Bibliography - Forest Minstrel, 1816

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Short Title Forest Minstrel, 1816 
Title Forest Minstrel, The 
Pages 244 
Publisher Carey, M. 
Location DLC, MB, MWA/AoA 
Date 1816 
Place Philadelphia 
Data Place AoA S37858 
Comments  
First Line Page Verses
An' art thou fled, my bonny boy (fl)  27-28 
Wha's this, bedight in tatter'd claes (fl)  29-30 
O softly blow, thou biting blast (fl)  31-32 
Moon was a-waining, The (fl)  33-34 
How swift flew the time, when I stray'd from my Jamie (fl)  35-36 
Sweet minstrel! melancholy's child (fl)  37-38 
'Twas when the wan leaf frae the birk tree was fa'in (fl)  39-41 
O will you gang down to the bush i' the meadow (fl)  42 
Ye briery fields, whare roses blaw (fl)  43-44 
I hae a wee wifie, an' I am her man (fl)  45-46 
Cauld is the blast on the braes of Strahonan (fl)  47-48 
Gloamin' frae the welkin high, The (fl)  49-50 
Now smiling summer's balmy breeze (fl)  51-52 
Bonnie Clouden, as ye wander (fl)  53-54 
Alake for the lassie! she's no right at a (fl)  55-56 
Auld gudeman cam hame at night, The (fl)  57-58 
Auld lucky sat anent the bleeze (fl)  59-61 
Dawning was mild, and the hamlet was wild, The (fl)  62-65 
Beware, ah! gentle maiden, beware these cruel men! (fl)  66-68 
Where Scaur rin wimpling 'mang the rocks (fl)  71-74 
How sair my heart nae man shall ken (fl)  75-76 
Ae glentin' cheerfu' simmer morn (fl)  77-78 
On Ettrick clear there grows a brier (fl)  79-80 
Where Yarrow's current, waving blue (fl)  81-83 
I wasna sae soon to my bed yestreen (fl)  84-85 
Still must my pipe lie idle by (fl)  86-88 
Amang the birks sae blythe an gay (fl)  89-91 
My lassie is lovely as May-day, adorning (fl)  92-93 
O I hae seen when fields were green (fl)  94-95 
Here, fix'd by choice, too long I staid (fl)  96-98 
O what maks you sae dowie, lassie? (fl)  99-101 
My lassie, how I'm charm'd wi' you (fl)  102-104 
Oft by the wild-wood, musing slow (fl)  105-106 
Tweed, the Tay, and bonny Clyde, The (fl)  107-108 
I've seen the lily on the wold (fl)  109-110 
My bonny Eliza is fled frae the town (fl)  111-112 
Sing on, sing on, my bonny bird (fl)  113-115 
By Fillan's wild and lonely streams (fl)  116-117 
Though I've enjoy'd my youth in health (fl)  118-119 
Now well may I the haunts defy (fl)  120-121 
Morning was fair, and the firmament sheen, The (fl)  122-124 
How foolish are mankind. to look for perfection (fl)  125-126 
On the banks o' the burn, while I pensively wander (fl)  127-128 
My dear little Jeany, what maks ye sae shy (fl)  129-130 
Here, alas! forlorn I wander (fl)  131-132 
Dear Doctor, be clever, and fling off your beaver (fl)  135-137 
I lately liv'd in quiet ease (fl)  138-140 
O Lucky, Lucky, fain wad I (fl)  141-142 
There dwalt a man on Ettrick side (fl)  143-147  11 
I was a weaver. young an' free (fl)  148-151 
Blythly hae I screw'd my pipes (fl)  152-154 
O wae the wearifu' drinkin', O! (fl)  155-156 
Little, queer bit auld body (fl)  157-158 
Cannie wi' your blinkin', Bessie (fl)  160-162 
Will ye gang wi' me lassie (fl)  163-165 
Life is a weary, weary, weary (fl)  166-167 
Now, mother, since a' our young lasses ye saw (fl)  168-170 
When I'm dowie, weet, or weary (fl)  171-172 
Wille Wastle lo'ed a lass (fl)  173-176 
See ye yon auld storm-batter'd wa's (fl)  177-180 
Auld John Borthick is gane to a weddin' (fl)  181-183 
When nature with wild-flowers bespangled the mountains (fl)  187-188 
My name is Bauldy Fraser, man (fl)  189-191 
'Mong Scotia's glens an' mountains blue (fl)  192-193 
Who will not join the lay (fl)  194-195 
Fareweel, ye streams, sae dear to me (fl)  196-198 
Hersel pe aughty cirs an' twa (fl)  199-201 
O fy let's a' be merry, boys (fl)  202-204 
Ye forest flowers so fresh and gay (fl)  205-206 
Auld fashion'd bodies whine an' tell (fl)  207-209 
Let wine gae round, an' music play (fl)  210-211 
My name is Donald Macdonald (fl)  212-215 
By a bush on yonder brae (fl)  216-218 
Culloden, on thy swarthy brow (fl)  219-221 
O say, mighty Owen, why beams thy bright eye? (fl)  222-223 
O Willy was a wanton wag (fl)  224-225 
And must I leave my native Isle (fl)  226-227 
Now wha is yon comes o'er the knowe (fl)  228-230 
Were ye at Drummossie moor (fl)  231-232 
Wide o'er Bannock's heathy wold (fl)  233-235 
May morning had shed her red streamers on high (fl)  236-238 
I'm a jolly British tar (fl)  239-242 
Caledonia! thou land of the mountain and rock (fl)  242-244 
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