Nightly dreams and thoughts by day CHORUS. On the seas and far away, When in summer's noon I faint, At the starless midnight hour, And thunders rend the howling air, Listening to the doubling roar, Surging on the rocky shore, Peace, thy olive wand extend, Man with brother man to meet, And as a brother kindly greet: Then may heaven with prosp'rous gales, Fill my sailor's welcome sails, To my arms their charge convey, SONG. Tune, 'Ca' the Yowes to the Know s.' CHORUS. Ca' the yowes to the knowes, Ca' them whare the heather growes, HARK, the mavis' evening sang My bonnie dearie. Ca' the, &c. We'll gae down by Clouden side, Yonder Clouden's silent towers, Where at moonshine midnight hours, O'er the dewy bending flowers, Fairies dance sae cheery. Ca' the, &c. Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear; Ca' the, &c. Fair and lovely as thou art, My bonnie dearie. Ca' the, &c. SHE SAYS SHE LO'ES ME BEST OF A. Tune, Onagh's Water-fall.' SAE flaxen were her ringlets, Her eyebrows of a darker hue, Twa laughing een o' bonnie blue. Wad make a wretch forget his woe; Unto these rosy lips to grow: Like harmony her motion; Her pretty ankle is a spy Wad make a saint forget the sky. Sae warming, sae charming, Her faultless form and gracefu' air; Declar'd that she could do na mair: Let others love the city, And gaudy shew at sunny noon; Gie me the lonely valley, The dewy eve, and rising moon Fair beaming and streaming, Her silver light the boughs amang; While falling, recalling, The amorous thrush concludes her sang : There, dearest Chloris, wilt thou rove By wimpling burn and leafy shaw, And hear my vows o' truth and love, And say thou lo'es me best of a'? She's down i' the grove, she's wi' a new love, She winna come hame to her Willy. What says she, my dearest, my Phely? O had I neer seen thee, my Phely! As light as the air, and fause as thou's fair, SONG. Tune, 'Cauld Kail in Aberdeen.' How long and dreary is the night, I restless lie frae e'en to morn, CHORUS. For oh, her lanely nights are lang ; When I think on the lightsome days For oh, &c. |