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38 .AIINSTRELSV OF
" Now, take fi*ae me that feather-bed !
" Make me a bed o' strae !
" I >vish I hadna lived this day,
" To mak my heart sae wae.
" If I were ance at London Tower,
" Where I was wont to be,
" I never mair suld gang frae hame,
" Till borne on a bier-tree "

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Volume 1
DescriptionVol. I .
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
DescriptionConsisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
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J. F. Campbell Collection
DescriptionVolumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.