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Hamilla

Traditional

“Hamilla” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 141 1843 · historical text
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This text comes from The Book of Scottish Song, edited by Alexander Whitelaw, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Look where my dear Hamilla smiles,

Hamilla! heavenly charmer;

See how wi' a' their arts and wiles

The loves and graces arm her.

A blush dwells glowing on her cheeks,

Fair feats of youthful pleasures,

There love in smiling language speaks,

There spreads his rosy treasures.

O fairest maid! I own thy power,

I gaze, I sigh, and languish,

Yet ever, ever will adore,

And triumph in my anguish.

But ease, O charmer; ease my care,

And let my torments move thee;

As thou art fairest of the fair,

So I the dearest love thee.

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Traditional words. Historical text published in The Book of Scottish Song (1843); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Hamilla”

Every contribution in this 1843 anthology predates modern copyright terms by more than a century; any contributor died at least 130 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide (life+70 terms expired no later than 2020).

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