Legal and other lyrics; with explantory notes and a glossary . 109 Cftc SSanfea o tfjc Dec. Air— Days o laugsyne. I mbt an auld 111:111 on the banks o the Dee, An a merrier body I aever did see; Though Time had bedrizzled his haffits wi snow, An Fortune li;ul stown his luckpenny awa, Set never a mortal mail bappy could be Than the man thai I mel on tin- Links 0 the Dec. ance be bad plenty o1 owsen an kye, A vide wain an siller forhye; Bui cauld w 1 bi bearth ere bis youdith wb oer An be delved on the lands be bad lairded before; STel tbouj li beg ared bi ba1 an1 de eited lii- lea, C
Legal and other lyrics; with explantory notes and a glossary . 109 Cftc SSanfea o tfjc Dec. Air— Days o laugsyne. I mbt an auld 111:111 on the banks o the Dee, An a merrier body I aever did see; Though Time had bedrizzled his haffits wi snow, An Fortune li;ul stown his luckpenny awa, Set never a mortal mail bappy could be Than the man thai I mel on tin- Links 0 the Dec. ance be bad plenty o1 owsen an kye, A vide wain an siller forhye; Bui cauld w 1 bi bearth ere bis youdith wb oer An be delved on the lands be bad lairded before; STel tbouj li beg ared bi ba1 an1 de eited lii- lea, Content! be roamed on the banks 0 the l>ce. HO THE BANKS 0 THE DEE. Twas heartsome to see the auld body sae gay,As he toddled adown by the gowany brae,Sae canty, sae crouse, an sae pruif against care;Yet it wasna tbrough riches, it wasna through lear;But I fand out the cause ere I left the sweet Dee—The man was as drunk as a mortal could be!. mm An: —•/? . is over y Siewiy* Souldier.—Skene MS. Jennt ! pnii Jenny ! the flowr o the Lea— The blytheeome, the winsome, the gentle an fre<— The joy and the pride the hail! kintra side—She deed f ;i pro Wakenin, When a rait in Courl remain* for a year, withoul pro©iking pla inieallj laid to fall asleep. It may itated bj lit of waken 112 THE PROCESS OF WAKENIN. Though her skin was sae smooth, an her fingers sae sma,She won through the hoopin-congh, measles ana— She never took illFrae fever or chill—Yet she deed of a process o Wakenin. The case fell asleep when her Grandfather deed,And few folk remembered it eer had been plead. She never heard tell 0 the matter hersel,Till they sent her the summons o Wakenin. Jenny ! puir Jenny !—though courted by a,Only ane touched her heart—an he bore it had just been arrangedThat her state should be changed,When they sent her the summons o Wakenin. She had plighted her troth—they had fixed on the day—A
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