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  • Annie She's Dowie
    Annie she's dowie, and Willie he's wae:
    What can be the matter wi' siccan a twae,
    8 lines
  • O Lassie Ayont The Hill!
    O lassie ayont the hill,
    Come ower the tap o' the hill,
    54 lines
  • The Bonny, Bonny Dell
    Oh! the bonny, bonny dell, whaur the yorlin sings,
    Wi' a clip o' the sunshine atween his wings;
    60 lines
  • The Herd And The Mavis
    "What gars ye sing," said the herd-laddie,
    "What gars ye sing sae lood?"
    46 lines
  • Nannie Braw
    I like ye weel upo Sundays, Nannie,
    I' yer goon and yer ribbons and a';
    44 lines
  • The Sang O' The Auld Fowk
    Doon cam the sunbeams, and up gaed the stour,
    As we spangt ower the road at ten mile the hoor,
    20 lines
  • Ower The Hedge
    I.
    "Bonny lassie, rosy lassie,
    62 lines
  • Win' That 'Blaws
    Win' that blaws the simmer plaid
    Ower the hie hill's shoothers laid,
    40 lines
  • Gaein And Comin
    Whan Andrew frae Strathbogie gaed
    The lift was lowerin dreary,
    24 lines
  • What The Auld Fowk Are Thinkin
    The bairns i' their beds, worn oot wi' nae wark,
    Are sleepin, nor ever an eelid winkin;
    20 lines
  • A Sang 'O Zion
    Ane by ane they gang awa;
    The getherer gethers grit and sma':
    9 lines
  • The Home of Death
    "Death, whaur do ye bide, auld Death?"
    "I bide in ilka breath,"
    24 lines
  • Time And Time
    As I was walkin on the strand,
    I spied ane auld man sit
    60 lines
  • The Burnie
    The water ran doon frae the heich hope-heid,
    \Wi' a Rin, burnie, rin\;
    35 lines
  • The Waesome Carl
    There cam a man to oor toon-en',
    And a waesome carl was he,
    99 lines
  • Granny Canty
    "What maks ye sae canty, granny dear?
    Has some kin' body been for ye to speir?
    36 lines
  • The Mermaid
    Up cam the tide wi' a burst and a whush,
    And back gaed the stanes wi' a whurr;
    76 lines
  • I Ken Something
    What gars ye sing sae, birdie,
    As gien ye war lord o' the lift?
    20 lines
  • The Yerl O' Waterydeck
    The wind it blew, and the ship it flew,
    And it was "Hey for hame!"
    124 lines
  • A Lown Nicht
    Rose o' my hert,
    Open yer leaves to the lampin mune;
    20 lines
  • The Twa Gordons
    I.
    There was John Gordon an' Archibold,
    179 lines
  • Triolet
    I'm a puir man I grant,
    But I am weel neiboured;
    8 lines
  • The Last Wooin
    "O lat me in, my bonny lass!
    It's a lang road ower the hill,
    80 lines
  • A Song of Hope
    I dinna ken what's come ower me!
    There's a how whaur ance was a hert!
    30 lines
  • Halloween
    Sweep up the flure, Janet;
    Put on anither peat.
    88 lines
  • Hame
    The warl it's dottit wi' hames
    As thick as gowans o' the green,
    40 lines
  • The Laverock
    \The Man says:\
    Laverock i' the lift,
    83 lines
  • The Auld Man's Prayer
    Lord, I'm an auld man,
    An' I'm deein!
    104 lines
  • Godly Ballants
    I.--THIS SIDE AN' THAT.
    The rich man sat in his father's seat--
    133 lines
  • Time
    A lang-backit, spilgie, fuistit auld carl
    Gangs a' nicht rakin athort the warl
    32 lines
  • The Deil's Forhooit His Ain
    \The Deil's forhooit his ain, his ain!
    The Deil's forhooit his ain!
    81 lines
  • Greitna, Father
    Greitna, father, that I'm gauin,
    For fu' well ye ken the gaet;
    24 lines
  • The Auld Fisher
    There was an auld fisher, he sat by the wa',
    An' luikit oot ower the sea;
    26 lines
  • Mirls
    The stars are steady abune;
    I' the water they flichter and flee;
    28 lines
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