Illustrations of the lyric poetry and music of Scotland .. originally compiled to accompany the "Scots musical museum" [by James Johnson] and now published separately, with additional notes and illustrations . The Scots have often been sneered at by their Southernneighbours, for their credulity in matters of tradition; and itis much to be regretted, that attempts of this descriptionshould ever afford them a handle for such sarcastic ebulli-tions. 257 OER THE LEE.^fnis song, beginning I winna marry ony man, butSandie oer the lee, is an Anglo-Scottish production. In1776, Mr James
Illustrations of the lyric poetry and music of Scotland .. originally compiled to accompany the "Scots musical museum" [by James Johnson] and now published separately, with additional notes and illustrations . The Scots have often been sneered at by their Southernneighbours, for their credulity in matters of tradition; and itis much to be regretted, that attempts of this descriptionshould ever afford them a handle for such sarcastic ebulli-tions. 257 OER THE LEE.^fnis song, beginning I winna marry ony man, butSandie oer the lee, is an Anglo-Scottish production. In1776, Mr James Hook adapted the words to a new air com-posed by himself, which was published in 1777, in a collec-tion of songs, sung at Vauxhall Gardens by Mr Vernon, MrsWeichsell, Mrs Wrighten, and Mrs Warrell. The Scots, however, have a pretty old song vinder thesame title, and the words are nearly similar to those whichMr Hook had recourse to when he composed his air. Thefollowing is the Scottish melody, from one of the manuscriptbooks which belonged to the late Mr Bremner, and after hisdecease, to his successor in business, Mr Brysson : SANDIE OER THE LEE. Scottish In Gows Complete Repository, part ii. is an air en-titled Hes ay kissing me; but it is quite different fromthe above, as well as Hooks melodj. The first six bars ofthe second strain of Gows tune, are in fact borrowed, notefor note, from the air of Saw ye Johnie comin, quo Neil Gow & Sons Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, & to the members of the Caledonian Hunt, there isanother tune, entitled * Sandie oer the Lee, or Mr BairdsFavourite Reel, which is the old air with considerable alter-ations. 258 HAME. The words of this ancient bottle song, beginning, WhenI have a saxpence under my thumb, appear in RamsaysTea-Table Miscellany, and in the Orpheus Caledonius, fromwhence they were copied into the Museum. Burns was ofopinion, that this was one of the best songs of the kind thatever was compose
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