The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes 1-6. Various
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come with me, 59'Tis not the rose upon the cheek, 60I heard the evening linnet's voice, 61Oh! dear were the joys, 62
WILLIAM NICHOLSON, 63
The braes of Galloway, 65The hills of the Highlands, 66The banks of Tarf, 67O! will ye go to yon burn-side? 68
ALEXANDER RODGER, 71
Sweet Bet of Aberdeen, 73Behave yoursel' before folk, 74Lovely maiden, 76The peasant's fireside, 78Ah, no! I cannot say "Farewell," 79
JOHN WILSON, 81
Mary Gray's song, 86The three seasons of love, 88Prayer to Sleep, 90
DAVID WEBSTER, 91
Tak it, man; tak it, 92Oh, sweet were the hours, 94Pate Birnie, 95
WILLIAM PARK, 97
The patriot's song, 99
THOMAS PRINGLE, 102
Farewell to bonnie Teviotdale, 106The exile's lament, 107Love and solitude, 108Come awa', come awa', 109Dearest love, believe me, 110
WILLIAM KNOX, 112
The dear Land o' Cakes, 114The lament, 116To Mary, 116
WILLIAM THOM, 118
Jeanie's grave, 121They speak o' wiles, 122The mitherless bairn, 123The lass o' Kintore, 124My hameless ha', 125
WILLIAM GLEN, 126
Waes me for Prince Charlie! 128Mary of sweet Aberfoyle, 129The battle-song, 131The maid of Oronsey, 134Jess M'Lean, 136How eerily, how drearily, 137The battle of Vittoria, 139Blink over the burn, sweet Betty, 140Fareweel to Aberfoyle, 141
DAVID VEDDER, 143
Jeanie's welcome hame, 146I neither got promise of siller, 147There is a pang for every heart, 148The first of May, 149Song of the Scottish exile, 150The tempest is raging, 151The temple of nature, 152
JOHN M'DIARMID, 155
Nithside, 158Evening, 159
PETER BUCHAN, 162
Thou gloomy Feberwar, 164
WILLIAM FINLAY, 166
The breaking heart, 167The auld emigrant's fareweel to Scotland, 167O'er mountain and valley, 169
JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART, 171
Broadswords of Scotland, 177Captain Paton's lament, 178Canadian boat-song, 183
THOMAS MATHERS, 184
Early love, 185
JAMES BROWN, 186
My Peggy's far away, 187Love brought me a bough, 188How 's a' wi' ye, 189Oh! sair I feel the witching power, 192
DANIEL WEIR, 194
See the moon, 196Love is timid, 196Raven's stream, 197Oh! our childhood's once delightful hours, 198Could we but look beyond our sphere, 199In the morning of life, 200On the death of a promising child, 201The dying hour, 202The midnight wind, 203
ROBERT DAVIDSON, 206
Farewell to Caledonia, 207On visiting the scenes of early days, 208To wander lang in foreign lands, 210
PETER ROGER, 212
Lovely Jean, 214
JOHN MALCOLM, 215
The music of the night, 217The sea, 218
ERSKINE CONOLLY, 220
Mary Macneil, 221There 's a thrill of emotion, 222
GEORGE MENZIES, 223
The braes of Auchinblae, 224Fare thee weel, 225
JOHN SIM, 226
Nae mair we 'll meet, 227Bonnie Peggy, 227Now, Mary, now the struggle 's o'er, 229
WILLIAM MOTHERWELL, 230
Jeanie Morrison, 233Wearie's Well, 236Wae be to the orders, 238The midnight wind, 239He is gone! he is gone! 240
DAVID MACBETH MOIR, 242
Casa Wappy, 245Farewell, our fathers' land, 249Heigh ho, 250
ROBERT FRASER, 252
Oh, I lo'ed my lassie weel, 253
JAMES HISLOP, 254
The Cameronian's dream, 257How sweet the dewy bell is spread, 259
ROBERT GILFILLAN, 261
Manor braes, 262Fare thee well, 263The first rose of summer, 264The exile's song, 264The happy days o' youth, 266'Tis sair to dream, 267
METRICAL TRANSLATIONS FROM THE MODERN GAELIC MINSTRELSY.
WILLIAM ROSS, 271
The Highland May, 272The Celt and the stranger, 274Cormac's cure, 274The last lay of love, 276
LACHLAN MACVURICH, 279
The exile of Cluny, 280
JAMES M'LAGGAN, 282
Song of the royal Highland regiment, 284
GLOSSARY, 287
Volume IV.
CONTENTS.
HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL, 1
The wild glen sae green, 49Scotia's thistle, 50The land of gallant hearts, 51The yellow locks o' Charlie, 52We 'll meet yet again, 53Our ain native land, 54The Grecian war-song, 56Flora's lament, 57When the glen all is still, 58Scotland yet, 58The minstrel's grave, 60My own land and loved one, 61The bower of the wild, 62The crook and plaid, 63The minstrel's bower, 65When the star of the morning, 66Though all fair was that bosom, 67Would that I were where wild-woods wave, 68O tell me what sound, 69Our Mary, 70