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BRUCE’S ADDRESS.
Words by Burns. Air—“Hey tuttic taitie" Key-note Bflat,
Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,
Scots wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victory.
Now’s the day, and now’s the hour ;
See the front of battle lour;
See approach proud Edward’s power,
Chains and slavery !
Wha will be a traitor knave ?
Wha can fill a coward’s grave ?
Wha sac base as be a slave ?
Let him turn an’ flee!
Wha, for Scotland’s king and law,
Freedom’s sword will strongly draw—
Freeman stand, or freeman fa’ ?
Let him on wi’ me!
By oppression’s woes and pains!
By our sons in servile chains!
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free!
Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty’s in every blow!
Let us do or die!
—=3®&—
SOMEBODY.
Words by Robert Burns. Key-note O
My heart is sair, I daurna tell,
My heart is sair for somebody,
I could wake a winter night,
For the sake o’ somebody.
O hon, for somebody!
O hey, for somebody!
I could range the world around.
For the sake o’ somebody.
Ye pow’rs that smile on virtuous love,
0 sweetly smile on somebody
Frae ilka danger keep him free
And send me safe my somebody.
O hon, for somebody!
O hey, for somebody!
I wad do, what wad I not ?
For the sake o’ somebody.
BRUCE’S ADDRESS.
Words by Burns. Air—“Hey tuttic taitie" Key-note Bflat,
Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,
Scots wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victory.
Now’s the day, and now’s the hour ;
See the front of battle lour;
See approach proud Edward’s power,
Chains and slavery !
Wha will be a traitor knave ?
Wha can fill a coward’s grave ?
Wha sac base as be a slave ?
Let him turn an’ flee!
Wha, for Scotland’s king and law,
Freedom’s sword will strongly draw—
Freeman stand, or freeman fa’ ?
Let him on wi’ me!
By oppression’s woes and pains!
By our sons in servile chains!
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free!
Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty’s in every blow!
Let us do or die!
—=3®&—
SOMEBODY.
Words by Robert Burns. Key-note O
My heart is sair, I daurna tell,
My heart is sair for somebody,
I could wake a winter night,
For the sake o’ somebody.
O hon, for somebody!
O hey, for somebody!
I could range the world around.
For the sake o’ somebody.
Ye pow’rs that smile on virtuous love,
0 sweetly smile on somebody
Frae ilka danger keep him free
And send me safe my somebody.
O hon, for somebody!
O hey, for somebody!
I wad do, what wad I not ?
For the sake o’ somebody.
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Scottish minstrel > (4) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/108618415 |
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| Description | Containing a selection of the most popular songs of Scotland, as sung by Wilson, Templeton, &c. First series. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2852.J(1) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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