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s^mfifxzir m/ nrf.v* WOOD'S EDITION Wok OF SCOTLAND rprfctr to tbcir Spptopfblt fWelobies. STRATED WITH HISTORICAL,. BIOG.fi D CRITICAL NOTICES BY GEORGE FARUtTHAR GRAHAMJ '-' •> T,. WOOD AND CO., EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, AND ABERDEEN. John Menzies, Edinburgh; and Houlston & Wright, London %' Mdhfttf'- /<;/ > k'?*:£i;'M THE GLEN COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH MUSIC Presented by Lady DOROTHEA RuGGLES-BRISE to the National Library of Scotland, in memory of her brother, Major Lord George Stewart Murray, rC* Black Watch, killed in action in France in 1914. 28th January 1927. - VV V Km titiiW IIL ^u* vm Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/woodseditionofsoOOrugg * ' THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND ADAPTED TO THEIR APPROPRIATE MELODIES. Illustrate foitjj Historical, biographical, anb Critical Notices BY GEORGE FARQUHAR GRAHAM, ' ? AUTnOR OF THE ARTICLE " MUSIC IN THE SEVENTH EDITION OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, ETC. ETC. WOOD AND CO., WATERLOO PLACE, EDINBURGH; 42, BUCHANAN STREET, GLASGOW; AND 213, UNION STREET, ABERDEEN. J. ALFRED NOVELLO, DEAN STREET; AND SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., LONDON. EDINBURGH : FEINTED DT T. CONSTABLE TEINTETl TO HER MAJESTY. ! INDEX. PAQB PAGB Ae fond kiss, and then we sever. 210 Blythe, blythe, and merry are we, 29 Accuse me not, inconstant fair, 179 Blythsome may I see thee, 193 126 Adieu, Dundee ! from Mary parted. 125 Bonnie Dundee, ...'.. Afton Water, . .. 103 Bonnie Jean, 171 Again rejoicing Nature sees, 186 Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie, 204 A Highland lad my love was born 32 Bonnie lassie, will ye go ? 143 Aiken Drum, 168 Bonnie Prince Charlie, 37 Alastair Macalastair, 34 Bonnie wee thing, . 4 Alas ! that I cam' o'er the muir ! 44 Braw, braw lads, . 25 Alloa House, 161 Busk ye, busk ye, . 19 And are ye sure the news is true? 111 By Logan's streams, that rin sae deep, . 35 Andro and his cutty gun, 29 By yon castle wa', at the close o' the da. 7, . 205 And for ane-and-twenty, Tarn 160 And were a : noddin'. nid, nid, noddin', 174 Cam' ye by Athol ? 37 And ye shall walk in silk attire. 37 Carle, an the king come, 200 Annie Laurie, .... 167 Ca' the yowes to the knowes, 47 An thou wert mine ain thing, 175 Cauld blaws the wind frae north to sout h, . 166 Argyle is my name, and you may think it Cauld kail in Aberdeen, 154 strange, 136 Charlie is my darling, . 45 A rosebud by my early walk, 198 Clunie's reel, 158 At gloamin', if my lane I be, 71 Come all ye jolly shepherds, 196 At Polwart on the green, 214 Come, gi'e's a sang, Montgomery cried, 26 At Willie's wedding on the green 138 Come o'er the stream, Charlie, 135 Auld lang syne, 96 Come under my plaidie, 227 Auld Rob Morris, 63 Comin' thro' the Craigs o' Kyle, . 170 Auld Eobin Gray, (Scotch Air,) 10 Comin' thro' the rye 83 Auld Robin Gray, (English Air,) 11 Corn rigs, 24 A wee bird cam' to our ha' door, 57 Craigie- burn-wood 88 212 Ay wakin' ! 188 Crochallan, ...... Cromlet's lilt, 169 Baloo, my boy, lie still and sleep, 93 Bannocks o' barley-meal, 136 Dinna think, bonnie lassie, . 158 Bannocks o' bear-meal, 216 Donald, 157 Barbara Allan, 86 Donald and Flora, . 213 Behind yon hills, where Lugar flows, 17 Donald Caird's come again ! . 133 Behold, my love, how green the groves, 151 Doun the burn, Davie, . 151 Beneath a green shade a lovely young swain 224 Dumbarton's Drums, . 189 Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, 127 Duncan Gray cam' here to woo, . 61 Bide ye yet, ...... 7 Blink o'er the burn, sweet Betty, . 229 Fair Helen of Kirkconnel, 207 Blue bonnets, 182 Fair Janet, 46 IV INDEX. PAOR Fair Scotland ! dear as life to me, 199 I sigh and lament me in vain, Farewell, thou fair day, G8 Is there, for honest poverty, . Farewell, thou stream that winding flows, 162 It fell about the Mart'mas time, Farewell to Lochaber, farewell to my Jean, 117 It fell on a day, .... Farewell, winding stream, flowing on to the sea, 161 It's up wi' the souters o' Selkirk, . Far over yon hills o' the heather so green, . 223 It was in and about the Mart'mas time, First when Maggie was my care, ... 94 It was upon a Lammas night, Flora Maedonald 223 I've heard them lilting, Flow gently, sweet Afton, .... 103 I've seen the smiling, . For a' that, and a' that, .... 76 I will away, and I will not tarry, . For lack of gold, 73 I wish I war where Eelin lies, For the sake o' somebody, .... 104 I wish my love were in a myre, From wand'ring long on foreign shore, . 175 Fy, gar rub her o'er wi' strae, . 192 Jennie's bawbee, .... Jennie dang the weaver, Gala water 25 Jessie, the flower o' Dunblane, Get up and bar the door 110 Jock o' Hazeldean, Gilderoy, 101 John Anderson, my jo, . Gin a body meet a body, .... 83 John of Badenyon, Gin I had a wee house, .... 7 Johnnie Cope, .... livin' Johnnie Faa, Gin worth could win my heart, . 81 .... Gloomy winter's now awa', .... 3 Johnnie M'Gill, .... Good night, and joy be wi' ye a', . 240 Johnnie's grey breeks, . Green grow the rashes, O ! . 15 Gu ma slan a chi mi, 193 Katherine Ogie, .... Keen blaws the wind o'er Donocht-head ; Hame, hame, hame, O hame fain would I be, 177 Kelvin grove, .... Happy's the love that meets return, . 206 Kenmure's on and awa', Hear me, ye nymphs, 9 Kind Robin lo'es me, Here awa', there awa', wandering Willie, . 33 Kinloch of Kinloch, . • . Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, . 67 Here's to the year that's awa', . 194 Laddie, lie near me, He's o'er the hills that I lo'e weel, . 114 Lady Anne Bothwell's lament, Highland Mary, ...... 97 Lassie wi' the lint-white locks, Hey, tuttie, tattie, 39, 40 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the Ian How lang and dreary is the nicht, . 154 glen, How sweet this lone vale, .... 13 Leader haughs and Yarrow, Hughie Graham, 100 Leezie Lindsay, .... Let us haste to Kelvin grove, bonnie lassie, O I dream'd I lay where flow'rs were springing, 153 Lewie Gordon, .... If those who live in shepherd's bow'rs, . 151 Lochaber no more, Loch-Eroch side, I had a horse, and I had nae mair, . 53 .... I ha'e laid a herrin' in saut, .... 139 Logan water, .... I'll bid my heart be still, .... 197 Logie o' Buchan, .... I'll never leave thee, 129 Lord Balgonie's favourite, I lo'e na a laddie but ane, .... 65 Lord Gregory, .... Lord Nithsdale, I love my love in secret, . ... 225 .... Lord Ronald, I love thee still, although my path, . 157 .... I'm a' doun for lack o' Johnnie, . 147 Loudon's bonnie woods and braes, Lucy's flittin', I met four chaps yon birks amang, . 102 .... I'm o'er young to marry yet, . 152 I'm wearin' awa', Jean, .... 39 Maclean's Welcome, In the garb of old Gaul, .... 211 Maggie Lauder, .... Teviotdale, In winter, when the rain rain'd cauld, . 22 March, march, Ettrick and INDBX. PAGB Marquis of Hasting's strathspey, . 122 I ha'e seen great anes, and sat in great ha's, 124 Mary Macneil, 141 Kenmure's on and awa', Willie, . 215 Mary Morison, 82 lassie, art thou sleepin' yet ? . 89 Mary Scott, 206 lay thy loof in mine, lass, .... 137 Mary's dream, (modern air,) . 106 leave me not ! the ev'ning hour, . 225 Mary's dream, (old air,) . 105 let me in this ae night, .... 89 Maxwellton braes are bonnie, . 167 Logie o' Buchan, Logie the laird, . 41 Bliss Forbes' farewell to Banff, .. 180 love will venture in, 56 Morag, 23 Mary, at thy window be, ... 82 Mount and go, 222 meikle thinks my love o' my beauty, . 12 Muirland Willie 128 mirk, mirk, is this midnight hour, . 27 My ain fireside, 124 mount and go, 222 My ain kind dearie, 71 my love is like a red red rose, ... 92 My apron dearie, 155 On a bank of flowers 165 My boy, Tammie, 30 Nancy, wilt thou go with me? . 185 My heart is sair, I daurna tell, . 104 On Cessnock banks 228 My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not On Ettrick banks, ae simmer nicht, . 181 here, 212 open the door, Lord Gregory, ... 27 My jo Janet, 145 puirtith cauld, 53 My love has forsaken me 95 raging fortune's with'ring blast, . 237 My love is lost to me 217 Oran an aoig, 68 love she's but a lassie My yet, ... 58 Sandy, why leaves thou thy Nelly to mourn ! 183 My love's in Germany, 14 send Lewie Gordon hame, ... 20 My mither's ay glowrin' ower me, . 209 speed, Lord Nithsdale 231 My Nannie, O! 17 O sweet are thy banks, bonnie Tweed, . 52 My Nannie's awa', 112 the ewe-bughting's bonnie, . 202 My only jo and dearie, O, . 148 this is no my ain lassie, .... 54 My Peggie is a thing, . young 160 Oh ! thou art all so tender, .... 95 Peggie's My face, my Peggie's form, . 140 thou broom, thou bonnie bush o' broom ! . 28 My sheep I neglected, I broke my sheep-hook, 155 true love is a bonnie flower, ... 16 My tocher's the jewel, .... 12 0, wae's my heart ! 131 My wife has ta'en the gee 184 waly, waly up the bank, ...