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32 I care na thy daddie,

His lands and his money,

I care na thy kin

Sae high and sae lordly;

But say thou wilt ha'e me

For bettor for waur—

And come in thy coatie,

Sweet Tibbie Dunbar!

[ by to the same tune as that of the above, namely, Johnnie M'Gill, and published in the sixth volume of Johnson's Museum.]

[ first four lines of this song are old. The rest were added by, and published in Johnson's Museum, vol. v. The tune, called The Lovely Lass of Inverness, is the composition of Oswald. Drummossie-moor was the field where the battle of Culloden was fought.]

lovely lass o' Inverness,

Nae joy nor pleasure can she see,

For e'en and morn she cries, Alas!

And aye the saut tears blind her ee:

Drummossie muir, Drummossie day,

A waefu' day it was to me;

For there I lost my father dear,

My father dear and brethren three.

Their winding-sheets, the bluidy clay;

Their graves are growing green to see;

And by them lies the dearest lad

That ever bless'd a woman's ee!