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362 SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
While thus we spent our time, by turns,
Betwixt our flocks and play,
I envied not the fairest dame,
Though e'er so rich or gay.
Hard fate, that I should banished be,
Gang heavily, and mourn,
Because I loved the kindest swain
That ever yet was born.
He did oblige me every hour j
Could I but faithful be ?
He stawe my heart ; could I refuse
Whate'er he ask'd of me ?
My doggie, and my little kit
That held my wee soup whey,
My plaidie, brooch, and crookit stick,
May now lie useless by.
Adieu, ye Cowdenknowes, adieu !
Fareweel, a' pleasures there !
Ye gods, restore me to my swain —
Is a' I crave or care.
Oh, the brume, the bonnie, bonnie brume !
The brume o' the Cowdenknowes !
I wish I were with my dear swain,
With his pipe and my yowes !
COWDENKNOWES.
When summer comes, the swains on Tweed
Sing their successful loves ;
Around the ewes the lambkins feed,
And music fills the groves.

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Songs of Scotland prior to Burns
DescriptionWith the tunes. Edited by Robert Chambers.
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Inglis Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject.
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