i86 ANGLING REMINISCENCES. 



[SwiVELTOP sings.} 



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The yallow-fins o' Yarrow dale ! 



I kenna whare they're gane tae ; 

 Were ever troots in Border vale 



Sae comely or sae dainty ! 



They had baith gowd and spanglit rings, 

 Wi' walth o' pearl amang them ; 



An' for sweet luve o' the bonny things, 

 The heart was laith to wrang them. 



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But he that angles Yarrow owre, 



Maun changes ever waken ; 

 Frae our Ladye's Loch to Newark Tower, 



Will find the stream forsaken. 



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Forsaken, ilka bank and stane, 

 O' a' its troots o' splendour, 



Auld Yarrow's left sae lorn and lane, 

 Ane scarcely wad hae kemi'd her. 



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Waes me ! the auncient yallow-fin, 

 I marvell whare he's gaiie tae ; 



Was ever troot in Forest rin 

 Sae comely or sae dainty ! 



