Songs from David Herd's ManuscriptsW. J. Hay, 1904 - 348 pages |
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... bonie Mallie 2 O ? There we'll get wine and brandy , And sack and sugar - candy : Will ye go to Flanders , my Mally O ? 5 II Will ye go to Flanders , my Mally O ? And see the chief commanders , my Mally O ? You'll see the bullets fly ...
... bonie Mallie 2 O ? There we'll get wine and brandy , And sack and sugar - candy : Will ye go to Flanders , my Mally O ? 5 II Will ye go to Flanders , my Mally O ? And see the chief commanders , my Mally O ? You'll see the bullets fly ...
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... Bonie lass , gin ye'll take me tell me now , And I hae brow'n three pickles o ' ma't- And I cannae cum ilka day to woo . [ Chorus : ] To woo , to woo , to lilt and to woo , And I cannae cum ilka day to woo . laid sing mer rily II I hae ...
... Bonie lass , gin ye'll take me tell me now , And I hae brow'n three pickles o ' ma't- And I cannae cum ilka day to woo . [ Chorus : ] To woo , to woo , to lilt and to woo , And I cannae cum ilka day to woo . laid sing mer rily II I hae ...
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... bonie 1 lassie on wi ' her claiths , First wi ' her stockings and then wi ' her shoon , And she gave me the glaiks when a ' was done . But had I kend what I ken now , I should have bang'd her belly fou , ' Her belly fou ' and her apron ...
... bonie 1 lassie on wi ' her claiths , First wi ' her stockings and then wi ' her shoon , And she gave me the glaiks when a ' was done . But had I kend what I ken now , I should have bang'd her belly fou , ' Her belly fou ' and her apron ...
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... bonie , bonie Sandy O , Tho ' the love that I owe To thee I dare nae shew , Yet I love my love in secret , My Sandy O ! My Sandy gied to me a ring , Was a ' beset wi ' diamonds1 fine , But I gied to 2 him a far better thing : I gied ...
... bonie , bonie Sandy O , Tho ' the love that I owe To thee I dare nae shew , Yet I love my love in secret , My Sandy O ! My Sandy gied to me a ring , Was a ' beset wi ' diamonds1 fine , But I gied to 2 him a far better thing : I gied ...
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... bonie ladie ! Betide what will , I'll get me ready And follow the lad wi ' the Highland plaidy . 8 II I'll sell my rock , my reel , my tow , My gude gray mare and hacket cow , To buy my love a tartan plaid , Because he is a roving blade ...
... bonie ladie ! Betide what will , I'll get me ready And follow the lad wi ' the Highland plaidy . 8 II I'll sell my rock , my reel , my tow , My gude gray mare and hacket cow , To buy my love a tartan plaid , Because he is a roving blade ...
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Songs from David Herd's Manuscripts Lecturer in English and American Literature David Herd,Hans Hecht No preview available - 2015 |
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Page xi - ... department; but, considering myself as a nobleman, and not a peer of parliament, a piece of ornamental china, as it were, I have been obliged to avail myself of my situation to do as much good as I possibly could, without acting in a professional line, which my rank and my fate excluded me from. A discarded courtier, with a little estate, does not find it easy to make his voice be heard in any country, and least of all in Scotland.
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