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Now nae langer sport and play,
Mirth or sang, can please me ;
Lesley is so fair and coy.
Care and anguish seize me.
Heavy, heavy is the task,
Hopeless love declaring :
Trembling, I do nocht but glowr,
Sighing, dumb, despairing !
If she winna ease the thraws
In my bosom swelling,
Underneath the grass-green sod
Soon maun be my dwelling.
THERE'LL NEVER BE PEACE TILL
JAMIE COMES HAME.
BURNS.
Tune — There'll never le peace tillJamte comes Hame.
By yon castle-wa', at the close o' the day,
I heard a man sing, though his head it was grey ;
And, as he was singing, the tears down came —
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
The church is in ruins, the state is in jars.
Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars :
We daurna weel say't, but we ken wha's to blame,—
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,
And now I greet round their green beds in the yird :
It brak the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld dame —
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
Now life is a burden that bows me down.
Since I tint my bairns, and he tint his crown ;
But till my last moments my words are the same, —
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.

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Volume 1
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Volumes 1-2 - Scottish songs
DescriptionCollected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Co., for W. Tait, 1829. 2 volumes (627 pages). Paged continuously. Without music; tunes indicated by title. Partial contents: A weary lot is thine -- Donald Caird -- From the brown crest of Newark -- Nora's vow -- O, hush thee, my baby -- The cyprus wreath -- Young Lochinvar -- Where shall the lover rest -- Blue bonnets over the border -- Jock o' Hazeldean -- Pibroch of Donuil Dhu -- Hunting song -- The foray -- MacGregor's gathering. The bonnets of Bonnie Dundee is listed among the Contents but is not included.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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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DescriptionThe 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.