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SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS. 45
Sae lang's I had the use of light,
I'd on thy beauties feast my sight,
Syne in saft whispers through the night
I'd teU how much I loo'd thee.
An' thou were, &c.
How fair and ruddy is my Jean,
She moves a goddess o'er the green !
Were I a king, thou should be queen,
Nane but mysel' aboon thee.
An' thou were, <fec.
I'd grasp thee to this breast of mine.
Whilst thou, like ivy or the vine,
Around my stronger limbs should twine,
Form'd hardy to defend thee.
An' thou were, &c.
Time's on the wing, and will not stay |
In shining youth let's make our hay,
Since love admits of nae delay.
Oh, let nae scorn undo thee.
An' thou were, &c.
While love does at his altar stand,
Ha'e there's my heart, gi'e me thy hand,
And with ilk smile thou shalt command
The will of him wha loves thee.
An' thou were, &c.
This song appears in Allan Kamsay's " Tea-Table Miscellany," -witli the signa-
ture X., indicating that he did not know who the author was. The air is very beau-
tiful, and is traced to as early a period as 1627, hut is supposed to he much older.
The last six stanzas were written by Allan Ramsay, and appended to the original
BAEBARA ALLAN.
Anonymous. From the " Tea-Table Miscellany."
It was in and about the Martinmas time.
When the green leaves were a-fallin'.
That Sir John Graham, in the west countrie.
Fell in love wi' Barbara Allan.