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THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. 25
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flow - ers of the fair - est, most plea - sant and gay ; Sat
bon-nywas their bloom-ing! their scent the air per-fu-ming! But
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now they are wi-ther-ed and weed-ed a - way.
I 've felt all its favours and found its decay ;
Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing,
But now it is fled — fled far away !
I 've seen the forest adorned the foremost
With flowers of the fairest, most pleasant and gay ;
Sae bonnie was their blooming ! their scent the air per-
fuming !
But now they are withered and weeded away.
I 've seen the morning with gold the hills adorning,
And loud tempest storming before the mid-day.
I 've seen Tweed's silver streams, shining in the sunny beams,
Grow drumly and dark as he rowed on his way.
Oh, fickle Fortune, why this cruel sporting ?
Oh, why still perplex us, poor sons of a day ?
Nae mair your smiles can cheer me, nae mair your frowns
can fear me ;
For the Flowers of the Forest are withered away.

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Songs of Scotland prior to Burns
DescriptionWith the tunes. Edited by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh ; London : W. & R. Chambers, 1890.
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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.
Special collections of printed music
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.