Chapter CXLVII

_Blackwood’s Magazine_ (January 1900). By permission of the author and the editor of _Blackwood’s Magazine_.

JACOBITE SONGS

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The first number is given in Hogg’s _Jacobite Relics_, Second Series (Wm. Blackwood, 1821).

As to the second,--there are many versions of this old song. Hogg has two versions, both different to that given here.

The third number is attributed to Hogg by Chambers and other critics.

The fourth is said to have been written by Lady Keith (_née_ Lady Maria Drummond), daughter of the Earl of Perth, and mother of James Francis Edward, commonly called Marshal Keith (1698-1758), who fought under Frederick the Great in the Seven Years’ War.

_birken._ Birch.
_laverock._ Lark.
_Moidart._ In Inverness.
_croo house._ Hovel.
_bike._ Family.
_lyart._ Hoary.
_eild._ Old age.
_clishmaclaver._ Idle discourse.

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The first is number 127 of vol. ii. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1788). Unsigned.

The second is number 302 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1792). Unsigned.

l. 2. _felly._ Relentless.

5. _maun._ Must.

9. _mirk._ Gloomy.

The third is number 359 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1792). Unsigned. This song has not been found in any earlier collection.

The fourth is number 497 of vol. v. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1796). Unsigned. Based on an old ballad, ‘Unkind Parents’ (_Roxburghe Ballads_, vol. vii.).

l. 15. _gae._ Gave.

28. _lee-lang._ Live-long.

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_Lays from Stratheam_ (1746). These new versions of old songs were first published anonymously.

As to the second, _gar mony ferlie_ (l. 2)=‘cause great excitement.’