The Ballad O’ May Wyllie (Alexander Anderson Poems)
Bonnie May Wyllie cam' oot o' the toun When the deein' sunlicht layOn the lang green howms o' the windin' ...
Bonnie May Wyllie cam' oot o' the toun When the deein' sunlicht layOn the lang green howms o' the windin' ...
An old dalewoman speaks:"JAPONICA! Ay, it makes a brave show,But none on 'em grow as they used to grow!It's goin' ...
As I was walkin on the strand,I spied ane auld man sitOn ane auld black rock; and aye the wavesCam ...
Yes, I've sat in the summer twilight,Wiv a nice girl, 'and in 'and,But I've thought even then of the shell ...
Auld Granny Grey Pow, Fetch the bairnies in;Bring them frae the Scaur Heid, Where they mak' sic din.Chase them frae ...
Bonnie Charlie's now awa',Safely owre the friendly main;Mony a heart will break in twa,Should he no' come back again.Will ye ...
Though siller Tweed rin o'er the lea, An' dark the Dee 'mang Highland heather, Yet siller Tweed ...
Air — "Martyrdom"—"Dundee."The pilgrim's feet here oft will treadO'er this sequestered scene,To mark whare Scotland's Maryrs lieIn lonely Rullion Green,—To ...
Air — "Widow, are ye waukin'."O stately stood the Baron's ha',His lady fair as ony;Her gracefu' mien was like a ...
How dear to my heart was that old yellow slicker,I carried 'way back in my cowpunchin' days;'Twas stiff as a ...
Air — Cauld Kail in Aberdeen."There's cauld kail in Aberdeen,There's castocks in Stra'bogie,And, morn and e'en, they're blythe and bein,That ...
The warl it's dottit wi' hamesAs thick as gowans o' the green,Aye bonnier ilk ane nor the laveTo him wha ...
He's a muckle man, Sandy, he's mair nor sax fitA size that's no' handy for wark i' the pit,But frae ...
Air — "Voice of Spring."Now the bricht sun, and the soft simmer showers,Deck a' the woods and the gardens wi' ...
Row, Kello, row frae rocky linns, An' through amang thy grassy braes,Where gowans grow an' hawthorns blaw, An' sunshine sleeps ...
The stars are steady abune;I' the water they flichter and flee;But, steady aye, luikin doonThey ken theirsels i' the sea.A' ...
The mitherless lammie ne'er miss'd its ain mammie,—We tentit it kindly by nicht and by day;The bairnies made game o't, ...
WALLFLOWERS i' my border!At t' hour when blackies singTheir sweetest sangs, what is therNor ye mair comfortin'?Menseful ye are an' ...
DEAR SMITH, the slee'st, pawkie thief, That e'er attempted stealth or rief! Ye surely hae some warlock-brief Owre human hearts; ...
WHEN o'er the hill the eastern star Tells bughtin time is near, my jo, And owsen frae the furrow'd field ...
'TWAS 1 in that place o' Scotland's isle, That bears the name o' auld King Coil, Upon a bonie day ...
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