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5 JESSIE THE FLOWER O' DUMBLANE.

Words by TANNAHILL. Music by R. A. SUTH. Key-note A.

The sun has gane down o'er the lofty Benlomond, And left the red clouds to preside o'er the scene, While lanely I stray in the calm summer gloamin. To muse on sweet Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane. How sweet is the brier, wi' its saft faulding blossom! And sweet is the birk wi' its mantle o green; Yet sweeter and fairer, and dear to this bosom, Is lovely young Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane,

She's modest as ony, and blythe as she's bonny: For guileless simplicity marks her its ain; And for be the villain, divested of feeling, Wha'd blight in its bloom the sweet flow'ro' Dumblane. Sing on, thou sweet mavis, thy hymn to the e'ening. Thon'rt dear to the echoes of Calderwood glen: Sae dear to this bosom, sae artless and winning, Is charming young Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane.

How lost were my days till I met wi' my Jessie, The sports o' the city seemed foolish and vain ; I ne'er saw a nymph I could ca' my dear lassie, Till charm'd wi' sweet Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane. Though mine were the station o' loftiest grandeur, Amidst its profusion la languish in pain, And reckon as naething the height o' its splendour, If wanting sweet Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane. LEEZIE LINDSAY.

Key-note F.

Will ye gang to the highlands, Leezie Lindsay ? Will ye gang to the highlands will me? Will ye gang to the highlands, Leezie Lindsay, My pride and my darling to be?

O ye are the firest young maiden, The flower o' the lowland countrie; Will ye gang to the highlands, Leezie Lindsay, My pride and my darling to be?

I'll gie ye my hand, Leezie Lindsay. And true heart that loves only thee : Gin ye'll gang to the highlands, Leezie Lindsay. My pride and my darling to be.

She has put on a gown of green satin, And a bonnie blythe bride is she. And she's aff wi' Lord Ronald Macdonald. His pride and his darling to be.