Volume Ii Part 29 (2/2)

[108] Ballahun is a romantic glen, near Blackwood House, on the river Nith.

THE UNCO GRAVE.[109]

TUNE--_”Crazy Jane.”_

Bonnie Clouden, as ye wander Hills, an' haughs, an' muirs amang, Ilka knowe an' green meander, Learn my sad, my dulefu' sang!

Braes o' breckan, hills o' heather, Howms whare rows the gowden wave; Blissful scenes, fareweel for ever!

I maun seek an unco grave.

Sair I pled, though fate, unfriendly, Stang'd my heart wi' waes and dules, That some faithfu' hand might kindly Lay 't among my native mools.

Cronies dear, wha late an' early Aye to soothe my sorrows strave, Think on ane wha lo'es ye dearly, Doom'd to seek an unco grave.

Torn awa' frae Scotia's mountains, Far frae a' that 's dear to dwall, Mak's my e'en twa gus.h.i.+n' fountains, Dings a dirk in my puir saul.

Braes o' breckan, hills o' heather, Howms whare rows the gowden wave, Blissful scenes, fareweel for ever!

I maun seek an unco grave.

[109] The Clouden is a stream which flows into the Nith, at Lincluden College, near Dumfries.

JULIA'S GRAVE.

TUNE--_”Logan Water.”_

Ye briery bields, where roses blaw!

Ye flowery fells, and sunny braes, Whase scroggie bosoms foster'd a'

The pleasures o' my youthfu' days!

Amang your leafy simmer claes, And blus.h.i.+ng blooms, the zephyr flies, Syne wings awa', and wanton plays Around the grave whare Julia lies.

Nae mair your bonnie birken bowers, Your streamlets fair, and woodlands gay, Can cheer the weary winged hours, As up the glen I joyless stray; For a' my hopes hae flown away, And when they reach'd their native skies, Left me amid the world o' wae, To weet the grave where Julia lies.

It is na beauty's fairest bloom, It is na maiden charms consign'd, And hurried to an early tomb, That wrings my heart and clouds my mind; But sparkling wit, and sense refined, And spotless truth, without disguise, Make me with sighs enrich the wind That fans the grave whare Julia lies.

FAREWEEL, YE STREAMS.

AIR--_”La.s.sie wi' the Yellow Coatie.”_

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