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206 THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.<br />
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HAPPY'S THE LOVE THAT MEETS KETURN.<br />
AIR, " MART SCOTT."<br />
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Ah no ! her form's <strong>to</strong>o heavenly fair,<br />
Her love <strong>the</strong> gods above must share ;<br />
While mortals with despair explore her,<br />
And at a distance due adore her.<br />
lovely maid ! my doubts beguile,<br />
Revive and bless me with a smile :<br />
Alas ! if not, you'll soon debar a<br />
Sighing swain <strong>the</strong> banks <strong>of</strong> Yarrow.<br />
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mar - row, Ma - ry Scott, <strong>the</strong> flow'r o' Yar - row !<br />
Be hush, ye fears, I'll not despair,<br />
My Mary's tender as she's fair ;<br />
Then I'll go tell her all mine anguish,<br />
She is <strong>to</strong>o good <strong>to</strong> let me languish<br />
With success crown'd, I'll not envy<br />
The folks who dwell above <strong>the</strong> sky ;<br />
When Mary Scott's become my marrow,<br />
We'll make a paradise <strong>of</strong> Yarrow.<br />
" Happy's <strong>the</strong> love that meets return." This is an old Border air, originally <strong>of</strong> one strain only. The second<br />
strain, which is ill <strong>adapted</strong> for singing, was added at <strong>the</strong> commencement <strong>of</strong> last century, and appeared in Thomson's<br />
Orpheus Caledonius, 1725. The words are by Allan Ramsay, but do him little credit. Mr. Stenhouse says,— "I<br />
have frequently heard <strong>the</strong> old song, in my younger days, sung on <strong>the</strong> banks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tweed. It consisted <strong>of</strong> several<br />
stanzas <strong>of</strong> four lines each ; and <strong>the</strong> constant burden <strong>of</strong> which was, ' Mary Scott's <strong>the</strong> flower o' Yarrow.' This cele-<br />
brated fair one was <strong>the</strong> daughter <strong>of</strong> Philip Scott <strong>of</strong> Dryhope, in <strong>the</strong> county <strong>of</strong> Selkirk. The old <strong>to</strong>wer <strong>of</strong> Dryhope,<br />
where Mary Scott was born, was situated near <strong>the</strong> lower extremity <strong>of</strong> Mary's lake, where its ruins are still visible.<br />
She was married <strong>to</strong> Walter Scott, <strong>the</strong> laird <strong>of</strong> Harden, who was as renowned for his depredations, as his wife was for<br />
her beauty One <strong>of</strong> her descendants, Miss Mary Lilias Scott <strong>of</strong> Harden, equally celebrated for her beauty and<br />
accomplishments, is <strong>the</strong> Mary alluded <strong>to</strong> in Crawfurd's beautiful song <strong>of</strong> ' Tweedside.' Sir Walter Scott says, that<br />
<strong>the</strong> romantic appellation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ' Flower <strong>of</strong> Yarrow' was in later days, with equal justice, conferred on <strong>the</strong> Miss Mary<br />
Lilias Scott <strong>of</strong> Crawfurd's ballad. It may be so, but it must have been confined <strong>to</strong> a very small circle indeed, for<br />
though born in her neighbourhood, I never once heard <strong>of</strong> such a circumstance, nor can I see any justice whatever in<br />
transferring <strong>the</strong> appellation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ' Flower <strong>of</strong> Yarrow ' <strong>to</strong> her descendant, who was born on <strong>the</strong> banks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tweed."<br />
See Museum Illustrations, vol. i. pp. 77, 78.<br />
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