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	278            TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
	No. 295. O, I am come to the low countrie. Tune : The Highland widow's lament. Scots Musical Museum, 1796, No. 498.
	O, I am come to the low countrie— Ochon, ochon, ochrie ! — Without a penny in my purse To buy a meal to me. It wasna sae in the Highland hills— Ochon, ochon, ochrie !— Nae woman in the country wide Sae happy was as me. For then I had a score o' kye— Ochon, ochon, ochrie !— Feeding on yon hill sae high And giving milk to me. A nd there I had threescore o' yowes—• Ochon, ochon, ochrie !— Skipping on yon bonie knowes And casting woo' to me.	I was the happiest of a'the clan— Sair, sair may I repine !— For Donald was the brawest man, And Donald he was mine. Till Charlie Stewart cam at last— Sae far to set us free ; My Donald's arm was wanted then For Scotland and for me. Their waefu' fate what need I tell ? Right to the wrang did yield ; My Donald and his country fell Upon Culloden field. Ochon ! O Donald, O ! Ochon, ochon, ochrie I— Nae woman in the warld wide Sae wretched now as me.
	No. 296. It was a' for ozir rightfu king. Tune : Mally Stuart Scots Musical Museum, 1796, No. 497.