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GIlfeEN GROW THB RASHES, 0.
There's nought but care on every bend,
In every hour that puses* O.
What sigtiifi.s the life o‘mw
And 'twere na for the la«sei, O. j
Green grow the rashes, O,
Gr .Ni gtow the raihee. O,
The sweetest hours thn e'er I spent,
I .pint aa*Ang the lasses, O.
The wsrkly rt*ce may riches chase.
Ard rich s *till may fle-. them, O ;
Ano theug at last they citch them fast,
Their hearts can »e e: enjoy them, 0.
But gi’e me a casmle hour at eea,
My arms about my dearie O
And warlfllf cares and w&rl ily men,
May a' gar tspsalteerie O.
Bor you sae douse, wha sneer at thlsj
Ye’r - ‘Khigot but sidy asses. O;
The wisest <nair the world e'e. taw,
He dearly lo’ed the lasses, ,0.
There's nought but care on every bend,
In every hour that puses* O.
What sigtiifi.s the life o‘mw
And 'twere na for the la«sei, O. j
Green grow the rashes, O,
Gr .Ni gtow the raihee. O,
The sweetest hours thn e'er I spent,
I .pint aa*Ang the lasses, O.
The wsrkly rt*ce may riches chase.
Ard rich s *till may fle-. them, O ;
Ano theug at last they citch them fast,
Their hearts can »e e: enjoy them, 0.
But gi’e me a casmle hour at eea,
My arms about my dearie O
And warlfllf cares and w&rl ily men,
May a' gar tspsalteerie O.
Bor you sae douse, wha sneer at thlsj
Ye’r - ‘Khigot but sidy asses. O;
The wisest <nair the world e'e. taw,
He dearly lo’ed the lasses, ,0.
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Green grow the rashes > (2) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/117861611 |
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| Description | To which are added, The lassie o' my heart. The hen-pick'd [sic] husband. The lass o' Glenshee. Tom Starboard. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2814(26) |
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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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