Volume VI, song 528, page 545, Second Sett - 'Stern winter has left us' - Scanned from the 1853 edition of the 'Scots Musical Museum', James Johnson and Robert Burns (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1853)

Verse 1 (sung by Jenny): 'Stern winter has left us, the trees are in bloom, And cowslips and vi'lets the meadows perfume; While kids are disporting, and birds fill the spray, I wait for my Jocky to hail the new May.' Verse 2 (sung by Jocky): 'Among the young lilies my Jenny I've stray'd, /Pinks, daisies and woodbines I bring to my maid; Here's thyme sweetly smelling, and lavender gay ' A posy to form for my Queen of the May.' The 'Scots Musical Museum' is the most important of the numerous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century collections of Scottish song. When the engraver James Johnson started work on the second volume of his collection in 1787, he enlisted Robert Burns as contributor and editor. Burns enthusiastically collected songs from various sources, often expanding or revising them, whilst including much of his own work. The resulting combination of innovation and antiquarianism gives the work a feel of living tradition. This is the second sett of 'Stern winter has left us' - see song number 527 and note the different melody.

Collection

Scots Musical Museum

Inventory Number

4503722

Title

Volume VI, song 528, page 545, Second Sett - 'Stern winter has left us' - Scanned from the 1853 edition of the 'Scots Musical Museum', James Johnson and Robert Burns (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1853)

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- 129 x 211 mm