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POPULAR SONGS. 63
The very ivy on the ruin,
In gloom lull life displays ;
But the heart alone knows no renewinf
The light of other clays.
But the heart, &c.*
LOW DOWN IN THE BROOM,
My daddy is a canker'd carle,
He'll no twin wi' his gear ;
My minny is a scolding wife
Hand's a' the house asteer.
But let them say, or let them do,
It's a' ane to me.
For he's low down among the broom
That's vA'aiting for me ;
Awaiting for me my love,
That's waiting for me.
My aunty Kate sits at her wheel.
And sair she lightlies me ;
For weel I ken it's a' for spite,
For ne'er a jo has she.
My cousin Madge was sair beguil'd
Wi' Johnnie o' the glen.
And aye sincesyne she cries, " Beware
Of false deluding men."
Gleed Sandy he came west ae nicht,
And speered when I saw Pate,
And aye sincesyne the neighbours round
They jeer me ear' and late.
*A very commonplace sentiment clothed not in very
intelligible language. The music, which we conceive to
be the best in the Opera, is pretty enough. This sung is
extremely popular in London.