TIBBIE DUNBAR. The person who composed the air of this song was a Girvan fiddler, a Johnny M'Gill-he named it after himself, Tune.-Johnny M'Gill. WILT thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car, Or walk by my side, O sweet Tibbie Dunbar ? I carenal thy daddie, his lands and his money, I carena thy kin, sae high and sae lordly: But say thou wilt hae me for better for waur," And come in thy coatie, sweet Tibbie Dunbar. ROBIN SHURE IN HAIRST. First published in the Poetry, Original and Selected, by Brasha and Reid, of Glasgow. CHORUS. Robin shure in hairst, I shure wi' him, Fient a heuk" had 1, Yet I stack by him. I CAED up to Dunse, Wha met me but Robin. Was na Robin bauld,a Though I was a cotter, Play'd me sich a trick And me the eller's dochter ?c q Care not for. * Went. r Worse. s Did shear, or reap, in harvest. A petty oath of negation. u Reaping-hook. y Web. z Gate. a Bold. c Elder's daughter. w Stuck. b Such. Robin promis'd me A' my winter vittle ;d Fient haet he had but three Goose feathers and a whittle. Robin shure, &c. MY LADY'S GOWN THERE'S GAIRS UPON T The original of this song will be found in Sibbald's CHORUS. My lady's gown there's gairs upon 't,e My lord a-hunting he is gane, But hounds or hawks wi' him are nane, My lady's gown, &c. My lady's white, my lady 's red, Out o'er yon muir, out o'er yon moss, My lady's gown, &c. Sae sweetly move her gentym limbs, d Victuals. e Triangular pieces of cloth sewed on the bottom of it. FEasy stays. g Short gown. h Much more. i Kindred. & Marriage portion. / Dwells. m Elegantly formed. My lady's dink," my lady 's drest, WEE WILLIE GRAY. doublet, This and the following two verses are imitations of old songs WEE Willie Gray, and his leather wallet; Peel a willow-wand to be him boots and jacket: The rose upon the brier will be him trouse and [doublet. The rose upon the brier will be him trouse and Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet; Twice a lily flower will be him sark and cravat: Feathers of a fleep wad feather up his bonnet, Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet. O GUID ALE COMES. CHORUS. O guid ale comes, and guid ale goes, I HAD sax owsen' in a preugh, O guid ale comes, &c. n Neat, trim. o Little. s Holds. p Fly. q Makes, Stool of repentanco. O LAY THY LOOF IN MINE, LASS. Written for the Museum. The chorus is partly old. O lay thy loof in mine, lass, In mine, lass, in mine, lass, A SLAVE to love's unbounded sway, There's mony a lass has broke my rest, EXTEMPORE.* April, 1782. O WHY the deuce should I repine, I gat some gear wi' meikle care, I held it weel thegither; But now it's gane and something mair, O LEAVE NOVELS. Extracted from the Poet's memorandum book, when farmer o O LEAVE novels, ye Mauchline belles, " Palm of the hand. w Much woe. An early production. Such witching books are baited hooks, O AY MY WIFE SHE DANG ME. The chorus and the two concluding lines of this song are from an old ballad of considerable length, which tradition has still preserved in Kincardineshire. CHORUS. O ay my wife she dang me, If ye gie a woman a' her will, ON peace and rest my mind was bent, But never honest man's intent, Some sairie comfort still at last, When a' thirx days are done, man, My pains o' hell on earth is past z These. |