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SONGS OF THE AITECTIONS. 133
Fearful soughs the boortree bank,
The rifted wood roars wild and dreary ;
Loud the iron yate goes clank,
And cry of howlets makes me eerie.
Oh, are ye sleeping, Maggie, (fee.
Aboon my breath I darna speak,
For fear I rouse your waukrife daddie ;
Cauld's the blast upon my cheek, — ■
Oh, rise, rise, my bonny ladye !
Oh, are ye sleeping, Maggie, &c.
She opt the door, she let him in.
He cuist aside his dreeping plaidie.
' Blaw your warst, ye rain and win',
Since, Maggie, now I'm in aside ye."
Now since ye're waking, Maggie,
Now since ye're waking, Maggie ;
AVhat care I for the howlet's cry,
For boortree bank, or warlock craigie !
LOUDON'S BONNIE WOODS AND BRAES.
Robert Tannahill.
" Loudon's bonnie woods and braes,
I maun leave them a', lassie ;
Wha can thole when Britain's faes
Would gie to Britons law, lassie ?
Wha wad shun the field, o' danger ?
Wha to fame would live a stranger ?
Now when freedom bids avenge her,
Wha should shun her ca', lassie ?
Loudon's bonnie woods and braes
Has seen our happy bridal days.
And gentle hope shall soothe thy waes,
When I am far awa, lassie."
Fearful soughs the boortree bank,
The rifted wood roars wild and dreary ;
Loud the iron yate goes clank,
And cry of howlets makes me eerie.
Oh, are ye sleeping, Maggie, (fee.
Aboon my breath I darna speak,
For fear I rouse your waukrife daddie ;
Cauld's the blast upon my cheek, — ■
Oh, rise, rise, my bonny ladye !
Oh, are ye sleeping, Maggie, &c.
She opt the door, she let him in.
He cuist aside his dreeping plaidie.
' Blaw your warst, ye rain and win',
Since, Maggie, now I'm in aside ye."
Now since ye're waking, Maggie,
Now since ye're waking, Maggie ;
AVhat care I for the howlet's cry,
For boortree bank, or warlock craigie !
LOUDON'S BONNIE WOODS AND BRAES.
Robert Tannahill.
" Loudon's bonnie woods and braes,
I maun leave them a', lassie ;
Wha can thole when Britain's faes
Would gie to Britons law, lassie ?
Wha wad shun the field, o' danger ?
Wha to fame would live a stranger ?
Now when freedom bids avenge her,
Wha should shun her ca', lassie ?
Loudon's bonnie woods and braes
Has seen our happy bridal days.
And gentle hope shall soothe thy waes,
When I am far awa, lassie."
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Illustrated book of Scottish songs from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century > (149) Page 133 - Loudon's bonnie woods and braes |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90350371 |
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| Description | Second edition. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Without music; includes references to tunes for some of the songs. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.138 |
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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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