Our monarch's hindmost year but ane The gossip keekit' in his loof,' Quo' scho, "Wha lives will see the proof, "He'll hae misfortunes great and sma', We'll a' be proud o' Robin. "But sure as three times three mak nine, This chap will dearly like our kin"," So leeze me on thee, Robin. "Guid faith," quo' scho, "I doubt you, Sir, But twenty fauts ye may hae waur- Robin was a rovin' boy, &c. WHEN FIRST I CAME TO STEWART KYLE. A FRAGMENT. TUNE-I had a horse and I had nae mair. WHEN first I came to Stewart Kyle, A mistress still I had ay: But when I came roun' by Mauchline town, My heart was caught before I thought, * * * * * * 1 Peeped.- Palm of the hand.-3 Jolly.-4 Blockhead.-5 To.-6 Every. -7 Kind, sex.-8 A phrase of congratulatory endearment.- Worse.0 Went.-11 Jean Armour, afterwards Mrs. Burns. MONTGOMERIE'S PEGGY. A FRAGMENT. TUNE-Galla Water. ALTHO' my bed were in yon muir, Had I my dear Montgomerie's Peggy.- Were I a baron proud and high, And horse and servants waiting ready, The sharin' 't with Montgomerie's Peggy * * ** * OH, RAGING FORTUNE'S WITHERING BLAST A FRAGMENT. Оn, raging fortune's withering blast But luckless fortune's northern storms HERE'S A HEALTH TO TO THEM THAT'S AWA. The first three verses of this excellent patriotic song were first published in the Edinburgh Magazine for 1818, from a manuscript in the handwriting of Burns. The remaining two verses appeared some time after in the same periodical, with a note by the editor, proving their authenticity. The first complete copy of the song was printed in a little volume entitled, "The Lyric Muse of Robert Burns," published in 1819, by the late John Smith, bookseller, Montrose. HERE's a health to them that's awa, And wha winna1 wish guid luck to our cause, It's guid to be honest and true, Here's a health to them that's awa, May liberty meet wi' success! May prudence protect her frae evil! May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist, And wander their way to the devil! Here's a health to them that's awa, And here's to them that's awa; Here's a health to Tammie, the Norland laddie, Here's freedom to him that wad read, Here's freedom to him that wad write! There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard, But they wham the truth wad indite. Here's a health to them that's awa; Here's Maitland and Wycombe, and wha does na like 'em We'll build in a hole o' the wa'. 1 Will not.-2 Fate, lot.-3 Be lost. The ear; i. e. close to. Here's timmer' that's red at the heart, May he that would turn the buff and blue coat, Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's Chieftain M'Leod, a chieftain worth gowd, THE PLOUGHMAN. This and the two following Fragments are excellent; the second, "The Winter It is past," &c., is particularly so. It is conceived in the spirit, and expressed in the manner, of the old ballad. As I was wandering ae morning in spring, I heard a young Ploughman sae sweetly to sing, "The lav'rock in the morning she 'll rise frae her nest, THE WINTER IT IS PAST, ETC. A FRAGMENT. THE winter it is past, and the summer comes at last, Now every thing is glad, while I am very sad, 1 Timber, wood.-2 These. The rose upon the brier by the waters running clear, May have charms for the linnet or the bee; Their little loves are blest, and their little hearts at rest, But my true love is parted from me. DAMON AND SYLVIA. A FRAGMENT. YON wandering rill, that marks the hill, There Damon lay, with Sylvia gay: This happy little song was written for the Museum. It is an early production. TUNE-Ye're welcome, Charlie Stewart O lovely Polly Stewart, O charming Polly Stewart, THE flower it blaws, it fades, it fa's, Will gie to Polly Stewart. May he whase arms shall fauld thy charms, To him be given to ken the heaven |