Jockie's Gray Breeks.

THOUGH this has certainly every evidence of being a Scottish air, yet there is a well-known tune and song in the North of Ireland, called, The Weaver and his Shuttle O, which though sung much quicker, is every note the very

tune.

The Happy Marriage.

ANOTHER, but very pretty, Anglo-Scottish piece.

The Lass of Peaty's Mill.

IN Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland, this is localized (a verb I must use for want song of another to express my idea) somewhere in the north of Scotland, and likewise is claimed by Ayrshire. The following anecdote I had from the present Sir William Cunningham of Robertland, who had it from the last John Earl of Lou

don.

don. The then Earl of Loudon and father to Earl John before mentioned, had Ramsay at Loudon, and one day walking together by the banks of Irvine water, near New-Mills, at a place yet called Peaty's Mill, they were struck with the appearance of a beautiful country girl. His lordship observed that she would be a fine theme for a song.- Allan lagged behind in returning to Loudon Castle, and at dinner produced this identical song.*

The Turnimspike.

THERE is a stanza of this excellent song for local humour, omitted in this set,-where I have placed the asterisms.+

They tak the horse then by te head,
And tere tey mak her stan', man;

Me tell tem, me hae seen te day,

Tey no had sic comman', man.

Highland

* This anecdote is somewhat differently told in Dr. Currie's ed. vol. iv. No. 19.

+ Burns has placed the asterisms between the 9th and 10th verses.

Highland Laddie.

As this was a favorite theme with our later
Scottish muses, there are several airs and songs of

that name.
to be found in the Musical Museum, beginning,
"I hae been at Crookie-den."-One reason for
my thinking so is, that Oswald has it in his col-
lection by the name of, "The auld Highland
laddie."It is also known by the name of,
"Jinglan Johnie," which is a well-known song
of four or five stanzas, and seems to be an earlier
song than Jacobite times.-As a proof of this, it
is little known to the peasantry by the name of
Highland Laddie;" while every body knows
Jinglan Johnie." The song begins

That which I take to be the oldest, is

Jinglan John, the meickle man.

He met wi' a lass was blythe and bonie.

Another Highland Laddie is also in the Museum, vol. v. which I take to be Ramsay's original, as he has borrowed the chorus-"O my bonie Highland lad, &c." It consists of three stanzas, besides the chorus; and has humor in

its

its composition-it is an excellent but somewhat licentious song.-It begins

As I cam o'er Cairney-Mount,

And down amang the blooming heather, &c.

This air, and the common Highland Laddie, seem only to be different sets.

Another Highland Laddie, also in the Museum, vol. v. is the tune of several Jacobite fragments. One of these old songs to it, only exists, as far as I know, in these four lines

Whare hae ye been a' day,

Bonie laddie, Highland laddie?

Down the back o' Bell's brae,

Courtin Maggie, courtin Maggie.

Another of this name is Dr. Arne's beautiful air, called, the new Highland Laddie.*

The

The following observation was found in a memorandum book belonging to the poet.

The Highlanders' Prayer, at Sheriff-Muir.

"OL-d be thou with us; but, if thou be not with us, be not against us; but leave it between the red coats and us!"

THIS is an Anglo-Scottish production, but by no means a bad one.

Fairest of the Fair.

IT is too barefaced to take Dr. Percy's charming song, and by the means of transposing a few English words into Scots, to offer to pass it for a Scots song.-I was not acquainted with the Editor until the first volume was nearly finished, else, had I known in time, I would have prevented such an impudent absurdity.

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