WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU

I listen'd to a lover's sang,

An' thought on youthfu' pleasures mony;
And aye the wild-wood echoes rang-
"O, dearly do I love thee, Annie!

"O, happy be the woodbine bower,
Nae nightly bogle make it eerie;
Nor ever sorrow stain the hour,

The place and time I met my Dearie !
Her head upon my throbbing breast,
She, sinking, said, 'I'm thine for ever!
While mony a kiss the seal imprest—

The sacred vow we ne'er should sever."

The haunt o' Spring's the primrose-brae,
The Summer joys the flocks to follow;
How cheery thro' her short'ning day,

Is Autumn in her weeds o' yellow;
But can they melt the glowing heart,
Or chain the soul in speechless pleasure?
Or thro' each nerve the rapture dart,

Like meeting her, our bosom's treasure?

Whistle and I'll come to you, my Lad.1

Chorus.-O WHISTLE an' I'll come to ye, my lad,
O whistle an' I'll come to ye, my lad,

Tho' father an' mother an' a' should gae mad,
O whistle an' I'll come to ye, my lad.2

But warily tent when ye come to court me,
And come nae unless the back-yett be a-jee;
Syne up the back-stile, and let naebody see,

PHILLIS THE QUEEN O'FAIR

And come as ye were na comin to me,
And come as ye were na comin to me.
O whistle an' I'll come, &c.

At kirk, or at market, whene'er ye meet me,
Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd na a flie;
But steal me a blink o' your bonie black e'e,
Yet look as ye were na lookin to me,
Yet look as ye were na lookin to me.
O whistle an' I'll come, &c.

Aye vow and protest that ye care na for me,
And whiles ye may lightly my beauty a-wee;
But court na anither, tho' jokin ye be,
For fear that she wile your fancy frae me,
For fear that she wile your fancy frac me.
O whistle and I'll come, &c.

Phillis the Queen o' the Fair.1

Tune—“The Muckin o' Geordie's Byre."

ADOWN winding Nith I did wander,
To mark the sweet flowers as they spring;
Adown winding Nith I did wander,
Of Phillis to muse and to sing.

Chorus.-Awa' wi' your belles and your beauties,
They never wi' her can compare,
Whaever has met wi' my Phillis,
Has met wi' the queen o' the fair.

The daisy amus'd my fond fancy,
So artless, so simple, so wild;
Thou emblem, said I, o' my Phillis-
For she is Simplicity's child.2
Awa' wi' your belles, &c.

1 Inspired by Miss M'Murdo.

2 Here four lines are deleted in the MS. :

"The primrose is o'er for the season,

But mark where the violet is blown;
How modest it peeps from the covert,
So modesty sure is her own.

"

COME, LET ME TAKE THEE

The rose-bud's the blush o' my charmer,
Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest:
How fair and how pure is the lily!
But fairer and purer her breast.
Awa' wi' your belles, &c.

Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour,
They ne'er wi' my Phillis can vie
Her breath is the breath of the woodbine,
Its dew-drop o' diamond her eye.
Awa' wi' your belles, &c.

Her voice is the song o' the morning,

That wakes thro' the green-spreading grove,
When Phoebus peeps over the mountains,
On music, and pleasure, and love.
Awa' wi' your belles, &c.

But beauty, how frail and how fleeting!
The bloom of a fine summer's day;
While worth in the mind o' my Phillis,
Will flourish without a decay.
Awa' wi' your belles, &c.

Come, let me take thee to my breast.1

1 A mosaic.

COME, let me take thee to my breast,

And pledge we ne'er shall sunder;

And I shall spurn as vilest dust

The world's wealth and grandeur:
And do I hear my Jeanie own
That equal transports move her?
I ask for dearest life alone,

That I may live to love her.

Lines written many

years earlier, in "Peggy Alison," are

added to verses suggested by Jean Lorimer.

DAINTY DAVIE

Thus, in my arms, wi' a' her charms,
I clasp my countless treasure;
I'll seek nae mair o' Heav'n to share,
Than sic a moment's pleasure:
And by thy e'en sae bonie blue,
I swear I'm thine for ever!
And on thy lips I seal my vow,
And break it shall I never.

Dainty Davie.1

Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers,
To deck her gay, green-spreading bowers;
And now comes in the happy hours,
To wander wi' my Davie.

Chorus.-Meet me on the warlock knowe,
Dainty Davie, Dainty Davie ;
There I'll spend the day wi' you,
My ain dear Dainty Davie.

The crystal waters round us fa',
The merry birds are lovers a',
The scented breezes round us blaw,
A wandering wi' my Davie.
Meet me on, &c.

As purple morning starts the hare,
To steal upon her early fare,
Then thro' the dews I will repair,
To meet my faithfu' Davie.
Meet me on, &c.

When day, expiring in the west,'
The curtain draws o' Nature's rest,
I flee to his arms I lo'e the best,
And that's my ain dear Davie.
Meet me on, &c.

1 An old Scottish hero of song; the name was bestowed on the Rev. David Williamson, the Covenanting minister

so justly admired by Charles II. for his prowess and presence of mind in very trying circumstances.

ROBERT BRUCE'S MARCH

Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn.1

SCOTS, wha hae wi' WALLACE bled,
Scots, wham BRUCE has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,

Now's the day, and now's the hour;
See the front o' battle lour;

See approach proud EDWARD's power-
Chains and Slaverie! 2

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,
FREE-MAN stand, or FREE-MAN fa',
Let him on wi' me!