SCOTCH SONGS.
Parodies of the Songs of Robert Burns, and other Scotch Authors appeared in Volume III., but the following were not included.
ANNIE LAURIE.
Supposed to have been modernised from an old Scotch song by Douglas, and dedicated by him to Annie Laurie, daughter of Sir Robert Laurie. Tradition says that Douglas was rejected by the young lady, and further, that he did not “lay him doun and dee.”
Maxwelton braes are bonnie,
Where early fa’s the dew;
And it’s there that Annie Laurie
Gied me her promise true;