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oung Chevalier! O Charlie is my darling, &c. O dark Culloden--fatal field! Fell source o' mony a tear; There Albyn tint her sword and shield, And the young Chevalier! O Charlie is my darling, &c. Now Scotland's "flowers are wede away;" Her forest trees are sere; Her Royal Oak is gane for aye, The young Chevalier! O Charlie is my darling, My darling, my darling; O Charlie is my darling, The young Chevalier. THE BLACK-E'ED LASSIE.[23] AIR--_"My only Jo and Dearie O!"_ Wi' heart sincere I love thee, Bell, But dinna ye be saucy, O! Or a' my love I winna tell To thee, my black-e'ed lassie, O! It 's no thy cheek o' rosy hue, It 's no thy little cherrie mou'; Its a' because thy heart 's sae true, My bonnie black-e'ed lassie, O! It 's no the witch-glance o' thy e'e, Though few for that surpass ye, O! That maks ye aye sae dear to me, My bonnie black-e'ed lassie, O! It 's no the whiteness o' thy skin, It 's no love's dimple on thy chin; Its a' thy modest worth within, My bonnie black-e'ed lassie, O! Ye smile sae sweet, ye look sae kind, That a' wish to caress ye, O! But O! how I admire thy mind, My bonnie black-e'ed lassie, O! I 've seen thine e'en like crystal clear, Shine dimly through soft pity's tear; These are the charms that mak thee dear, To me, my black-e'ed lassie, O! [23] The heroine of this song subsequently became the author's wife. GRIM WINTER WAS HOWLIN'. AIR--_"Bonnie Dundee."_ Grim winter was howlin' owre muir and owre mountain, And bleak blew the wind on the wild stormy sea; The cauld frost had lock'd up each riv'let and fountain, As I took the dreich road that leads north to Dundee. Though a' round was dreary, my heart was fu' cheerie, And cantie I sung as the bird on the tree; For when the heart 's light, the feet winna soon weary, Though ane should gang further than bonnie Dundee! Arrived at the banks o' sweet Tay's flowin' river, I look'd, as it rapidly row'd to the sea; And fancy, whose fond dream still pleases me ever, Beguiled the lone passage to bonnie Dundee. There, glowrin' about, I saw in his station Ilk bodie as eydent as midsummer bee; When fair stood a mark,
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