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I'm o'er young to marry yet!
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tak' me frae my Mammie yet,
I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young,
I'm o'er young to marry yet,
I'm o'er young, 'twad be a sia
To tak' me frae my Mammie yet ;
For I've aye had my ain will,
Nane dared to contradict me yet,
And now to say I wad obey,
In truth I darna venture yet.
For I'm o'er yoimg, &c.
"I'm o'er tounq to marry tet." The chorus of this song is old. The words and air here given are from
Messrs. Wood and Co.'s " Vocal Gems of Scotland." They were rendered very popular in Edinburgh about ten
or twelve years ago, by the arch manner in which they were sung by Miss Coveney, a youthful vocalist of consider-
able promise, whose career was soon after cut short by death. In Johnson's Museum we find a set of words with
the same title, but in many respects vmsuited to this work. Bums did not succeed well in his attempt to mitigate
and improve the rude old words. The air here given to the words is a more modern and popular tune.
In R. Bretaner's "Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances," oblong 8vo, published in London about the
middle of last century, we find the old tune, " I'm o'er young to marry yet," from which is evidently derived the
excellent strathspey called, "Loch-Eroch Side," which will be found, pp. 134, 135, of this volume, united to the
song, " The lass o' Gowrie."
The following is the old tune as given by Bremner : —
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