The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume 6. / The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

by Unknown

TO
CHARLES BAILLIE, ESQ.,
SHERIFF OF STIRLINGSHIRE,
CONVENER OF THE ACTING COMMITTEE FOR REARING
A NATIONAL MONUMENT
TO THE
ILLUSTRIOUS DEFENDER OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE,
THIS SIXTH VOLUME
OF
The Modern Scottish Minstrel
IS DEDICATED,
WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND ESTEEM,
BY
HIS VERY OBEDIENT FAITHFUL SERVANT,
CHARLES ROGERS.

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CONTENTS.

• [INTRODUCTION,] [xi]

• [OBSERVATIONS ON SCOTTISH SONG. BY HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL,] [xx]

• [CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D.,] [1]
  • [Love aweary of the world,] [8]
  • [The lover's second thoughts on world weariness,] [9]
  • [A candid wooing,] [11]
  • [Procrastinations,] [12]
  • [Remembrances of nature,] [13]
  • [Believe, if you can,] [15]
  • [Oh, the happy time departed,] [17]
  • [Come back! come back!] [17]
  • [Tears,] [18]
  • [Cheer, boys, cheer,] [20]
  • [Mourn for the mighty dead,] [21]
  • [A plain man's philosophy,] [22]
  • [The secrets of the hawthorn,] [24]
  • [A cry from the deep waters,] [25]
  • [The return home,] [26]
  • [The men of the North,] [28]
  • [The lover's dream of the wind,] [29]

• [ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD,] [31]
  • [Bonnie Mary Hay,] [33]
  • [Scotland, I have no home but thee,] [33]

• [GEORGE DONALD,] [35]
  • [The spring time o' life,] [36]
  • [The scarlet rose-bush,] [37]

• [HENRY GLASSFORD BELL,] [39]
  • [My life is one long thought of thee,] [40]
  • [Why is my spirit sad?] [41]
  • [Geordie Young,] [42]
  • [My fairy Ellen,] [44]
  • [A bachelor's complaint,] [45]