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SONGS OF THE AFEECTIONS.
MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR.
Mrs. John Hunter, wife of the celelDrated surgeon, born 1742, died 1821.
My mother bids me bind mj hair
With bands of rosy hue,
Tie up my sleeves with ribands rare,
And lace my bodice blue.
For why, she cries, sit still and weep,
While others dance and play 1
Alas ! I scarce can go or creep
While Lubin is away.
'Tis sad to think the days are gone
When those we love were near :
I sit upon this mossy stone,
And sigh when none can hear.
And while I spin my flaxen thread,
And sing my simple lay,
The village seems asleep, or dead,
Now Lubin is away.
BOY'S WIFE.
Mrs. Grant of Carron, Tbom 1745, died 1814.
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch,
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch,
Wat ye how she cheated me
As I cam o'er the braes of Balloch ?
She vow'd, she swore she wad be mine.
She said she lo'ed me best o' onie ;
But ah ! the faithless, fickle quean,
She's ta'en the carle, and left her Johnnie.
Roy's wife, &c.