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Hush, ye rude breezes

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“Hush, ye rude breezes” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 168 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

Hush, hush, ye rude breezes, my Harry is comin',

Nor aim at my lover the blasts that ye blaw,

For he'd come to my arms, though the burn it was foamin',

In winter or summer, thro' sleet or thro' snaw.

He hears not, nor fears not your blustering thunder,

But thinks his dear lassie how soon he shall see;

And oh! may rude fate never cast us asunder,

Nor blast all the hopes of my Harry and me.

My Harry is blythsome, my Harry is cheerie,

Wi' him ilk thing round me looks bonnie and braw;

But ilk thing aroun' me looks darksome and drearie,

If e'er he gaes frae me, or turns to gae 'wa.

Lang ha'e I lo'ed him, an' never, O never,

Can I think my dear laddie for ever to lea';

But if 'tis our fate that death should us sever,

One grave shall receive both my Harry and me.

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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.

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The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Hush, ye rude breezes”

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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