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SONGS OF ANGUS
Gin I had kept whate’er was mine
As I hae gie’d my best.
My he’rt were licht by day, and syne
The nicht wad bring me rest;
There is nae heavier he’rt to find
Frae Forfar toon to Ayr,
As aye I sit me doon to mind
On him I see nae mair.
Lad, gin ye fa’ by Chairlie’s side
To rid this land o’ shame,
There winna be a prooder bride
Than her ye left at hame,
But I will seek ye whaur ye sleep
Frae lawlands to the peat,
An’ ilka nicht at mirk I’ll creep
To lay me at yer feet.
SONGS OF ANGUS
Gin I had kept whate’er was mine
As I hae gie’d my best.
My he’rt were licht by day, and syne
The nicht wad bring me rest;
There is nae heavier he’rt to find
Frae Forfar toon to Ayr,
As aye I sit me doon to mind
On him I see nae mair.
Lad, gin ye fa’ by Chairlie’s side
To rid this land o’ shame,
There winna be a prooder bride
Than her ye left at hame,
But I will seek ye whaur ye sleep
Frae lawlands to the peat,
An’ ilka nicht at mirk I’ll creep
To lay me at yer feet.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus > (56) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129166836 |
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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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