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The Salamanca Corpus: The Poetical Works of Miss Susanna Blamire (1842)
Her sorrows sunk to rest. 1
1 In the notes to the “Scots Musical Museum,” vol. in. p. 228, Mr Stenhonse says: “Both the words and music
of this elegant and pathetic song were taken from a single sheet, printed in London about the year 1788, and
sold by Joseph Dale, No. 19, Cornhill, ‘sung by MASTER KNYVETT.’ From this circumstance, I am led to
conclude that it is a modern Anglo-Scottish production, especially as it does not appear in any of the old
collections of our songs. If it be an imitation of the Scottish style however, it is a very successful one.”
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SONGS
IN THE
CUMBERLAND DIALECT.
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THE TOILING DAY HIS TASK HAS DUIN.
AIR—Jockie’s Grey Breeks
THE toiling day his task has duin,
And night sits on yon mountain’s brow,
She’s luikt her last luik o’ the sun,
An’ muffl’d up the rales below.
The weary ploughman seeks his heaam,
His blythsome ingle far he sees;
An’ oft peeps out his winsome deame,
While the wee things rin aroun’ the bleeze.
At last he cums, and on his knee
The wee tots a’thegether cling,
An’ ilk ane strives to catch his ee,
Syne tugs his cwoat an bids him sing.
An’ when the halesome supper’s duin,
An’ noisy prattlers laid asleep,
A lad you spy by blink o’ muin,
Wha says he seeks a strayand sheep.