J l^-xa-l'^ /-2 ^ *b Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/songsofscotlanv31849ingl X THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND ADAPTED TO THEIR APPROPRIATE MELODIES ARRANGED WITH PIANOFORTE ACCOMPANIMENTS BY G. P. GRAHAM, T. M. MITDIE, J. T. SURENNE, H. E. DIBDIN, FINLAY DUN, &c. 3IIu8trateb rcitlj £t8toricaI, Siogtapfjical, anb (Critical 01otice8 BY GEORGE FARQUHAR GRAHAM, AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE "MUSIC" IN THE SEVENTH EDITION OF THE ENCTCLOP/EUIA BRITANNICA, ETC. ETO. VOL III. WOOD AND CO., 12, WATERLOO PLACE, EDINBURGH; J. MUIR WOOD AND CO., 42, BUCHANAN STREET, GLASGOW ; OLIVER & BOYD, ; EDINBURGH CRAMER, BEALE, & CHAPPELL, REGENT STREET ; CHAPPELL, NEW BOND STREET ; ADDISON & HODSON, REGENT STREET ; J. ALFRED NOVELLO, DEAN STREET; AND SLMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., LONDON. MBCCCXLIX. PRINTER TO KER MAJESTY. KDINBUttGll : PRINTED UY T. CONSTABLE, INDEX TO THE AIRS CONTAINED IN THE THIRD VOLUME AND ALSO TO THOSE MENTIONED IN THE NOTES. l'ACB VA.GR 19 O'er the muir amang the heather, . 30 Ah, ha ! Johnie lad, (note,) gin A health to Betty, {note,) 109 O ye were dead, gudeman, . 132 I ha'e Aiken Drum, 26 O seen the wild flowers blaw, . 158 Annie Laurie, 24 On a bank of flowers, .... 20 68 O Nancy, wilt thou go with me ? . 60 Ay wakin' ! [note, 67,) Oh ! weel I the Blink o'er the burn, sweet Betty, 148 mind days, ... 40 Blue bonnets, 54 Pinkie House, ..... 88 Bonnie Jean of Aberdeen, 32 Pol wart on the green, . 118 Bonnie laddie. Highland laddie, 98 Rothes' Lament, .... 88 Row weel, my boatie, row weel, . 72 Buff coat, {note and A pp.) 9, 165 {App. 169,) Carle, an the king come, HO Saw ye nae my Peggy ? ... 156 Ca' the ewes, (App.) )80 She rose and let me in, ... 48 Clunie's ree\ {App. G 'Stu mo run, 142 9 171,) ..... (note,) f The auld Jew, Cockle shells, (nuie, 99, App. 170,) 99 .... 77 Cold and raw, (iwtc,) 23 The Ayrshire lasses, (note,) . 107 Come open the door, sweet Betty, {note,) 85 The banks of Banna, .... 12 Crochallan, 114 The blathrie o't, (note, tune in App. 170,) . 83 28 The boatie rows, 1 Cromleck's lilt, . .... Dinna think, bonnie lassie, 6 The braes of Ballenden, . 138 cadie laddie, (note,) . Donald, .... 4 The . 135 Donald and Flora, 116 The Campbells are comin', (note, 151,) . 150 The captain's lady, Dumbarton's drums, {App. 182,) 68 .... 134 The cardin' o't, 146 Ettrick banks, {App. 1(18, 169,) 52 .... Failte na moisg, {note,) 115 The deuks dang o'er my daddie, {App. 165,) . 8 Fair Helen of Kirkconnel, {note, \05,a7id App. 172,) 104 The island of Mull, . 106 Flora Macdonald, 136 Thekillogie, 122 The lament of Flora Macdonald, . 136 Fy, gar rub her o'er wi' strae, . 74 Gala water, {note,) 67 The lass of Livingstone, {note.) . 99 The Lothian lassie, 34 Garry Owen, {note,) 65 .... Miller's ' Get up and bar the door, (App.) 181 The wedding, {note,) . 19 The Miller, (note,) 59 Good night, and joy be wi' you a', 162 .... Gu ma slan a chi mi, 76 The new Highland laddie, ... 80 The old Highland laddie, {note,) . 81 Eame, hame, hame ! 44 I love my love in secret, 140 The queen of the Lothians, (note,) . 35 : There'll never tillJamie hame, 100 I ll bid my heart be still, 84 be peace comes In the garb of old Gaul, 112 There's few gude fellows when Jamie's awa', {note,) 101 I serve a worthie ladie, {App.) 182 The shepherd's wife, (note, 87,) . 86 The Souters o' Selkirk, 160 I wish I were where Eelen lies, (note,) 105 ... I wish my love were in a myre, 62 The strong walls of Derry, {note,) . 115 Johnnie M'Gill, 144 The wauking o' the fauld, . 10 Johnnie's grey breeks, (Ajnp. 168,) 36 The wee wee man, .... 64 Kenmure's on and awa', 120 The willow tree, {note,) ... 85 (note, . 78 • Laddie, lie near me, 92 The year that's awa', 79,) Leader haughs and Yarrow, 154 The yellow-hair'd laddie, ... 94 Thou bonnie wood of Craigie-lea, . 126 Lesley's March, {note,) . 55 Logan water, {App.) 180 Thro' the wood, laddie, ... 56 Lord Nithsdale, 152 To dauntou me, .... 130 Mary Scott, (App. 170,) 102 Two furlongs from Edinburgh town, {note and Miss Forbes' farewell to Banff, 50 App.) 17, 166 Mount and %o,(App. 181,) 134 Up in the morning early, ... 22 Mount your baggage, (note,) 135 We're a' noddin', .... 38 My love is lost to me, 124 What's a' the steer, kimmer ? . 70 My mither's ay glowrin' ower me, 108 When the kye comes hame, ... 82 My wife has ta'en the gee, (note, 59,) 58 Willie brew'd a peck o' maut, {App.) . 180 My wife's a winsome wee thing, 96 Willie was a wanton wag, {App. 168,) . 46 Nancy's to the greenwood gane, 14 Will ye go to Sheriffmuir ? . HO Nid noddin', 38 Within a mile of Edinburgh, {Ap]>. 1C6,) . 16 Now wat ye wha I met yestreen, (note,) 109 Woo'd and married and a,' {App. 182,) . 120 Och, hey ! Johnnie lad, 18 INDEX TO THE FIRST LINES OP THE SONGS IN THE THIRD VOLUME. Accuse me not, inconstant fair, 48 On Cessnock banks, Again rejoicing Nature sees, 6-2 On Ettrick banks, ae simmer nicht, (App. 168, 169,' And we're a' noddin', nid, nid, noddin', 38 O once my thyme was young, (note,) A piper came to our town, (note and App.") 27, 167 O Sandy, why leaves thou thy Nelly to mourn A rosebud by my early walk, 86 O speed, Lord Nithsdale, At Pol wart on the green, 118 O the ewe-bughting's bonnie, . Ay wakin', O ! 66 O ! weel I mind the days, by our ain turn-side. Bannocks o' bear-meal, 122 O weel may the boatie row, Beneath a green shade, a lovely young swain, 138 O were I on Parnassus hill, BI: nk o'er the burn, sweet Betty, 148 O why should old age, (App. 169,) Blythesome may I see thee, 76 Peggy, now the king's come, By yon castle wa', at the close o' the day, 100 Red, red is the path to glory, . Carle, an the king come, 91 Romantic Esk ! what sweets combine, Cauld blaws the wind frae north to south. 22 Row weel, my boatie, row weel, (App. 169,) Come all ye jolly shepherds, 82 Saw ye my Maggie ? . Come under my plaidie, (App. 178,) 144 Saw ye nae my Peggy 1 Comin' thro' the craigs o' Kyle, 30 See Spring, her graces wild disclose, . Fair Scotland ! dear as life to me, 88 Shepherds, I have lost my love, Farewell, thou stream that winding flows, 14 Since all thy vows, false maid, Far over yon hills o' the heather so green, 13G The blude red rose at Yule may blaw, Good night, an' joy be wi' ye a', 162 The bride she cam' out o' the byre, Hame, hame, hame, O hame fain would I be, 44 The Campbells are comin', O-ho, O-ho, Happy's the love that meets return, 102 The eauld cauld winter's gane, luve, . Here's to the year that's awa', . 78 The day I first landed, How welcome to me, (App.) 169 The lawland lads think they are fine, . I'll bid my heart be still, 84 The lily of the vale is sweet, I love thee still, although my path, 4 The nipht is dark, the way is long, In the garb of Old Gaul, (App. 172,) 112 The pearl of the fountain, the rose of the valley, It's up wi' the souters o' Selkirk, 160 There Nancy's to the greenwood gane, (App.) I will away and I will not tarry, 135 There's a rose in Kenmure's cap, I wish I were where Eelin lies, (App. 171, 172 104 There's some say that we wan, Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang gl , 34 There was a lad was born in Kyle, March, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale, 54 There was a lass, and she was fair, Maxwellton banks are bonnie, (App.) 181 The sun is sunk, the day is done, (App.) Maxwellton braes are bonnie, . 24 This night is my departing night, My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not Thou bonnie wood of Craigie-lea, here, ..... 114 To daunton me, My mither's ay glowrin' ower me, 108 To ha'e a wife and rule a wife, (note,) My Peggy is a young thing, 10 'Twas ev'n, the dewy fields were green, My wife's a winsome wee thing, 96 'Twas na her bonnie blue e'e was my ruin Nae gentle dames, though e'er sae fair, 8 'Twas within a mile of Edinburgh town, O bonnie was yon rosy brier, 64 Wha's at the window, wha, wha ? (App.) Och, hey ! Johnnie, lad, 18 What's a the steer, kimmer! dinna think, bonnie lassie, (App. 165.) 6 When first you courted me, I own, O I ha'e seen the wild flowers blaw, 158 When lang sinsyne I married, . O Kenmure's on, and awa', Willie, 120 When merry hearts were gay, . O leave me not ! the ev'ning hour, 140 When Phcebus bright the azure skies, O mount and go, 134 Where ha'e ye been a' the day ? O Nancy, wilt thou go with me ? 60 Will ye go to Sheriffmuir? ; SCOTTISH SONGS. THE BOATIE ROWS. AURASCED BY J.