Category: Poetry

The Book of Ballads Eleventh Edition, 1870

Martin, Theodore, Sir, 1816-1909; Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865; Crowquill, Alfred, 1804-1872 [Illustrator]; Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883 [Illustrator]; Leech, John, 1817-1864 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 16,696 words

"My heart is sick, my heid is sair: "Gie me a glass o' the gude brandie: To set my foot on the braid green sward, I'd gie the half o' my yearly fee.

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2. PART II.

"I canna {124}do't, my liege," he said, "Hae mercy on my auld grey hair! But gin that I had got the words, I think that I might mak the air."

1. PART I.

"My heart is sick, my heid is sair: "Gie me a glass o' the gude brandie: To set my foot on the braid green sward, I'd gie the half o' my yearly fee.