JACOBITE SONGS
[CXLVIII]–[CLI]
The first number is given in Hogg’s Jacobite Relics, Second Series (Wm. Blackwood, 1821).
As to the second,—there are many versions of this old song. Hogg has two versions, both different to that given here.
The third number is attributed to Hogg by Chambers and other critics.
The fourth is said to have been written by Lady Keith (née Lady Maria Drummond), daughter of the Earl of Perth, and mother of James Francis Edward, commonly called Marshal Keith (1698–1758), who fought under Frederick the Great in the Seven Years’ War.
birken. Birch.
laverock. Lark.
Moidart. In Inverness.
croo house. Hovel.
bike. Family.
lyart. Hoary.
eild. Old age.
clishmaclaver. Idle discourse.
[CLII]–[CLV]
The first is number 127 of vol. ii. of Johnson’s Musical Museum (1788). Unsigned.
The second is number 302 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s Musical Museum (1792). Unsigned.
l. 2. felly. Relentless.
5. maun. Must.
9. mirk. Gloomy.
The third is number 359 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s Musical Museum (1792). Unsigned. This song has not been found in any earlier collection.
The fourth is number 497 of vol. v. of Johnson’s Musical Museum (1796). Unsigned. Based on an old ballad, ‘Unkind Parents’ (Roxburghe Ballads, vol. vii.).
l. 15. gae. Gave.
28. lee-lang. Live-long.
[CLVI]–[CLVII]
Lays from Stratheam (1746). These new versions of old songs were first published anonymously.
As to the second, gar mony ferlie (l. 2)=‘cause great excitement.’
[CLVIII]
Given in Hogg (Second Series), and reprinted in Poetical Remains of William Glen, with Memoir (1874). Written to the old tune, ‘Johnnie Faa.’
l. 12. lilt o’ dool. Song of grief.
22. maist. Almost.
38. fairly. Completely.
[CLIX]
Songs of the North, vol. i. (Cramer & Co., 1885). By permission of the author, who wrote the words to fit an old and stirring air with which he became acquainted when on a visit to the Hebrides.
[CLX]
By permission of the author and the editor of The Celtic Monthly, in which publication (May, 1894) these verses first appeared.