Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus
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THE JACOBITE LASS
My love stood at the loanin’ side
An’ held me by the hand,
The bonniest lad that e’er did bide
In a’ this waefu’ land—
There’s but ae bonnier to be seen
Frae Pentland to the sea,
And for his sake but yestere’en
I sent my love frae me.
I gi’ed my love the white white rose
That’s at my feyther’s wa’,
It is the bonniest flower that grows
Whaur ilka flower is braw ;
There’s but ae bonnier that I ken
Frae Perth unto the main,
An’ that’s the flower o’ Scotland’s men
That’s fechtin’ for his ain.
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My love stood at the loanin’ side
An’ held me by the hand,
The bonniest lad that e’er did bide
In a’ this waefu’ land—
There’s but ae bonnier to be seen
Frae Pentland to the sea,
And for his sake but yestere’en
I sent my love frae me.
I gi’ed my love the white white rose
That’s at my feyther’s wa’,
It is the bonniest flower that grows
Whaur ilka flower is braw ;
There’s but ae bonnier that I ken
Frae Perth unto the main,
An’ that’s the flower o’ Scotland’s men
That’s fechtin’ for his ain.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus > (55) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129166824 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | NG.1168.f.13 |
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| Description | Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was born into an aristocratic family who had lived at the House of Dun near Montrose since the 15th century. Her classic novel of the 1745 Jacobite rising, 'Flemington” (1911), was highly regarded by John Buchan and is still in print. Jacob had a deep appreciation of the Angus dialect and countryside, and this is evident in her celebrated Scots language poetry in volumes such as 'Song of Angus' (1915). |
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| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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