•v./'-.': • 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, Black Watch, killed in action in France in 1914. 'rnii Jamianj 1927. ^^ ^: m ^? Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2011 witii funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/whistlebinkieorpOOwhis WHISTLE-BINKIE. Edinburgh Oliver & Boyd. Gardner. Paisley . Alexander Marshall, Co. London . SiMPKiN, & Melbourne George Robertson. Son. Toronto . James Campbell & Cjiw^ ?7^ Whistle-Binkie THE PIPER OF THE PARTY %. CoIUctfon 0f %m^% for t]^e Social Circle VOL. II. GLASGOW DAVID ROBERTSON & CO. 1878 ^ OF SCOTLAI^D '^ Printed ly R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. CONTENTS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. PAGE Ballantine, James xix Foster, W. A. xxx Miller, William xxvii WHISTLE-BINKIE. A bonnie Bride is easy buskit . Ballantine 277 A bonnie wee Lassie Sloane 157 A December Ditty Ainslie . 83 Ae gude Turn deserves Anither . Ballantine 268 A Highland Mother's Lament . Stewart . 45 A Highland Pilgrim's Progress . Vedder . 153 Ah no ! — I cannot say Rodger 113 Alia Mia Sposa Kennedy . 174 An Auld Man's Love Song .... Manson . 142 Arniston Ballantine 264 A Scottish Welcome to H. Beecher Stowe . Ballantine 256 As the auld Cock craws .... Ballantine 260 Auld Eppie Laing 70 Auld Johnny to young Maggy . Mercer 94 Auld Nannie Crummie Ballaiitine no A Voice from Holyrood .... Ballantine 13s Awa' wi' your Wisdom Malone 194 Away, while yet thy Days are few . Kennedy . 290 A' wear the Masks Gray 51 viii CONTENTS. Bad luck to this Marching .... Lever -Baith Sides o' the Picture .... Rodger Bauldy Buchanan Rodger Bonnie Bessy Ballantine .... Blair Bonnie Bonaly Ballantine Bonnie Coquet- Side White Bonnie Mary Jamieson .... Giljillau Bonnie Nelly Richardson .... Sloatie Can't you be asy ? Lever Cauld Winter is come Maloiie Come, Billies, let's steer for our Hammocks . Rodger Crabbed Care MacLaggan Creep afore ye gang Ballantine Cuddie Willie Ballantine Daft Days Ainslie . Dinna forget Rodger Dinna greet for me Murray . Dreamings of the Bereaved .... Thotn Dreams of Absence Grant Drucken Tarn, the Baker .... Latto Duncan Dhu's Tribulations .... Vedder . Fie ! fair Maiden Hedderwick Flown awa' are Frosts an' Snaws . 3Tanson . Gi'e my Love Gear Fergusson Glenorchy Young Hame is aye Hamely Malone Happy the Hearts MacLaggan Heaton Mill Foster He courted me in Parlour .... J\Iot/ierwell Heigh ho ! . Ballantine He that tholes owercomes .... Craivford I ance was in Love Rodger . If to thy Heart I were as near . Motlterwell I ha'e lost my Heart Balla7itine Ilka Blade o' Grass keps its ain Drap o' Dew Ballantine I never will get Fu' again .... Fisher CONTENTS. IX PAGE I pluck'd the Berry Motherwell 286 Conolly I said I loved the Town .... 48 I'se rede ye tak' Tent Fisher 213 It speaks to my Spirit Kennedy 40 Jeanie Kelly Oliver 73 Jeanie's Grave Thorn 34 Jeanie's Welcome Hame .... Vedder 204 Jean Munro Finlay 68 Jock Fergtisson John Buchan Laing 7 Johnny's grey Plaid Laing 216 Kate Macvean Clark Imlah Lady Cockpen . 206 Lament for Abercairnie Latto Lament for the Ettrick Shepherd Murray 155 Last Week as I sat Fergusson 233 Lay of the Broken Heart MotJierwell 261 Laing 98 Lord Spyfiie . LufF her up Denovajt . 158 Madie's Schule ,-.... Smart 235 Maniac Song Riddell . 184 Mary's Flittin' R. P. M. 258 May Morning Song Telfer 35 Mortal Happiness GrcFine . 241 My ain Fireside Stewart . 46 My ain Hame at E'en Frame 7 My ain Wife Laing 209 162 ]\Iy Auld Aunty Lizzie MatJier . ]\Iy Auld Guidman MacLaggajt 201 ]\Iy Granny's Fireside Smart 179 My guid Coat o' Blue Paterson . 128 My Hame .... Nicoll 167 My Heart's 'mong the Heather Fergusson 217 My Heather Land Thom 89 Paterson . My Mary and Me . 171 My Mother, can I e'er return? Craivfo?'d 197 Gilfillan . My own Marion . 23 . CONTENTS. My Wifie an' Me Latto My Willie an' Me Ballantine Naebody kens ye . Malone No—come not, my Life Ke7inedy No Season this for Glooming Fergusson Now rosy Summer laughs in joy Latto Now Sandy maun awa' Blamire O come awa', Jeanie Kejnp O follow her not .... Kennedy O for the merry Moonlight Hour Kennedy Oh ! gin I were to wed again Fergusson O ! Hope's like a Minstrel . Grant Oh the dreich Days o' Winter Ritchie Oh ! why left I my Hame ? . Gilfillan O Jeanie, why that look sae canld ? Rodger Old Father Time .... Park O leeze me on Thee, tidy Wifie Oliver O list the Mavis' mellow Note Foster O meet me, love, by moonlight Rodger On a sweet lovely Isle . Turnbull. One of the Heart's Struggles Thorn O say not pure Affections change ! Motherwell O Thou Ocean ! . Denovan Ould Murphy the Piper Ritchie Our-ain Burn Side . Gilfillan Our Auld Uncle John . Rodger O, We'll keep our Hearts aboon . Telfer Ower a' the sweet Maidens . White Peggy Penn . A nderson Pity me ! what I dree Rodger Polly Cushane Ritchie Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin Vedder Requisites for a Love Lyric . Roy . Rosy Cheekit Apples . Ballantine Sandy Allan . Hume Sandyford Ha' Park Scotch Serenade Sloane SheanM'Nab Fisher .. CONTENTS. xi PAGE Sly Widow Skinner Latto . 82 Song of the Bee Cameron . 191 Song of the little Foam-Bell .... Ca7neron . 103 Song of the Sea-bound Mariner . Cameron. 177 Song of the Ship Motherwell . 284 Song of the Spirit-Lyre .... Cameron . 139 Song of the wandering Sea-Breeze . Catneron . 227 Spirit of Love and Beauty .... Calder . 27 Spring Miller . 120 Spunk Peter Smart . .130 Star of the Evening Young- . 18 Sweet Seraph of the Peaceful Brow . Turnbzdl . go Tell me. Dear, etc. ... Latto . 93 Texan Camp Song Kennedy . .121 The Auld Emigrant's Fareweel . Finlay . 224 The Auld Man's Lament .... Anon. .118 The Bard of Armagh Ritchie . 285 The Battle of Preston Gray . 104 The Bonnie keel Laddie .... Whites MSS. 55 The Bonny Tweed for Me . Foster . tT3 The Breton Home Lever . 17 The Broken Heart Maxwell . 187 The canty, couthie Chiel . Ritchie . 26 The Childless Widow Ballantine . 282 The City Guard Ballantine . 176 The Dawtie Anderson . 106 The Drygate Brig Rodger . 246 The Falcon's Flight Foster . 143 The Flower of Banchory .... Ballantine . 254 . Watson . The Flower o' Donside . ... 30 The Flower o' the Ayr Latto . 60 The Gathering hnlah . 86 The Gowden Ring Stitt . 189 The Happy Mother Laing . 265 The Highlander's Welcome to the Queen . Rodger . 134 The Hunter's Well Motherwell . 276 The Impatient Lassie Anderson. 14S The Knight's Return White . 9 The Lads and the Land far awa' . Ainslie . 150 102 The Land of my Birth Foster . The Lark hath sought his grassy Home . Denovan . 151 xii CONTENTS. The last Look o' Hame .... Ahislie The Linties' Wooing Maitson . The lovely Lass of I nverkip . .. Rodger The Lyart an' Leal Crawford The Maid that I adore White The Marled Mittens Watson . The Mermaiden MotJierwell The Miller of Deanhaugh .... Ballaiitine The Minister's Dochter .... Latto The Mitherless Bairn Thorn The Moon shone calmly bright . Iinlak The Nameless Lassie Ballantine Then mount the Tackle and the Reel . Foster The Ocean Chief Deiuivan . 'The Otter Hound Foster The Pearly Brow Ballantine The Queen o' Bonny Scotland . Miller The Raven Laing The rough Kiss MacLaggan The Salmon Run Foster The Season of Love Malo7ie . The sleepy Wee Laddie .... Miller . The Song of the Danish Sea- King . Motherwell The Southlan' Breeze Fergusson The Troutin' Day Foster The Trysting Tree ..... Ballantine The Wander'd Bairn Crawford. The Warrior's Home Park The Wee, Wee Flower Ballanti^ie The Wee, Wee Man Macdonald . The Wells o' Wearie Ritchie The Wifie outwitted Smart The Winter has set in. Lads .... Finlay They speak o' wyles ..... Thoi7t This Night ye'll cross, etc Thorn Thochtfu' Love Buchanan Time's Changes Ballaiitine 'Tis nae to Harp Thoin To speak to me White Wat o' the Howe Ballantine Watty, the Poacher Marshall. Wee Annie o' Auchineden .... Macdonald CONTENTS. XIU PAGE We'll a' be Brawly yet . Crattrford l2S We twined our Hearts in Ane Fergussoft 109 When her Minnie disna ken . Blair 133 When I beneath the cold red earth Motherwell 248 When the Bee has left the Blossom Smart 38 When we were at the Schule Latto 211 Whistlin' Tarn Watson 165 Who'll go with me ? Ballantine Wife o' Willowdenha' Laing Willie's away Murray Winter . W. T. 74 Woman's Wark will ne'er be dune Allan 77 Woman's Witchfu' E'e . Stitt 163 Ye dinna ken yon Bow'r Thorn 190 Ye may talk o' your Learning Mercer 182 Young Maggy to Auld Johnny Mei'cer 96 SONGS FOR THE NURSERY Notice from the Publisher ...... 297 A Mother's Cares and Toils .... Fergusson . 321 A Mother's Farewell ..... Crawford . 371 A Mother's Joys ...... Fergusson . 356 A Mother's Song ...... Smart . 2^^ A Mother's Welcome ..... Fergusson . 370 Bairnies, come Hame ..... Malone . 317 Be a comfort to your Mother . Rodger . 336 Castles in the Air ...... Ballantine . 318 Cheetie Pussie Donald . 361 Chuckle. ....... Miller . 352 Cockie-leerie-Ia ...... Miller . 331 Creep afore ye gang ..... Ballantine . 314 Cur-rook-i-ty-doo . ...... Donald . 359 Dinna fear the Doctor ..... Smart . 315 Errand-rinning Mary ..... Smart . 322 Gang to your Beds ..... Smart . 347 xiv CONTENTS. Gi'e as ye wad talc' Rodger . Gree, Bairnies, gree ! . Mziier Hairst Miller . Happy Harvest Crawford Hogmanay Smart John Frost Miller . Johnny on his Shelty Donald » Kindness to Servants Smart Lady Summer Miller Learn your Lesson . • Smart May Morning Smart Mother's Pet Crawford. My ain kindly Minnie Malone . My Bairnies, you're a' the wide World to me ! Donald .