...OF DOON. TI-KE—Caledonian Hunt's Delight. Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sac fresh and fair; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fa' o" care! Thou 'It break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn:...

...Riddell's wedding day. THE BAJSTKS OF DOON * BURNS. YE hanks and braes o' bonnic Doon, How can ye bloom sac fresh and fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fou o* care! Yell break my heart, ye little birds, That wanton through the flowery thorn ; Ye mind...

...Glengary, She's health, and she's wealth, and she's a* good to me. THE BANKS OF BOON. [ROBBBT BUBirs.] Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fou o' care ! Yc'll break my heart, ye little birds, That wanton through the flowery thorn ; Ye mind...

...wild-driving snaw Alane can delight me — now Nanie's awa. -*&& BANKS 0' DOON. YE banks and braes o* bonie Doon How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can...heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flow'ring thorn: Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed, never to return. Oft hae I rov'd my bonie...

...depicts the beauty of the scenery of his native land. (Cheers.) What words so thrilling as the song " Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care ! i in- i 1 1 break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn, Thou minds...

...fresh and fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care 1 Thou'll break ray heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn, Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed— never to return ! " (Loud cheering.) Or the fine feeling and the deep pathos of his other...

...And this shall be a posie to my ain dear May. THE BANKS OF DOON. TUNE — Caledonian Hunt't Delight. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; §o How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care 1 full Thou'lt break my heart,...

...therefore, with a turn of thought peculiar to himself, thus gives utterance to his feelings : — " Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon How can ye bloom...chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care?" One of these feathered choristers then attracts his notice, and how sweet, how tender is the strain...

...the germ of Burns' beautiful lines in The Buvki o' Doon : — " How can ye chant, ye little bird«, roff wanton» thro' the flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed, never to return !" So...

...melody:) Thi« may have been the germ of Bonn' beautiful line« In The Bantl • Doon : — " How csn us nature Hath in him clots' d ; whereby he does receive Particul brcnk my heart, thou warbling bird, 'I'll , t wantoni thro' the flowering thorn : . Thou minds me o'...