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Seven of the most popular songs (1850s)
The lassies of Scotland

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3278035Seven of the most popular songs — The lassies of Scotland1850s

The Lassies of Scotland.

The lassies of Scotland are bonny and free,
The maidens of Erin are fair,
The sweet girls of Britain are lovely to see,
And let them deny it who dare;
But the fairest of lassies
That all those surpasses,
Is Jeannie, the Maid of the Moor,
Is Jeannie, lovely Jeannie, the maid of the moor.

The lassies of Scotland are tender and true
The maidens of Erin are kind,
The sweet girls of Britain can monarch's subdue,
And lovely in person and mind;
Yet the fairest of lassies,
That all those surpasses,
Is Jeannie the maid of the moor,
Is Jeannie, lovely Jeannie, the maid of the moor.

The lassies of Scotland are fam'd far and near,
The maidens of Erin breathe love,
The sweet girls of Britain to Briton's are dear,
And soft as the down of the dove.
Still the fairest of lassies,
That all those surpasses,
Is Jeannie the maid of the moor,
Is Jeannie, lovely Jeanie, the maid of the moor.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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