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[rev. dr bryce of kirknewton.]
The laverocks, now, and lintwhites sing,
The rocks around with echoes ring ;
The mavis and the blackbird vie,
In tuneful strains, to glad the day ;
The woods now wear their summer suits
To mirth all nature now invites :
Let us be blythesome, then, and gay,
Among the birks of Invermay.
Behold the hills and vales around,
With lowing herds and flocks abound;
The wanton kids and frisking lambs
Gambol and dance around their dams :
The busy bees, with humming noise,
And all the reptile kind rejoice :
Let us, like them, then, sing and play
About the birks of Invermay.
Hark, how the waters, as they fall,
Loudly my love to gladness call ;
The wanton waves sport in the beams.
And fishes play throughout the streams :
The circling sun does now advance.
And all the planets round him dance :
Let us as jovial be as they,
Among the birks of Invermay.
THE MUCKIN' O' GEORDIE'S BYRE.
Tune — The muckin^ o' Geordie''s Byre.
The muckin' o' Geordie's byre,
And the shoolin' the gruip sae clean.
Has gar'd me weit my cheeks.
And greit wi' baith my een.