SONG XL. MY HEART IS A BREAKING, &c. AIR. TAM GLEN. I. My heart is a breaking, dear Tittie, Some counsel unto me come len', anger them a' is a pity, Το But what will I do wi' Tam Glen? 66 ous origin, the latter half of the third line in the seventh 66 stanza, our hearts were ne'er our foe, would be proof "sufficient. Many are the instances in which our bard has "adopted defective rhymes, but a single instance cannot be "produced, in which to preserve the rhyme, he has given a "feeble thought, in false grammar. These additional stanzas 66 are not however without merit, and they may serve to pro"long the pleasure which every person of taste must feel, "from listening to a most happy union of beautiful music, with "moral sentiments that are singularly interesting." II. I'm thinking, wi' sic a braw fellow, III. There's Lowrie the laird o' Dumeller, "Gude day to you, brute," he comes ben: He brags and he blaws o' his siller, But when will he dance like Tam Glen? IV. My minnie does constantly deave me, And bids me beware o' young men ; They flatter, she says, to deceive me, But wha can think sae o' Tam Glen? V. My daddie says, gin I'll forsake him, O wha will I get but Tam Glen. IV. Yestreen at the Valentine's dealing, VII. The last Halloween I was waukin My droukit sark-sleeve, as ye ken; His likeness cam up the house staukin, And the very grey breeks o' Tam Glen. VIII. Come counsel, dear Tittie, don't tarry ; SONG XLI. O MEIKLE THINKS MY LUVE, &c. AIR. MY TOCHER'S THE JEWEL. I. O MEIKLE thinks my luve o' my beauty, My tocher's the jewel has charms for him. spare II. Your proffer o' luve's an airle-penny, My tocher's the bargain ye wad buy; But an ye be crafty, I am cunnin, Sae ye wi' anither your fortune maun try. |