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SONGS.

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AGAIN REJOICING NATURE SEES.

Tune—‘ Jocky’s Grey Breeks.’

Again rejoicing Nature sees
Her robe assume its vernal hues,
Her leafy locks wave in the breeze,
All freshly steep’d in morning dews

Chorus.^[1]
And maun I still on Menie^[2] doat,
And bear the scorn that’s in her
For it’s jet, jet black, and it’s like a ⟨hawk,⟩
And it winna let a body be!

In vain to me the cowslips blaw,
In vain to me the vi’lets spring;
In vain to me, in glen or shaw,
The mavis and the lintwhite sing.
And maun I still, &c.

The merry ploughboy cheers his team,
Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stauks,

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1. This chorus is part of a song composed by a gentleman of Edinburgh, a particular friend of the author’s.
2. (illegible text) the common abbreviation of Marianne.