Will ye gang down the water side, And see the waves sae sweetly glide Beneath the hazels spreading wide,

The moon it shines fu' clearly.

I was bred up at nae sic school,
My shepherd lad to play the fool;
And a' the day to sit in dool,
And naebody to see me.

Ye shall get gowns and ribbons meet,
Cauf-leather shoon upon your feet,
And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep,
And ye shall be my dearie.

If ye'll but stand to what ye've said, I'se gang wi' you my shepherd lad; And ye may row me in your plaid, And I shall be your dearie.

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I hadna been his wife a week but only four, When, mournfu' as I sat on the stane at my

door,

I saw my Jamie's ghaist, for I couldna think

it he,

Till he said: "I'm come hame, love, to marry

thee!" 'Ripple.

1 Ewes.

2 Knolls.

The brook rolls.

And he's clappit down in our gudeman's chair,
The wee, wee German lairdie!

And he's brought fouth' o' foreign trash,
And dibbled them in his yardie:

He's pu'd the rose o' English loons,
And brake the harp o' Irish clowns,
But our Scot's thistle will jag his thumbs,
The wee, wee German lairdie!

Come up amang the Highland hills,
Thou wee, wee German lairdie,
And see how Charlie's' lang-kail thrive,
That he dibbled in his yardie:

And if a stock ye daur to pu',
Or haud the yoking o' a pleugh,
We'll break your sceptre o'er your mou',
Thou wee bit German lairdie!

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In the land o' the leal.

For a wee bit German lairdie! And we've the trenching blades o' weir, Wad glib ye o' your German gear,

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And pass ye neath the claymore's sheer Thou feckless German lairdie!

And I'll welcome you

To the land o' the leal.

That Charlie1 came to our town, The young Chevalier.

And Charlie he's my darling,

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In the land o' the leal.

ANONYMOUS

THE WEE, WEE GERMAN LAIRDIE

Wha the deil hae we got for a king,
But a wee, wee German lairdie!i
An' when we gaed to bring him hame,
He was delving in his kail-yardie:2

1 Loyal, faithful, true-hearted.

1i. e., George I (1714-1727), Elector of Hanover. Both George I and George II were favorite subjects for ridicule with the Jacobite song-writers.

2 Cabbage-garden.

My darling, my darling,
And Charlie he's my darling,
The young Chevalier.

As Charlie he came up the gate,
His face shone like the day:

I grat to see the lad come back
That had been lang away.
And Charlie he's my darling, etc.

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Plenty. Charles Edward Stuart, "the young Pretender," grandson of King James II. 8 Deprive.

A pointed tool, used to make holes for planting seeds, or "dibbling."

1 Charles Stuart, "the young Pretender," as his father James Edward Stuart, was called the "Chevalier" by his friends, Charles gained the title of "the young Chevalier."

grave,

Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave.19

Oh, happy love! where love like this is found! Oh, heart-felt raptures! bliss beyond compare!

I've paced much this weary, mortal round, 75 And sage experience bids me this declare; "If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare

One cordial in this melancholy vale,

'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, 80 Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale."

Is there, in human form, that bears a heart, A wretch! a villain! lost to love and truth! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth? Curse on his perjur'd arts! dissembling smooth!

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Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King,

The saint, the father, and the husband prays:

Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing,"32

25 Hall-bible, i. e., house-hold, or family, Bible.

26 In Scotland (as in Shakespeare) bonnet often means a cap, or head-covering, worn by men or boys. In Scott's well-known song the "Blue Bonnets" the Scotch. (v. p. 501).

27 Grey temples, i. e., the locks of gray about his templea.

2 Dundee, Martyrs, and Elgin are among the most familiar and characteristic of the Scottish hymn-tunes. 30 King David.

29 Rouses, fans.

$1 Rev. xviii.

32 Pope, Windsor Forest, 1. 111.