Love Songs Of Scotland; Jewels Of The Tender Passion Selected From The Writings Of Burns, Tannahill, Scott, Ramsay, Lady Nairne, Macneill, Jamieson, H

LOVE SONGS OF SCOTLAND, JEWELS OF THE TENDER PASSION SELECTED FROM THE WRITINGS OF BURNS, TANNAHILL, SCOTT, RAMSAY, LADY NAIRNE, MACNEILL, JAMIESON, HOGG, DOUGLAS, ALLAN, & OTHERS - PREFACE - THIS unpretentious collection of Scottish Love Songs is intended to form a companion volume to the Love Songs of France, which has received considerable favor from the public, both in this country and abroad. It is hoped that the Love Songs of Scotland will not prove less acceptable than the former work, although, of course, there are many more collections of Scottish poetry before the English-speaking public than of French. The scope of the present book is necessarily very limited, and many representative pieces which otherwise should have been included are perforce omitted, not because of unworthiness, but for simple lack of space. As a matter of fact, there is no literature in the world so rich in poems of the tender passion as that of Scotland. Indeed, there is a very embarrassment of riches in this field, and the great difficulty has been to suppress ones inclinations and resolutely reject many gems which by their perfection of beauty and strength of passion should have a place in this collection. All that could be done was to include a few of the undoubted favorites which have stood the test of time. These are to be given a dainty setting, fi-om whence, it is hoped, they will shine in no inferior lustre in coinparison with their companions from a sunnier clime. ROBEKT W. DOUGLAS. ROBERT ALLAN. PAGE CXII. Blink over the Burn, my Sweet Betty 166 CV. Bonnie Lassie . . 158 LXVII. Bonnie Lass o CVoodhouselee, The . I01 CXV. Lovely Maid of Ormadale, The . 170 LXI. Thistle and the Rose, The . 93WILLIAM ANDERSON. CXXXIII. I Canna Sleep . . 198 AATONYMO US. LXXVII. Adieu for Evermore . . 114 LXII. As I Cam Down the Canongate . 95 W. Ettrick Banks . - 4 4 XXXI. Sae Merry as We Twa hale Been . 46 DR. BLACKLOCK. XXVII. Braes of Ballandine, The . . . 40 JOANNA BAILLIE. XXXVIII. Maid of Llanwellyn, The . . 56 ALEXANDER BALFOUR. LXXXVIII. Slighted Love . . 132 viii CONTENTS JOfIX STUAKT BLACIIIE. PAGE C VII. A Sprig of ijhite Heather . 188 SIR ALE-YA. YDI I BOSTI-ELL, BART. C S 1 1 1 Good-ni ht, a nd Joy l c nr i Ye A . 175 CSVII. Jennys Ila vl, ce . . 173 I. 1, s. LSSI I-. LSII. SSSIS. SIT. 11. YII. SIII. SSYI. XLYYII. XSII. L-XXYI. Y. L. XYV111. SLI. LSY. SYYIII. LSIS. Ae Fond Kiss . Birks of Al erfcldy Ilonnie cc Thing, The . Cornin Tlirough the Rye . Corn Rips . Floxv Gentlj-, S vcctA fton Grecn Grox-t11c Rashes, 0 . IIighland Nary . John Anderson, 11-Jo, John . Lassie xvi the Lint- hitc Locks Lizzy Linclsay . 11x1-1 AIorison . 1Iy Xin Kind Dearic, 0 . AIy Hearts in the EIighlands . Quccn Narys Lament Sac Flaxen Were her Ringlets . Somel ody . Sxvect Closes the Evening . Thou Hast Left 1Ic Evcr, Jamie CIII. Glenxra . 152 XCIS. Lord Ullins Daughter . . 147 CONTENTS ix ROBERT COUPER, M. D. PAGE CVIII. Kinrara . 162 ROBERT CRA IVFORD. 111. Down the Burn, Davie . 3 JOHN BURTT. LXXXII. To Think o Thee . . 122 CXXI. Bonnie Bark The . 180 LXXI. Bonnie Mary Halliday . . 107 CI. Gane WerebuttheCVintry Cauld . J5C C. My Bonnie Lassie . . 179 CXIV. My Lassie wi the Sunny Locks . 169 ALEXAADER DOUGLAS. LIX. What Ails You Now . . 91 AIR. DOUGLAS. X. Annie Laurie . 13 REV. IVILLIAN DUNBAR. LXXXV. Maid of Islay, The . . 127 JOHN FINLAY. LXX. Oh Dear Were the Joys . . 106 a - CONTENTS F ICII. LKDGALL. PAl E CS. Ronnie nlinlc o 1Iarys Ec, The . 1 6 4 CIS. I Iin ia C lrlx Back to 1 1 1 h l a i n n agai11 . . l i3 IS. Mg Only Jo and Dcnric, O . 43 CSIII. Ellen . . 167 11 - 11. L 1.4 l LEAY. cSS I. B link over thc liurn, s vect I3etty . l hti LI. If Doughty 1 eeds rliy I, ady Ileasc ...