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SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Edinburgh, called to the musicians for the tune of Culloden;
whereupon the audience, in resentment, demanded You're
Welcome, Charlie Stuart, and had their request complied with.
A riot, ending in the complete humiliation of the officers, was
the consequence.
LADY KEITH'S LAMENT.
The following song appears in Hogg's Collection, without any
indication of its origin. Its very beauty as a pathetic effusion
provokes a suspicion of its genuineness ; and, indeed, it bears
all the marks of having proceeded from Hogg's own pen. The
air is a variety of The Boyne Water.
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I may think on the day that's gane, And
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