SHE. Well, sir, from the silent dead, HE. I'll wed another, like my dear Then all hell will fly for fear, POORTITH CAULD. This excellent song has never become popular, owing, perhaps, to the want of anity between the music and the verses. The air is lively, the words plaintive. TUNE-I had a horse. On poortith1 cauld and restless love, O why should Fate sic pleasure have, This warld's wealth when I think on, Her een, sae bonnie blue, betray 1 Poverty.-2 Rest. O wha can prudence think upon, O why should Fate, &c. How blest the humble cotter's fate! THE BANKS OF DOON. On the "Banks of Doon," and near to each other, are the house in which the Poet was born, and the ruins of "Alloway's auld haunted Kirk." TUNE-The Caledonian Hunt's Delight. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, And I sae weary, fu' o' care! Thou 'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, Departed-never to return. Oft hae I roved by bonnie Doon, To see the rose and woodbine twine; 1 Hobgoblins.-2 Afraid. BANKS O' BONNIE DOON. The reader will perceive that the measure of this copy of the "Banks an' Braes o' Bonnie Doon" differs considerably from the foregoing. The Poet was obliged to adapt his words to a particular air, and in so doing, he lost much of the simplicity and beauty which the original version of the song possesses. YE flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, Thou 'lt break my heart, thou bonnie bird, Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause' luve3 was true. Thou 'lt break my heart, thou bonnie bird, For sae I sat, and sae I sang, Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon, To see the woodbine twine; Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd' a rose DUNCAN GRAY. This song has nothing in common with the old licentious ballad of the same name, but the first line and part of the third. The rest is original. DUNCAN GRAY came here to woo, Ha, ha, the wooing o't, On blythe Yule night when we were fou," 1 Bloom.-2 False. Love.-4 Every.-5 Did pull.- Did steal.—” Drunk, or had been drinking. Maggie coost' her head fu' heigh,' Duncan fleech'd,' and Duncan pray'd; Time and chance are but a tide, Ha, ha, the wooing o' t. "Shall Í, like a fool," quoth he, How it comes-let doctors tell, And oh, her een, they spak sic things! Duncan was a lad o' grace, Ha, ha, the wooing o 't, Maggie's was a piteous case, Ha, ha, the wooing o't. Duncan could na be her death, 1 Cast, or carried.-2 Full high.-3 Asquint.-4 Very proud.- Made.— At a shy distance.-7 Entreated.-8 A well-known rock in the frith of Clyde. Wept till his eyes were sore and dim.-10 Talked of jumping over a precipice, or waterfall.-11 Smothered.-12 Cheerful.-13 Gentle. THE COUNTRY LASSIE. "I wish Burns had written more of his songs in this lively and dramatic way. The enthusiastic affection of the maiden, and the suspicious care and antique wis. dom of the 'dame of wrinkled eild,' animate and lengthen the song without making it tedious. Robie' has indeed a faithful and eloquent mistress, who vindicates true love and poverty against all the insinuations of one whose speech is spiced with very pithy and biting proverbs."-Allan Cunningham. TUNE-John, come kiss me now. IN simmer when the hay was mawn, 66 For Buskie-glen and a' his gear."'1o "O thoughtless lassie, life 's a faught;" But ay fu'-han't is fechtin' best,1 14 A hungry care's an unco1 care; 1 The green field.-2 Every sheltered spot.-3 Shed.-4 Old age.- Little. 6 Choose.-7 Plentiful or well-stocked house.-8 Adds fuel to.-9 Crops.10 Wealth.-11 Fight.-12 Gentlest manner.-13 Sore.-14 'Tis always best to fight full-handed.-15 Strange, or very great. |