. The Scots musical museum : humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771 by James Johnson. fpps* fen _ fence un_der friendfhips kind difguife ^Lu Cj^jplf jIM f Thee, dear Maid, hae I offended. The offence is luving thee:Can thou wreck his peace for ever, Wha for thine wad gladly djeiO, while the life beats in ny bofom, Thou fhalt mix in ilka throe;Turn again, thou lovely maiden, Ae fweet fmile on ire beftow. Not the bee upon the blofsom,In the pride o finny noon; Not the little fporting fairy,All beneath the fimmer moon: Not the Poet, in the momentFancy lightens in his ee;


. The Scots musical museum : humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771 by James Johnson. fpps* fen _ fence un_der friendfhips kind difguife ^Lu Cj^jplf jIM f Thee, dear Maid, hae I offended. The offence is luving thee:Can thou wreck his peace for ever, Wha for thine wad gladly djeiO, while the life beats in ny bofom, Thou fhalt mix in ilka throe;Turn again, thou lovely maiden, Ae fweet fmile on ire beftow. Not the bee upon the blofsom,In the pride o finny noon; Not the little fporting fairy,All beneath the fimmer moon: Not the Poet, in the momentFancy lightens in his ee; Kens the pleafure, feels the rapture,That thy prefence gies to me. B Muirland On his gray yad as he did ride,With durk and piftol by his ftde,He prick d her on wimeikle pride, Wimeikle mirth and o er yon mofs, out oer yon he came to her Dads door. With a fal,dal,&c. Goodman, quoth he, be ye within,Im come your doughters lo>e to to,I carena for making meikle din; What anfwcr gi ye me?Now, wooer, quoth he, will ye come in,Ill gie ye my doughtcrs love to win, With a fal, dal, Hie. 38* Continued. Now, wooer, fin ye are lighted down,Where do ye won, or in what think my doughter winna gloom, On fie a lad as wooer he ftepd up the houfe. Your doughter wad na fay me na,But to yourfell fheas left it a,As we coud gree between us twa;Say, whatll ye gie me wi , wooer, quo he, I hae na meikle, And wow but he was wondrous croufe, But ficks I hae,yes get a pickle,With a fal,dal, fee. With a fal, dal,fee. I have three owfen in a pleugh, Twa gude gaun yades, and gear enough. The place they ca it Cadeneugh; I fcorn to tell a lie:Befi


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