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SWEET JESSIE 0’ THE DELL.
Written by W. Cameron. Music by 11. Wilson. Key-note 0
On! Ijrisrht yon beaming queen of night
Shines in yon flowery vale.
And softly sheds her silver light
O’er mountain-path and dale.
Short is the way when light's the heart,
That’s bound in love’s soft spell ;
Sac I’ll awa to Armadale,
To Jessie o’ the Dell.
To Jessie o’ the Dell, Ac.
We’ve pu’d the primrose on the braes,
Beside my Jessie’s cot;
We’ve gather’d nuts, we’ve gather’d slaes,
In that sweet rural spot.
The wee short hours danc’d merrily,
Like lambkins on the fell,
As if they joined in joy wi’ me,
And Jessie o’ the Dell,
Sweet Jessie o’ the Dell, Ac.
There’s nane to me wi’ her can vie,
I’ll love her till I dee,
For she’s sae sweet, and bonnie, aye,
And kind as kind can be.
This night, in mutual kind embrace,
Oh, wha our joys can tell?
Then I’ll awa to Armadale,
To Jessie o’ the Dell,
Sweet Jessie o’ the Dell, Ac.
THERE LIVES A YOUNG LASSIE
Words by John Iulah. Music by Joseph de Pinna. Key-note G.
There lives a young lassie, far doon in yon glen,
And I lo’e that lassie, as nao ane may ken!
O! a saint’s faith may vary, but faithfu’ I’ll be,
For weel I lo’e Mary, and Mary lo’es me.
Red, red as the rowan, her smiling wee mou’;
And white as the gowan, her breast and her brow!
Wi’ the foot of a fairy, site links o’er the lea
O! wcel I lo’e Mary, and Mary lo’es me.
There lives a young lassie, Ac.
She sings sweet as ony wee bird o’ the air,
She’s blythe as she’s bonnie, she’s gude as she’s fair;
Like a lamniie, as airy and artless is she;
O! weel I lo’o Mary, and Mary lo’es me.
There lives a young lassie, Ac,