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

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THE BEDS OF SWEET ROSES.
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he was a body, when warm'd wi' the toddy,
Whase wit to ilk bosom enchantment could gie
For funnin' and daffin', and punnin' and laughin',
Throughout the hale parish nae equal had he.
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But worn out at last wi' life's cares and its labours.
He bade an adieu to his frien's a' sae dear,
And sunk in death's sleep, sae bewail'd^by his neebors,
yet speak his praise, and his mem'ry revere.
slumbers the dust o' my auld auntie Matty,
We dug him a grave wi' the tear in our e'e
And there lay the banes o' my auld uncle ^^^atty,
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To moulder in peace by the big aiken-tree.
\ The above song is by A. M'Kay, author of " Drouthy Tarn," &c.
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ballad from his pen appeared in the First Series.
®i)£ 23ft(s of ^fajctt ^ogts.
A I was a walking one morning in May,
The little birds were singing delightful and gay
The little birds were singing delightful and gay
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When I and my true love did often sport and play, )
Down among the beds of sweet roses,