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They are founded on the battle of Flodden , fought on the borders , in 1513 , in
which King James the fourth of Scotland was slain , and the flower of his Nobility
destroyed , with a great slaughter of all ranks , by the English army , under the ...
They are founded on the battle of Flodden , fought on the borders , in 1513 , in
which King James the fourth of Scotland was slain , and the flower of his Nobility
destroyed , with a great slaughter of all ranks , by the English army , under the ...
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2 * The diversion here allnded to is still a common amusement among young
people in Scotland , and is called bogle about the stacks . To understand it , let
the English reader be informed , that there it is customary to put up the corns in
round ...
2 * The diversion here allnded to is still a common amusement among young
people in Scotland , and is called bogle about the stacks . To understand it , let
the English reader be informed , that there it is customary to put up the corns in
round ...
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Fairs and public preachings in the fields , at that time beginning to be common in
Scotland , were places of public resort , at which young persons of both sexes
had occasion to meet : and as these were often at a great distance from home , it
...
Fairs and public preachings in the fields , at that time beginning to be common in
Scotland , were places of public resort , at which young persons of both sexes
had occasion to meet : and as these were often at a great distance from home , it
...
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The words of another Scots air , which have much merit , Mary may the Maid be
that marries the Miller , ' were written by Sir John Clerk , of Pennicuik , Baron of
Exchequer in Scotland . ” LUCKY NANSIE . While fops in soft Italian verse , 189.
The words of another Scots air , which have much merit , Mary may the Maid be
that marries the Miller , ' were written by Sir John Clerk , of Pennicuik , Baron of
Exchequer in Scotland . ” LUCKY NANSIE . While fops in soft Italian verse , 189.
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SUCH a motley group of vagrants as Burns has so happily described , may yet be
found in many districts of Scotland . There are houses of rendezvous where the
maimed supplicating soldier , the travelling balladsinging fiddler , the sturdy ...
SUCH a motley group of vagrants as Burns has so happily described , may yet be
found in many districts of Scotland . There are houses of rendezvous where the
maimed supplicating soldier , the travelling balladsinging fiddler , the sturdy ...
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amang appear arms auld ballad banks beauty beggar Blythe bonie bonnie Burns called collection composed dear death draw face fair father fear flower frae friends gallant gang grows hair hame hand head heard heart Highland hills I'll John kebars kind king laddie lady land lass lassie live look Lord mair married maun meet merry mony morning ne'er never night Note o'er peace poem poor printed rest round sang Scotland seen sing song stanza sweet sword syne tear tell thee thing thou thyme till town tune verse warn Watty weel wife Willie wind wish wood Yarrow ye'll young
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