The Works of Robert Burns; containing his life by John Lockhart, Esq, the poetry and correspondence of Dr. Currie's edition; biographical sketches of the poet by himself, Gilbert Burns, Professor Stewart, and others; essay on Scottish poetry, including the poetry of Burns, by Dr. Currie; Burns'...

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{Psfyiwf iHwmj- $,Jl THE W ORKS OP ROBERT BURNS, CONTAINING HIS LIFE; EY JOHN LOCKHART, ESQ. THE POETRY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF DR. CURRIE'S EDITION; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE POET, BY HIMSELF, GILBERT BURNS, PROFESSOR STEWART, AI\*D OTHERS ; ESSAY ON SCOTTISH POETRY, INCLUDING THE POETRY OF BURNS, BY DR. CURRIE; BURNS'S SONGS, FROM JOHNSON'S "MUSICAL MUSEUM," AND "THOMPSON'S SELECT MELODIES ; SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS OF THE OTHER POETS, PROM THE BEST COLLECTIONS, WITH BURNS'S REMARKS. FORMING, IN ONE WORK, THE TRUEST EXHIBITION OP THE MAN AND Tn_ POET, AND THB FULLEST EDITION OF HIS POETRY AND PROSE WRITINGS HITHERTO PUBLISHED. BOSTON: OTIS, BROADERS, AND COMPANY.

Preface

TO THE FIRST EDITION. The following trifles are not the production of the poet, who, with all the advantages of learned art, and, perhaps, amid the elegancies and idle ness of upper life, looks down for a rural theme, with an eye to Theocritus or Virgil. To the author of this, these and other celebrated names their countrymen are, at least in their original language, a fountain shut tip, and a book sealed. Unacquainted with the necessary requisites for commencing poet by rule, he sings the sentiments and manners he felt and saw in him self and rustic compeers around him, in his and their native language. — Though a rhymer from his earliest years, at least from the earliest impulse of the softer passions, it was not till very lately that the applause, perhaps the partiality, of friendship, wakened his vanity so for as to make him think any thing of his worth showing ; and none of the following works were com posed with a view to the press.

To amuse himself with the little creations of his own fancy, amid the toil and fatigues of a laborious life ; to transcribe the various feelings, the loves, the griefs, the hopes, the fears, in his own breast ; to find some kind of counterpoise to the struggles of a world, al ways an alien scene, a task uncouth to the poetical mind— these were his motives for courting the Muses, and in these he found poetry to be its own reward. Now that he appears in the public character of an author, he does it with fear and trembling. So dear is fame to the rhyming tribe, that even he, an obscure, nameless bard, shrinks aghast at the thought ot being branded as An impertinent blockhead, obtruding his nonsense on the world ; and, because he can make a shift to jingle a few doggerel Scotch rhymes together, looking upon himself as a poet of no small consequence, forsooth !

It is an observation of that celebrated poet, Shenstone, whose divine ele gies do honour to our language, our nation, and our species, that " Humility has depressed many a genius to a hermit, but never raised one to tame If any critic catches at the word genius, the author tells him once for all, that he certainly looks upon himself as possessed of some poetic abilities, otherwise his publishing in the manner he has done, would be a manœuvre below the worst character, which, he hopes, his worst enemy will ever give him. But to the genius of a llamsay, er the glorious dawnings of the poor, unfortunate Fergusson, he, with equal unaffected sincerity, declares, that, even in his highest pulse of vanity, he has not the most distant pretensions. These two justly admired Scotch poets he has often had in his ;ye in the following pieces ; but rather with a view to kindle at then* flame, ihan for servile imitation.

PREFACE.

TO THE FIRST EDITION. To his subscribers, the author returns his most sincere thanks : Not the mercenary bow over a counter, but the heartthrobbing gratitude of the bard, conscious how much he owes to benevolence and friendship for gratifying him, if he deserves it, in that dearest wish of every poetic bosom to be distinguished. He begs his readers, particularly the learned and the polite, who may honour him with a perusal, that they will make every al lowance for education and circumstances of life ; but if, after a fair, can did, and impartial criticism, he shall stand convicted of dullness and non sense, let him he done by as he would in that case do by others — let him be condemned, without mercy, to contempt and oblivion. TO THE PRESENT EDITION. In the Dedication of the Life of Burns by Dr. Currie to his friend Cap tain Graham Moore, the learned Doctor thus expresses himself as to his Editorial office : — " The task was beset with considerable difficulties, and " men of established reputation naturally declined an undertaking, to the " performance of which it was scarcely to be hoped that general approba " tion could be obtained by any exertion of judgment or temper.

To such " an office my place of residence, my accustomed studies, and roy occu " pations, were certainly little suited. But the partiality of Mr. Syme " thought me, in other respects, not unqualified ; and his solicitations, " joined to those of our excellent friend and relation, Mrs. Dunlop, and of " other friends of the family of the poet, I have not been able to resist." These sentences contain singular avowals. They are somehow apt to suggest, what we have all heard before, that some are born to honour, while others have honours thrust upon them. The Doctor's squeamishness in favour of persons of established reputation, who might be chary of a ticklish and impracticable, if not an odious task, is in ludicrous contrast with the facts as they have since fallen out. Have we not seen the master-spirits of the age, Scott, Byron, Campbell, honouring in Burns a kindred, if not a superior genius, and, like passionate devotees, doing him homage ?

They have all voluntarily written of him ; and their recorded opinions evince no feelings of shyness, but the reverse : they not only honour, but write as if honoured by their theme. But let us leave the subject, by merely pointing attention to the Doctor's mode of treating it, as a decisive test of the evil days and evil tongues amidst which the poet had fallen, and of the exis tence of that deplorable party-spirit, during which the facts involving his character as a man, and his reputation as a poet, could neither be cor rectly stated, nor fairly estimated. It is true, Dr. Currie's Life contained invaluable materials. The poet's auto-biographical letter to Dr. Moore, — indeed the whole of his letters, — the letters of his brother Gilbert, — of Professor Dugald Stewart. — of Mr. Murdoeli and of Mr. Syme, and the other contributors, are invaluable ma terials.

They form truly the very backbone of the poet's life, as edited by V » ) Dr. Currie. They must ever be regarded as precious relics ; and however largely they may be used as a part of a biographical work, they ought also to be presented in the separate form, entire ; for, taken in connection with the general correspondence, they will be found to be curiously illustrative of the then state of society in Scotland, and moreover to contain manifold and undoubted proofs of the diffusion and actual existence, amongst Scots men of all degrees, of that literary talent, which had only been inferred, hypothetically, from the nature of her elementary institutions. We have no wish to detract from the high reputation of Dr. Currie. It will however be remarked, that the biographical part of his labours, as stated by himself, involve little beyond the office of redacteur.- — He was not upon the spot, but living in England, and he was engaged with professional avocations.

If truth lies at the bottom of the well, he had neither the time nor the means to fish it up. Accordingly, it is not pretended that he proceeded upon his own views, formed, on any single occasion, after a painful or pains-taking scrutiny ; or that, in giving a picture of the man and the poet, he did more than present to the public what had come to him entirely at second-hand, and upon the authority of others ; however tainted or perverted the matter might have been, from the then general ly diseased state of the public mind. The Life of the poet, compiled under such circumstances, was necessarily defective, — nay it did him positive in justice in various respects, particularly as to his personal habits and moral character. These were represented with exaggerated and hideous features, unwarranted by truth, and having their chief origin in the malignant viru lence of party strife.

The want of a Life of Burns, more correctly drawn, w-as long felt. This is evident from the nature of the notices bestowed, in the periodicals of the time, upon the successive works of Walker and Irving, who each of them attempted the task of his biographer ; and upon the publications of Cromek, who in his " Reliques," and " Select Scottish Songs," brought to light much interesting and original matter. But these attempts only whet ted and kept alive the general feeling, which was not gratified in its full extent until nearly thirty years after the publication of Dr. Currie'- work. It was not until 18-27 that a historian, worthy of the poet, appeared in the person of Mr. John Lockhart, the son-in-law of Sir Walter Scott, and (rather a discordant title), Editor of the London Quarterly Review.

He in that year published a Life of Burns, both in the separate form, and as a part of that excellent repertory known by the title of Constable's Miscelluny. It is only necessary to read Mr. Lockhart's Life of Burns, to be satisfied of his qualifications for the task, and that he has succeeded in putting them, after an upright and conscientious manner, to the proper use. It certainly appears odd, that a high Tory functionary should stand out the champion of the Bard who sung, " A man's a man for a1 that ;'* and who, because of his democratic tendencies, not only missed of public patronage, but moreover had long to sustain every humiliation and indirect persecution the local satellites of intolerance could fling upon him. But the lapse of time, and the spread of intelligence, have done much to remove prejudices and soften asperities; to say nothing of that independence of mind which always adheres to true genius, and which the circumstances in the poet's history naturally roused and excited in a kindred si_irit.

Mr ) Lockhart, it will farther be observed, besides having compiled his work u-n der circumstances of a general nature much more favourable to accurate delineation, likewise set about the task in a more philosophical manner than the preceding biographers. He judged for himself; he took neither facts nor opinions at second-hand ; but inquired, studied, compared, and where doubtful, extricated the facts in the most judicious and careful man ner. It may be said, that that portion of the poet's mantle which invested his sturdiness of temper, has fallen upon the biographer, who, as the poet did, always thinks and speaks for himself. These being our sentiments of Mr. Lockhart's Life of Burns, we have preferred it, as by far the most suitable biographical accompaniment of the present edition of his works.

It has been our study to insert, in this edition, every thing hitherto published, and fit to be published, of which Burns was the author. The reader will find here all that is contained in Dr. Currie's edition of 1800, with the pieces brought to light by all the respectable authors who have since written or published of Burns. — The following general heads will show the nature and extent of the present work. 1. The Life by Lockhart. 2. The Poems, as published in the Kilmarnock and first Edinburgh edition, with the poet's own prefaces to these editions, and also as published in Dr. Currie's edition of 1800; having superadded the pieces since brought forward by Walker, Irving, Morison, Paul, and Cromek. 3. Essay (by Dr. Currie), on Scottish Poetry, including the Poetry of Burns. 4. Select Scottish Songs not Burns's, upwards of 200 in number, and many of them having his Annotations, Historical and Critical, prefixed. 5.

Burns's Songs, collected from Johnson's Musical Museum, the larger work of Thomson, and from the publications of Cromek, Cunningham, and Chalmers, nearly 200 in number. 6. The Correspondence, including all the Letters published by Dr. Currie, besides a number subsequently recovered, published by Cromek and others. The whole forming the best picture of the man and the poet, and the only complete edition of his writings, in one work, hitherto ottered to the public. Besides a portrait of the poet, executed by an able artist, long familiar with the original picture by Nasmyth, there is also here presented, (an entire novelty), a sac-simile of the poet's handwriting. It was at one time mat ter of surprise that the Ploughman should have been a man of genius and a poet. If any such curious persons still exist, they will of course be like wise surprised to find that he was so good a penman.

New York, Sept. 11, 1S32. CONTENTS OF BURNS'S WORKS. OF THE LIFE.

Page Chap. I. — The Poets Birth, 1759 — Circumstances and peculiar Character of his Father and Mother — Hardships of his early years — Sources, such as they were, of his Mental Improvement — Commenceth Love and Poetry at 16, i — viii Chap. II — From 17 to 24 — Robert and Gilbert Burns work to their Father, as Labourers, at stated Wages — At rural work the Poet feared no competitor — This period not marked by much Mental Improvement — At Dancing-School— Progress in Love and Poetry — At School at Kirkoswald's — Bad Company — At Irvine — Flaxdressing — Becomes there Member of a Batchelor's Club, ix — xix Chap. Ill The Brothers, Robert and Gilbert, become tenants of Mossgiel — Their incessant labour and moderate habits — The farm cold and unfertile — Not Prosperous — The Muse anti-calvinistical — The Poet thence involved deeply in local polemics, and charged with heresy — Curious account of these disputes — Early poems prompted by them — Origin of, and remarks upon the Poet's principal pieces — Love leads him far astray — A crisis — The Jail or the West Indies — The alternative, xx — xxxiv Chap. IV The Poet gives up Mossgiel to his Brother Gilbert — Intends for Jamaica — Subscription Edition of his Poems suggested to supply means of outfit- One of 600 copies printed at Kilmamock, 1780 — It brings him extended reputation, and £20 — Also many very kind friends, but no patron — In these circumstances, Guaging first hinted to him by his early friends, Hamilton and Aiken — Sayings and doings in the first year of his fame — Jamaica again in view — Plan desisted from because of encouragement by Dr.

Blacklock to publish at Edinburgh, wherein the Poet sojourns, xxxv— lxii' Chap. V The Poet winters in Edinburgh, 1786-7 — By his advent, the condition of that city — Literary, Legal, Philosophical, Patrician, and Pedantic — is lighted up, as by a meteor — He is in the full tide of his fame there, and for a while caressed by the fashionable — What happens to him generally in that new world, and his behaviour under the varying and very trying circumstances — The tavern life then greatly followed — The Poet tempted beyond all former experience by bacchanals of every degree — His conversational talent universally admitted, ps rot the least of his talents — The Ladies like to be carried oft* their feet by it, while the philosophers hardly keep theirs — Edition of 1500 copies by Creech, which yields much money to the Poet — Kesolves to visit the classic scenes of his own country — Assailed with thick-coming visions of a reflux to bear him back to the region of poverty and seclusion, . — lxiv — lxxi Chap. VI Makes three several pilgrimages in Caledonia — Lands from the first of these, after an absence of six months, amongst his friends in the 44 Auld Clay Biggin" Finds honour in his own country — Falls in with many kind friends during those pilgrimages, and is familiar with the great, but never secures one effective patron — Anecdotes and Sketches — Lingers in Edinburgh amidst the fleshpots, winter 1/87-8 — Upset in a hackney coach, which produces a bruised limb, and mournful musings for six weeks — Is enrolled in the Excise — Another crisis, in which the Poet finds it necessary to implore even his friend Mrs. Dunlop not to desert him — Growls over his publisher, but after settling with him leaves Edinburgh with £500 — Steps towards a more regular life, lxii — lxxv Chap. VII Marries — Announcements, (apologetical.) of the event — Remarks — Becomes (1/88) Farmer at Elliesland, on the Nith, in a romantic vicinity, six VI CONTENTS.

Page miles from Dumfries—The Muse wakeful as ever, while the Poet maintains a varied and extensive literary correspondence with all and sundry — Remarks upon the correspondence — Sketch of his person and habits at this period by a brother poet, who shews cause against success in farming — The untoward conjunction of Gauger to Farmer— The notice of the squirearchy, and the calls of admiring visitors, lead too uniformly to the ultra convivial life — Leaves Elliesland (1791) to be exciseman in the town of Dumfries, — ~~ ~ lxxxii — xc Chap. VIII — Is more beset in town than country — His early biographers, (Dr. Currie not excepted), have coloured too darkly under that head — It is not correct to speak of the Poet as having sunk into a toper, or a solitary drinker, or of his revels as other than occasional, or of their having interfered with the punctual discharge of his official duties — He is shown to have been the affectionate and beloved husband, although passing follies imputed ; and the constant and most assiduous instructor of his children — Impulses of the French Revolution — Symptoms of fraternizing — The attention of his official superiors is called to them — Practicallyno blow is inflicted, only the bad name — Interesting details of this period— Gives his whole soul to song making— -Preference in that for his native dialect, with the other attendant facts, as to that portion of his immortal lays, xci— cix Chav.

IX The Poet's mortal period approaches — His peculiar temperament — Symptoms of premature old age — These not diminished by narrow circumstances Chagrin from neglect, and deatli of a Daughter — The Poet misses public patronage : and even the fair fruits of his own genius— the appropriation of which is debated for the casuists who yielded to him merely the shell— His magnanimity when death is at hand ; his interviews, conversations, and addresses as a dying man— -Dies, 21st July 179r) — Public funeral, at which many attend, and amongst the rest the future Premier of England, who had steadily refused to acknowledge the Poet, living— His family munificently provided for by the public —Analysis of character— -His integrity, religious state, and genius— Strictures upon him and his writings by Scott, Campbell, Byron, and others, ex— cxxxiv Verses on the death of Burns, by Mr. Roscoe of Liverpool, „ cxxxv Character of Burns and his 'Writings, by Mrs. Riddell of Glenriddell, cxxxvii Preface to the First Edition of Burns's Poems, printed in Kilmamock, -«-. -_™ clxiii Dedication to the Caledonian Hunt, prefixed to the Edinburgh Edition, .._... cl_» vu CONTENTS OF THE POEMS.

Pace. Page \ Bard s Ejiitapi, . 55 Lament for James Earl of Gleneaini . 55 \ddress to a Huggis, 40 for a Scotch Bard gone to the West Indies, 40 tn a Lady, _.-. . 7.3 Lines left at a Friend's House, . — . — — 37 to a Mouse, , 99 left at Friar's Car,e Hermitage, 43 to Colonel de Pcyster, _ 74 left at Taymouth Inn, '8 to Edinburgh, . .-.__,„. ..— 45 on a Posthumous Child, . — a9 to General Demouner, 83 on a Wounded Hare, ~ — .i4 to J. Syme, _. 17 on Bruar Water, 57 to Mr. Mitchell, 74 on (Ja]it.iin Grose 6 to Mr. William Tytler, - 6 i on Miss Cruikshanks — -ro to Robert Graham, Esq. „__——_. 51 on Religion .„.,-— ■ — 78 to the Deil, 14 on Sensibility, to Mrs. Dunlop. — - 76 to the Owl, 82 on Scaring some Water-fowl in Loch Turit, 58 to the Shade of Thomson, — 55 on the Death of J. Macleod, . ~. — — 57 to the Scotch Representatives, 4 on the Fall of Fyers, _. 59 to the Toothache 75 on the Highland., _- - ib to the Unco Guid, . ___—_ 22 on William Smellie ,1 A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton, 41 to a Mountain Daisy,—— . s>8 A Dream (a Birth-day Ode to the King). — 18 to an Offen led Friend, ,4 A Grace before Dinner 75 to an Old Sweetheart with his Poems 62 Answer to a Tax Surveyor, 72 to a Young Lady with Books, |3 A Prayer in Piospect of Death, 56, 78 to Miss L. with Bcattie's Poems, c9 in Anguish, 58, 78 to Robert Graham, E,q . 75 A Sketch, ! 82 to Ruin _ . .

J9 A Winter Night, 29 to Sir John Whitcfoord, — .,__ , 5_ A Vision, 69 Man was Made to Mourn, a Dirge, ~ — . 35 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 9 Monody on a Capricious Female and Epitaph, — 7-' Despondency, an Ode, 52 a Hymn. 78 New-Y ear s Day, a Sketch, , — ,1 Ele"V on Captain Matthew Henderson, 49 Ode on a Miserly Character — ___- — . 49 on William Creech, 76 on my Early Days, 61 on Peg Nicolson, 77 on Pastoral Poetry _ _ -~~ ,0 Tam Samson, - _—— 25 on the Death ot Sir James Hunter Blair, — 61 on the Year 1788, 68 to Liberty, __ — . 77 Epistle to a Voung Friend, 39 Poor Malllie. Elegy, 16 to Captain Riddel 81 . to Davie, a Brother Poet (11, 50 Scotch Drink . — .____-_----. . — • to Davie, a Brother Poet (2) 59 Sonnet on the Death ot Mr. Riddel, — _ ,_1 to Gavin Hamilton, — 79 Stands on Death . _. _ eri to J. Lapraik, a Scots Poet, 45, 45, 79 StraUiallans Lament, . — 69 to J. Ratikin with Poems, — 47 _, , _, __ to Mr. Macadam, SI Tam o' Shantcr, . __~ . 52 to Terraughty - 81 Tam Samson's Elegy and Epitaph, -'j to the Reverend Mr. M'Matli 79 The Auld Farmer's New. \ ear's Salutation lo his (o W. S. Ochiltrec. 46 Mare Maggie, -8 Epitaph on a Friend 75 Brigs d Ayr, 0 on a Noisy Polemic, 5j t-aii, ~~ ■ — ~~- '_ on a Ruling Elder 55 Cutler's Saturday Nigh , __. __ _ 33 on Gavin Hamilton. — . 55 Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie, _ 16 on R. \itken 55 First Psalm, Jl on the Poet's Father, 55 First Six Verses of 90th Psalm, x>8 on Wee Johnny, 55 Henpecked Husband,— 68 Extempore Effusions in I he Court of Session, — 82 Jolly Beggars, tion Falsehood, 83 Kirks Alarm, —_ ~ b-. to a Friend, to Lament on a Friends Love Disappointment, _l to Mr. Sym'e, 74 Newspaper 70 Refusal to Dine, 74 Ordination, 13 when at Carlisle, 85 Twa Dogs, ■-. — 1 Twa Herds 67 Halloween 24 WM**!

Jg Holy Fair,—— e .'SI0.'TX ~ S? ' \uwe_, a lale, — — 61 Impromptu, a Lady's Birth-day, 73 Inscription, Altar of Independence 72 W inter, a Dirge » Lament of Queen Mary, __ 50 Essay on Scottish Poetry (Dr. Currie) 84-97 CONTENTS OF THE SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS. page. Page. Andrew and his Cutty Gun,— 148 Jockev said to Jenny, , , ~ 186 Annie Lawrie, ™™, „ 173 John Hay's Donnie Lassie, , 115 As I went out in a May Morning, ™™™™™__„ 187 John o* Badenyon, ™™ 144 Auld Rub Morris, . 171.

Johnny Cope,-* — ~ - 145 Robin Gray,™- -™™ 137 Johnny F&a, ~™-™™™™™-™~ ™™™ 156 Aye waukin' O, — — ™ „, *«„ 156 Johnny's Gray Breeks, „„ -~~- 106 A waiiknf'e Minnv, „„ 1 lo Jumpin John, r,,,r nfr. r,rrrr,-,.r . 159 Awa Whigs Awa, ,-™ , -,„„ 184 Kale of Aberdeen, >™™-.,, 107 Reds of Sweet Roses,-™-*- .™™_ 120 Kathnne Ogie, „_ „ 163 Be-^s the Gaukie ™™™™ — -_,, ., L(l] Keep the Country Bonnie Lassie, 159 Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, . r. .. . , ,,JJJ., 17s Kelvin Grove, „„,.„ ,.„.,,.„..„ .... . 156 Ride ye Vet (2 sets), ,™1™_, ™™™™™™„ 132 Kenmure's on and awa Willie, 185 Blink o'er the Burn Sweet Bettv, „, 114 Killycrankie (the Battle), 147 Blue Bonnets over the Burdtr,™.™.-. . 156 Killverankie O (the Braes), 160 Bonnie Barbara Allan, ™ — . ,„, -™™™ )7s Kind Robin loes me, *~ 175 Dundee, .„_ . . 151 Mary Hay, , ™™~™™, 157 Lady Mary Ann, ™ «■ 146 Lass gin ye Loe me tell me now, , — . 165 Came ye o'er frae France, ™ — ™,™™™_™™_ 182 La.ssie lie near me, — 164 Carle .in' the King come. — , „, . . 157 Lewis Gordon, 119 Cauld Kail in Aberdeen, ,, r, 129 Little wat ve wha's comin', 160 Ca' the Kwes to the Knowes, ™--™™™ .„,_„ 146 Lochaber lio more, 186 Charlie is my Darling, ™ ,,„_ „ w ]_,_> Lochnagar, .,.,-,,- r, .,,-,.. .,..., ..,-,...,., „„<■,,.„ 184 Clout the Cau'dron, , _ 1115 Logan Braes, (double set), . lot) Cock pen, -™ ™ — . . — „ 145 Logieo' Buchan, , „ 155 Come under my Plaidie, .,„ . 1..S Lord Ronald, my Son, , ™ 149 Comin' thro' the Rye, „ „„ 1.56 Low down in the Broom, ™-™™™™™™™™™ 164 Corn Rigs arc Bonnie, — , . , 12n Crail Town (Irani Coram Dago), ™__, 155 Macpherson's Rant, ■ _ 125 Crom lei's Lilt, ™*™™™_ .™„™, 117 Maggie Lauder, -^. 121 Dinna think Bonnie Lassie, ™,,„„, „„ . 157 Mary Scot, the Flower 1/ V arrow, Z7IZZ1 124 Donald Coupar, ™™--™™, „, — -,_„,„__ 160 Mfirry hae I been Teething a Heckle. ™™ 164 Down the Burn Davie,™. — «, ™*_™™. ] 14 Mill, Mill, O, 128 Dumbarton's Drums,™™™ , — .„ „ 127 My Auld Man. _.,..__.,_._ .,_,.,■___■_.._ 165 Dusty Miller, .-_ — ™™™„ . 158 My Dearie, if thou Die, _„, 118 Ettriek Banks, „ -™ — „_ — _ _ 178 My Love she's but a Lassie yet, -IZZZZZZZHZ. 165 My Love's in Germanie, ™™, ™™™, 174 Fair Annie of Lochroyan, , _ „ 102 My Mither's aye Glowrin o'er me,. ™ 1_.

Fairly .Shot of Her, _ _„ . 153 My Native Caledonia, ™ 167 False Love and hae ye Played Me This, , 154 Mv only Joe and Dearie O, ™ ..... „„ 155 Farewell to Ayrshire, , ™ _ 172 My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing, , 166 Fare ye weel my Auld V\ ife, ™, , 154 My Wife has taen the Gee, ™™, r. 166 For Lack o' Gold She's left me, .......... JXJJJJJ. _^ 127 For the Sakeo* Somebody, ,™™™™™, _„ 165 Neil Gow's Farewell to Whisky O, ™ 170 Fye gar rub her o'er wi' Straw,™™ ™™™™„ U)5 O an' ye were Dead Gudeman, 16™ Gala Water ™ „__.

M 127 O can ye labour Lea Voung Ma",- .-.-.■ .-.- --.■ 139 Gel up and Bar the Door O, ~~ 151 Och hev Johnny Lad,, ~™™ 161 Go to Berwick Johnie, ™- 162 O dear Minoy what shall I do, ™™™™--™ . isio Gude Vill Comes and Gude Vill Goes,,- 125 O merry may the Maid be, ,■■„„„„„.„■.-_.....,....._._. 183 O on ochrio (the Widow of Glenco), ™™™™™_ 119 Hame never cam He, -,.,. ™-™™„ 185 Old King Caul, ._„ .. . . _ ics Maud awa frae me Donald, ™„™ 176 Our Guidman cam' Hame at E'en, ,„„.,. 161 Hap and row the Feetie O't, ■ ■ ■ ■ _.___. 159 O'er the Muir amang the Heather, „-,_-,, ] .11 Here's a Health to them that's awa,— , 155 O'er Bogie wi' my Love ___„_.___..,_._. 163 Hey ea' through 155 O Waly, Waly up yon Bank,™ ™™™ 128 Highland Laddie, ™-«_,„ ™---™™»__w. 108 Hooly and Fairlie, -,™™_ __„ 154 Polwarth on the Green,™ , __ 185 Hughie Graham, , . ™-, — -™™™™_ 1 19 Poverty parts Gude rv_r.-_p_.ny. 16s I had a Horse and I had nae mair, — — . 137 Ro-Iin Castle,™ ™, 103 I'm o'er Voung to Marry Yet, ™™™ „ 125 Roy's U ifL-, .. ._,,,, , ,-n I'll never leave Ve, ™,™™™™ . 162 r~~~ ' I loo'd nae a Laddie but ane, , 155 Sae Merry as We hae been „ _, ,r. jig Jenny Dang the Weaver, ™^™ 186 Sandy o'er the Lea, ™™_J „ 165 If ye'll be my Dawtie and sit on my Plaid, 162 Saw ye Johnny Comin' „^f „_.„, " J03 in the Garb us Old Gau!,«™ — w ,,..,.. 140 Saw ye my Father, - . '„ (-.-_■_____.■ CONTENTS. ix Page.

I Page. _aw ye nae mv Peggv, __________________ 1"4 ' The Life and Age et Man, ______ -■■■ ■ 100 She rose and let me in, . ._-_ 1 15 The Maid that tends the Goats, 115 Fteer her up and haud her gaun, 170 The Mailman, 177 Strephon and Lydia, 122 The merrv Men O, 184 Symou Brodie, _ 170 : The Miller o' Dee, 175 The Minstrel (Donoehtliead), __ 131 Tak' your Auld Cloan about you, ~ 155 ' The muekin' o' Geordie's Hvrc, 125 Tam o' the Balloch, 176 | The Old Jim's Song '. 135 Tarry Won, 113 I The Poet., what Fools thereto Deave us, 174 The Auld Man's Mare's dca/1, - 169 The Poesie, , 1 1 1 The Auld Wife avont the Fire, 177 The Rock and the wee pickle Tow, 152 The Battle o' Sherra-muir, 129 The Snutors ft* Selkirk, . 152 The Banks o' the Tweed, _ 131 The Tailor fell thro' the Bed, 184 The Beds o' Sweet Roses, '20 The Turnimspike , , — ™ 17 The Birks ot Invermav, 179 The weary Pund n' Tow, . 159 The Blythesome Bridal, , 139 The wee, wee German Lairdie, 187 The Blathrieo't, .„ 109 The Wee Thin", _ ____ 18 J The Bnatie rows, _ 110 The Wee Wifikie _- 171 TheBobof Dumblano, , 185 > lie While Cockade, 181 The bonnie brucket Lassie, 116 The Widow, , 181 The bonnie Lass o' Branksooie, . 166 The Yellow-hair's!