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 SONGS.

JESSIE, THE FLOWER O' DUMBLANE.

uz sun has gane down o'er tho lofty Benlomond, Aud left the red clouds to preside o'er the seene, While lanely I stray in the calm summer gloaming, To muse on sweet Jessie the flow'r o' Dumblane. ow sweet is the brier, wi' its saft faulding blossom, And sweet is the birk, wi' its mantle o' green; let sweeter and fairer, and dear to this bosom, Is lovely young Jessie, the flower o' Dumblane.

no's modest as ony, and blythe as she's bonny, For guiltless simplicity marks her its ain; nd far be the villian, divested of feeling, Wha'd blight in its bloom the sweet flow'r o' Dum- blane, ng on thou sweet mavis, thy hymn to the e'ening, Thou'rt dear to the echoes of Calderwood glen; ho dear to this bosom, sae artless and winning, Is charming young Jessie the flow'r o' Dumblane.

bw lost were my days till I met wi' my Jessie, The sports of the city seem'd foolish and vain, o'er saw a nymph I could ca' my dear lassie, Till charmed with young Jessie, the flower o' Dam- blane. nough mine were the station o' loftiest grandeur, Amid its profusion I'd languish in pain; And reckon as naething the height o' its splendour, If wanting young Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane,