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The First News frae Auld Scotland.
15
When the reeds grew high,
And the cowslips in the grass;
And my young love and I
Saw the springtime pass.
And the cowslips in the grass;
And my young love and I
Saw the springtime pass.
Homely blossoms grow
In our graveyard near the sea,
Where my love lies low,
With a place beside for me.
Pansy blooms and pinks ;
The columbine’s quaint bell;
Rosemary for remembrance
(Pray, love, remember well !);
But ah! my happy ghost must walk,
If happy ghosts may be,
In an English lane or meadow
With wild flowers growing free.
In our graveyard near the sea,
Where my love lies low,
With a place beside for me.
Pansy blooms and pinks ;
The columbine’s quaint bell;
Rosemary for remembrance
(Pray, love, remember well !);
But ah! my happy ghost must walk,
If happy ghosts may be,
In an English lane or meadow
With wild flowers growing free.
In an English lane,
Where the primrose patches blow,
And the sweet spring rain
Hangs jewels high and low.
Where the primrose patches blow,
And the sweet spring rain
Hangs jewels high and low.
VIII.
The First News frae Auld Scotland.
Hame letters! I doubt there’ll be nane for me;
This lang time past they hae been gey few;
Nae monie are left sud muckle care
To write the feckless auld man noo.
This lang time past they hae been gey few;
Nae monie are left sud muckle care
To write the feckless auld man noo.