NANCY'S GHOST. THIS song is by Dr. Blacklock. TIBBIE, I HAE SEEN THE DAY. THIS song I composed about the age of seven teen. Tune-INVERCALD'S REEL. O Tibbie, I hae seen the day For laik o' gear ye lightly me, Yestreen I met you on the moor, But feint a hair care I. Tibbie, I hae, &c. I doubt na, lass, but ye may think, Tibbie, I hae, &c. But sorrow tak him that's sae mean, Altho' a lad were e'er sae smart, But if he hae the name o' gear, But, Tibbie, lass, tak my advice, Were ye as poor as I. Tibbie, 1 hae, &c. COLLIER LADDIE. I Do not know a blyther old song than this. Whare live ye, my bonie lass, And tell me what they ca' ye? My name, she says, is Mistress Jean, The sun shines on sae brawlie! They a' are mine and they shall be thine, Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie, Ye shall gang in gay attire, Weel buskit up sae gawdy; And ane to wait on every hand Tho' ye had a' the sun shines on, I can win my five-pennies in a day, And make my bed in the Collier's neuk, And lie down wi' my Collier laddie. Loove for loove is the bargain for me, Tho' the wee cot-house should haud me, And fair fa' my Collier laddie. my bread, YE GODS, WAS STREPHON'S PICTURE BLEST? Tune-FOURteenth of October. THE title of this air shews that it alludes to the famous king Crispian, the patron of the honorable corporation of Shoemakers.-St. Crispian's day falls on the fourteenth of October, old style, as the old proverb tells; On the fourteenth of October SINCE ROBB'D OF ALL THAT CHARM'D MY VIEWS. THE old name of this air is, The blossom o' the Raspberry. The song is Dr. Blacklock's. A shoemaker. MUSING ON THE ROARING OCEAN. I COMPOSED these verses out of compliment to a Mrs. M'Lachlan, whose husband is an officer in the East Indies. Tune-DRUMION DUBH. Musing on the roaring ocean, Hope and fear's alternate billow Ye whom sorrow never wounded, Gentle night, do thou befriend me, Spirits kind, again attend me, Talk of him that's far awa! |