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I'll gang wi' Jamie frae Dundee,
To cheer the lonesome way;
His cheeks are ruddy o'er wi' health,
He's froliesome as May.
Had awa', &c.

The lav'rock mounts to hail the morn,
The lintwhite swells his threat;
But never one so sweet, so clear,
As Jamie's tuneful note,
Had awe' &c.

Divider from 'The Linnet', a chapbook printed in Falkirk in 1819
Divider from 'The Linnet', a chapbook printed in Falkirk in 1819

The Lass o' Arranteinie.

Forlorn amang the Highland hills,
'midst Natures wildest grandeur,
By rocky dens an' woody glens,
with weary steps I wander;
The langsome way, the darksome day;
the mountain mist so rainy
Are nought to me, when eaun to thee,
sweet Lass O' Arranteinie.

Yon mossy rose-bud. down the nowe,
just opening fresh and bonny
Blinks sweerty 'neath the hazle-bough,
and scarcely seen by ony:
Sae sweet amidst her native hills,
obscurely blooms my Jenny,
Mair fair an gay than rosy May,
the flower of Arranteinie.