[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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THE FAIRY LADY OF DUNURE.
" He has left the dull earth to old grandmother Care,
O so merrily round go we;
He has left the dull earth to old grandmother Care,
With the fames to dance, with the fau-ies to fare,
All under the deep green sea."
And around, and around, and around, they flew,
So rapid that nothing was seen
But a whirling rim of a dazzling hue,
And the brain of Sir Ewart spun round at the view,
And he held by the Fairy Queen.
But whifF ! and away ! and the very next breath
They are plac'd in the fairy hall.
All settled, and sober, and silent as death.
Upon sofas o'erspread with a silken heath,
Arrang'd round the ivory wall.
And one was exalted, more splendid by far.
For De Gaire and his fairy bride
And nothing on earth vrith her beauty could par.
As she sat there and shone, like a new-bom star.
On the happy Knight by her side.
And she waved her hand, and a table was spread
With rare fruits of a thousand kinds.
Which leapt to the hand as the company fed
With a wish they came forth, with a wish they fled.
As the company chang'd their minds.
And a sparkling liquor went round and round.
Till they all got mellow and gay,
When a note was heard of a startling sound.
And the bright, airy beings sprung up with a bound,
And instantly vanish'd away.
And Sir Ewart beheld till the whole were gone.
Save himself and his own sweet queen;
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