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	II. LOVE : GENERAL
	As flies the partridge from the brake On fear-inspired wings, So Nelly starting, half-awake, Away affrighted springs ; But Willie follow'd—as he should ; He overtook her in the wood ; He vow'd, he pray'd, he found the maid Forgiving all, and good.
	No. 116. When rosy May comes in wi flowers. Tune : The gardener's march. Scots Musical Museum, 1790, No. 220.



	When rosy May comes in wi' flowers, To deck her gay, green-spreading bowers, Then busy, busy are his hours— The gard'ner wi' his paidle. The crystal waters gently fa', The merry birds are lovers a', The scented breezes round him blaw— The gard'ner wi' his paidle. When purple morning starts the hare To steal upon her early fare; Then through the dew he maun repair— The gard'ner wi' his paidle. When day, expiring in the west, The curtain draws o' Nature's rest, He flies to her arms he lo'es best— The gard'ner wi' his paidle.