The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . 3E tr \ and 3^ M=£=f=f=f^§B —0 great; His mind is taen up wi* the things o* the state ; He proud hes. THE LAIRD o COCKPEN. 129 f\ S fash - ous to seek. ^^m -a\- m i frrT^7M e$ mf a Doun by the dyke-side a lady did dwell,At his table-head he thought shed look well;MCleishs ae daughter o Claverse-ha Lee,A pennyless lass wi a lang pedigree. His wig was weel poutherd, an as gude as new,His waistcoat was white, his coat it was blue;He put on a ring, a sword, an cockd hat,An wha could refuse the Laird wi a that ? He took the gray mare,
The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . 3E tr \ and 3^ M=£=f=f=f^§B —0 great; His mind is taen up wi* the things o* the state ; He proud hes. THE LAIRD o COCKPEN. 129 f\ S fash - ous to seek. ^^m -a\- m i frrT^7M e$ mf a Doun by the dyke-side a lady did dwell,At his table-head he thought shed look well;MCleishs ae daughter o Claverse-ha Lee,A pennyless lass wi a lang pedigree. His wig was weel poutherd, an as gude as new,His waistcoat was white, his coat it was blue;He put on a ring, a sword, an cockd hat,An wha could refuse the Laird wi a that ? He took the gray mare, an rade cannilie,An rappd at the yett o Claverse-ha Lee; Gae tell mistress Jean to come speedily ben,Shes wanted to speak wi the Laird o Cockpen. Mistress Jean she was makin the elder-flower wine An what brings the Laird at sic a like time ? She put aff her apron, an on her silk goun,Her mutch wi red ribbons, an gaed awa doun. An when she cam ben, he bowed fu low;An what was his errand, he soon let her was the Laird when the lady said, Na!An wi a laigh curtsie, she turnd awa. Dumfounderd was he, but nae sigh did he gie;He mounted his mare, and he
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