[CXLVII]
Blackwood’s Magazine (January 1900). By permission of the author and the editor of Blackwood’s Magazine.
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.