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Page 83
... Green Grow the Rashes , O , " the first of the great ex- pressions of total abandonment to the moment of which he was to write so many . He writes the chorus first : Green grow the rashes - O Green grow the rashes - 0 The sweetest hours ...
... Green Grow the Rashes , O , " the first of the great ex- pressions of total abandonment to the moment of which he was to write so many . He writes the chorus first : Green grow the rashes - O Green grow the rashes - 0 The sweetest hours ...
Page 99
... Green Grow the Rashes , O , " which Burns was later to rewrite : Green grow the rashes O Green grow the rashes O The lasses they hae wimble bores , The widows they hae gashes O. There are three verses , in addition to this chorus , and ...
... Green Grow the Rashes , O , " which Burns was later to rewrite : Green grow the rashes O Green grow the rashes O The lasses they hae wimble bores , The widows they hae gashes O. There are three verses , in addition to this chorus , and ...
Page 249
... Green grow the rashes . " It was one of the first of Burns's songs to be printed with the music ; it so appeared in the Scots Musical Museum , 1787 . Burns's version opens and closes with his " purified " form of the chorus : Green ...
... Green grow the rashes . " It was one of the first of Burns's songs to be printed with the music ; it so appeared in the Scots Musical Museum , 1787 . Burns's version opens and closes with his " purified " form of the chorus : Green ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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