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SONGS. 14S
THE HAZLEWOOD WITCH.
For mony lang- year I hae heard frae my gTannie^
Of brownies an' bogles by yon castle wa'.
Of auld withered hags, that were never thought cannie^
An' fairies that danced till they heard the cock craw.
I leugh at her tales ; an' last owk, i' the gioamin,
I dander'd, alane, down the Hazlewood green :
Alas ! I was reckless, an' rue sair my roaming.
For I met a young witch, wi' twa bonny black een.
I thought o' the starns in a fi'osty night glancing.
Whan a' the lift round them is cloudless an' blue ;
I looked again, an' my heart fell a-dancing ;
Whan I wad hae spoken, she glamoured my mou'.
O wae to her cantraips ! for dumpish'd I wander ;
At kirk or at market there's nought to be seen ;
For she dances afore me wherever I dander.
The Hazlewood Witch wi' the bonny black cea.
THE HAZLEWOOD WITCH.
For mony lang- year I hae heard frae my gTannie^
Of brownies an' bogles by yon castle wa'.
Of auld withered hags, that were never thought cannie^
An' fairies that danced till they heard the cock craw.
I leugh at her tales ; an' last owk, i' the gioamin,
I dander'd, alane, down the Hazlewood green :
Alas ! I was reckless, an' rue sair my roaming.
For I met a young witch, wi' twa bonny black een.
I thought o' the starns in a fi'osty night glancing.
Whan a' the lift round them is cloudless an' blue ;
I looked again, an' my heart fell a-dancing ;
Whan I wad hae spoken, she glamoured my mou'.
O wae to her cantraips ! for dumpish'd I wander ;
At kirk or at market there's nought to be seen ;
For she dances afore me wherever I dander.
The Hazlewood Witch wi' the bonny black cea.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87745317 |
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| Description | By the late Richard Gall with a memoir of the author. Edinburgh : From the Press of Oliver and Boyd, 1819. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.48 |
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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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