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*' And waly, waly, my master dear,
Gin ye look pale and lean !
have ye tint, at tournament,
Your sword, or yet your spear ?
Or mourn ye for the southern lass,
Whom ye may not win near ?"
'' I have not tint, at tournament^
My sword, nor yet my spear;
But sair I mourn for my true love,
Wi' mony a bitter tear.
But weels me on ye, my gay goss hawk,
Ye can baith speak and flee :
Ye sail carry a letter to my love.
Bring an answer back to me."
" But how sail I your true love find,
Or how sail I her know ?
1 bear a tongue ne'er wi' her spake,
An eye that ne'er her saw."
" O weel sail ye my true love ken.
As sune as ye her see ;
For, of a' the flouirs o' fair England,
The fairest flouir is she.
The thing o' my love's face that's white,
Is like the dove or maw ;*
The thing o' my love's face that's red.
Is like blude shed on snaw.
And even at my true love's bouir door,
There gi-ows a flouiring birk ;-|-
And ye maun sit and sing thereon,
As she comes frae the kirk.
* The sea-mew. t Birch,
*' And waly, waly, my master dear,
Gin ye look pale and lean !
have ye tint, at tournament,
Your sword, or yet your spear ?
Or mourn ye for the southern lass,
Whom ye may not win near ?"
'' I have not tint, at tournament^
My sword, nor yet my spear;
But sair I mourn for my true love,
Wi' mony a bitter tear.
But weels me on ye, my gay goss hawk,
Ye can baith speak and flee :
Ye sail carry a letter to my love.
Bring an answer back to me."
" But how sail I your true love find,
Or how sail I her know ?
1 bear a tongue ne'er wi' her spake,
An eye that ne'er her saw."
" O weel sail ye my true love ken.
As sune as ye her see ;
For, of a' the flouirs o' fair England,
The fairest flouir is she.
The thing o' my love's face that's white,
Is like the dove or maw ;*
The thing o' my love's face that's red.
Is like blude shed on snaw.
And even at my true love's bouir door,
There gi-ows a flouiring birk ;-|-
And ye maun sit and sing thereon,
As she comes frae the kirk.
* The sea-mew. t Birch,
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| Description | Collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: W. Tait, 1829. Part I. Historical ballads -- Part II. Ballads supposed to refer to real circumstances in private life -- Part III. Romantic ballads -- Part IV. Imitations of the ancient ballads. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.49 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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