the mountain and rock , Of the ocean , the mist , and the wind- Thou land ...
... Niel Gow , jun . composed the air to which it is set in the Border Garland , but it is oftener sung to another composed by a young lady . CALEDONIA ! thou land of the mountain and rock , Of the ocean , the mist , and the wind- Thou land ...
Términos y frases comunes
amang auld beauty blue bonnet Bonny laddie bonny Mary bonny Prince Charlie Border Garland bower braken brave breeze canna Charlie Charlie Stuart claymore correi darling dear dinna Donald M'Gillavry Ettrick FAREWELL flower flowers of Scotland follow thee frae gallant gane Geordie glen gloaming going song green heard heart heather heaven Heelanders Highland hill House of Stuart Jacobite Jeanie kye comes hame lady land lass lassie LOOKIT Maggy gangs maiden mair maun Melodies Minstrel morning mountain naething to fear ne'er never Niel Gow night o'er Oh-hon Prince R. A. Smith Righ rin awa sang Scotland Scottish set to music SHEPHERD sing sleep song Stuarts of Appin sung sweet there's naething thine thou art Twommy verses village of Balmaquhapple wake weary Whigs wild women fo'k written young
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Página 16 - Blithesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical...
Página 96 - Twas on a Monday morning Right early in the year, That Charlie came to our town — The Young Chevalier! As he was walking up the street The city for to view, O, there he spied a bonie lass The window looking thro...
Página 14 - Athol, lad wi' the philabeg, Down by the Tummel, or banks o' the Garry ; Saw ye our lads, wi' their bonnets and white cockades, Leaving their mountains to follow Prince Charlie ? Follow thee ! follow thee ! wha wadna follow thee ? Lang hast thou loved and trusted us fairly : Charlie, Charlie, wha wadna follow thee, King o...
Página 53 - There the blackbird bigs his nest For the mate he loes to see, And on the topmost bough, O, a happy bird is he; Where he pours his melting ditty, And love is a' the theme, And he'll woo his bonny lassie When the kye comes hame.
Página 53 - Drops down, an' thinks nae shame To woo his bonny lassie When the kye comes hame. See yonder pawkie shepherd, That lingers on the hill, His ewes are in the fauld, An' his lambs are lying still; Yet he downa gang to bed. For his heart is in a flame, To meet his bonny lassie When the kye comes hame. When the little wee bit heart Rises high in the breast, An' the little wee bit starn Rises red in the east, O there's a joy sae dear, That the heart can hardly frame, Wi...
Página 54 - Wi" a bonny, bonny lassie, When the kye comes hame! Then since all nature joins In this love without alloy, O, wha wad prove a traitor To Nature's dearest joy? Or wha wad choose a crown, Wi...
Página 51 - HAME" COME, all ye jolly shepherds That whistle through the glen, I'll tell ye of a secret That courtiers dinna ken: What is the greatest bliss That the tongue o
Página 119 - WEEL befa' the maiden gay, In cottage, bught, or penn ! An' weel befa' the bonny May That wons in yonder glen ! Wha lo'es the modest truth sae weel, Wha's aye sae kind, an
Página 52 - Tis not on couch of velvet, Nor arbour of the great — 'Tis beneath the spreading birk, In the glen without the name, Wi' a bonny, bonny lassie, When the kye comes hame.
Página 77 - O what will a' the lads do When Maggy gangs away ? O what will a' the lads do When Maggy gangs away ? There's no a heart in a' the glen That disna dread the day. O what will a...