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136            TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 150. Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald.
Tune : The highland balou.
Scots Musical Museum, 1796, No. 472.
Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald, Picture o1 the great Clanronald! Brawlie kens our wanton chief Wha gat my young Highland thief.
Leeze me on thy bonie craigie! An thou live, thou'll steal a naigie. Travel the country thro' and thro', And bring hame a Carlisle cow.
Thro' the Lawlands, o'er the Border, Weel, my babie, may thou furder, Herry the louns o' the laigh countrie, Syne to the Highlands hame to me.
No. 151. O, saw ye my dear, my Philly
Tune : When she earn ben she bobbit Scots Musical Museum, 1792, No. 353.