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Rh But hope shall sustain me, nor will I despair,

He promis'd he would in a fortnight be here;

On fond expectation my wishes I'll feast,

For love, my dear Jockey, to Jenny will haste:

Then, farewell, each care, and adieu, each vain sigh,

Who'll then be so blest or so happy as I;

I'll sing on the meadows, and alter my strain,

When Jocky returns to my arms back again.

[ fine old Scotch air that goes by this name will be found in Playford's collection of Scotch tunes published in 1693. The words are supposed to be by Tom D'Urfey. They appear in the first edition of his "Pills to Purge Melancholy".]

[, while he admired the air of "Deil tak' the wars," thought the words of Tom D'Urfey a poor imitation of Scottish song, as indeed they are, and wrote the following stanzas to the same tune, for Thomson's collection. The heroine was Miss Philadelphia Macmurdo.]

[ was another song which wrote to the tune of "Deil tak' the wars," and sent to Thomson's collection. Jean Lorimer, the "lassie wi' the lint-white locks," was the subject of the song.]

yonder pomp of costly fashion

Round the wealthy, titled bride:

But when compared with real passion,

Poor is all that princely pride.