SONGS OF THE HEATHER. 



O'er the Muir 



The more popular words to the same tune and 

 chorus of this ballad beginning "Comin' through the 

 Craigs o' Kyle," are believed, on the authority of 

 Burns, to have been the composition of Jean Glover, 

 a girl of respectable parentage, born at Kilmarnock in 

 J758, who became attached to a company of strolling 

 players. Lewis is said to have claimed priority for 

 his verses, and the point is not likely ever to be de- 

 cided. This much may be said in favor of Lewis' 

 claim, that he had long been the writer of respectable 

 lyrics; while Jean Glover, though well skilled as a 

 musician, is not otherwise known to have composed 

 verses. One of the songs is evidently an echo of the 

 others. Mackay. 



Ae morn of May, when fields were gay, 



Serene and charming was the weather, 

 I chanced to roam some miles frae home, 

 Far o'er yon muir, amang the heather. 

 O'er the muir amang the heather, 

 O'er the muir amang the heather, 

 How healthsome 'tis to range the muirs, 

 And brush the dew from vernal heather. 



I walk'd along, and humm'd a song, 

 My heart was light as ony feather. 



And soon did pass a lovely lass, 



Was wading barefoot through the heather, 

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