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And while Rob Roy is free to rove,
In summer's heat, and winter's snow,
The eagle he is lord above,
And Rob is lord below.
A famous man, &c.
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THE HIGHLAND MINSTREL BOY.
I hae wander'd mony a night in June,
Alang the banks o Clyde,
Beneath a bright and bonny moon,
Wi' Mary at my side.
A simmer was she to mine e'e,
An' to my heart joy;
As weel she loo'd to roam wi' me,
Her Highland Minstrel boy.
I ha'e wander'd, &c.
Oh, her presence could on ev'ry star
New brilliancy confer;
And I thought the flowers were sweeter far
When they were seen with her.
Her brow was calm as sleeping sea,
Her glance was full o' joy;
And, oh; her heart was true to me,
Her Highland Minstrel boy.
Oh her presence, &c.
I ha'e play'd to ladies, fair and gay
In many a southron hall;
But there was one far-far-away,
A world above them all.
And now, tho' weary years have fled,
I think wi' mournfu' joy
Upon the time when Mary wed
Her Highland Minstrel boy.
I ha'e play'd to ladies, &c.
CANADIAN BOAT SONG
Faintly as tolls the evening chime,
Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time,
Soon as the woods on shore look dim,
We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn.
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near, and the day-light's past.
