If thou hast met this fair one; But her, thou hast deserted, OLD SONGS IMPROVED BY BURNS, FROM JOHNSON'S MUSEUM. O WHARE DID YOU GET? TUNE-Bonnie Dundee. [The air of Bonnie Dundee appears in the Skene MS., of date circa 1620. The tune seems to have existed at even an earlier period, as there is a song to it amongst those which were written by the English to disparage the Scottish followers by whom James VI. was attended on his arrival in the south. The first of the following verses is from an old homely ditty, the second only being the composition of Burns.] O whare did you get that hauver meal bannock? I gat it frae a brisk young sodger laddie, O gin I saw the laddie that gae me't! Aft has he doudled me upon his knee; May Heaven protect my bonnie Scots laddie, My blessin's upon thy sweet wee lippie, My blessin's upon thy bonnie ee-bree! Thy smiles are sae like my blithe sodger laddie, Where Tay rins wimplin' by sae clear; I AM MY MAMMY'S AE BAIRN. TUNE-I'm oure young to Marry yet. I am my mammy's ae bairn, And if I gang to your house, I'm fley'd 'twill make me eerie, sir. afraid Hallowmas is come and gane, I'll aulder be gin simmer, sir. UP IN THE MORNING EARLY. TUNE-Cold blows the Wind. [Written on the basis of an old song, the chorus of which is here preserved.] CHORUS. Up in the morning's no for me, Up in the morning early; When a' the hills are covered wi' snaw, I'm sure it's winter fairly. Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west, The drift is driving sairly; Sae loud and shrill I hear the blast, I'm sure it's winter fairly. The birds sit chittering in the thorn, THERE WAS A LASS. TUNE-Duncan Davison. There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg, There was a lad that followed her, They ca'd him Duncan Davison. The moor was dreigh, and Meg was skeigh, tedious timorous For wi' the rock she wad him knock, As o'er the moor they lightly foor, A burn was clear, a glen was green, went I hae been east, I hae been west, Snaw-white stockins on his legs, [Of this piece, the two last verses alone are by Burns. For the longer song, including them, reference may be made to the Museum.] 1 Hoggie, a young sheep after it is smeared, and before it is first shorn."— Stenhouse. 2 Full of stunted bushes. |