Works with a theme of unhappiness (59)
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A Penitential thought, in the hour of Remorse - Intended for a Tragedy
鈥淎ll devil as I am, a damned wretch ...鈥
A poem written in 1771-9 and performed by Jonathan Watson
A Prayer, Under the Pressure of violent Anguish
鈥淥 Thou Great Being! What Thou art ...鈥
A poem written in 1781 and performed by Shirley Henderson
A Waukrife Minnie
鈥淲haur are you gaun, my bony lass, ...鈥
A poem written in 1789 and performed by John Cairney
Address to the Woodlark
鈥淥 Stay, sweet warbling woodlark stay ...鈥
A poem written in 1795 and performed by Simon Donald
As I was a wand'ring
鈥淎s I was a wand'ring ae midsummer e'enin ...鈥
A song written in 1792 and performed by Clare Grogan
Can you leave me thus, my Katy
鈥淐anst thou leave me thus, my Katy ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Gary Lewis
Cauld Frosty Morning
鈥'Twas past ane o'clock in a cauld frosty morning ...鈥
A song written in 1790 and performed by Gary Lewis
Composed in Spring
鈥淎gain rejoicing Nature sees ...鈥
A song written in 1786 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
Despondency
鈥淥ppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care ...鈥
A poem written in 1786 and performed by Maureen Beattie
Fair Jenny
鈥淲here are the joys I have met in the morning ...鈥
A song written in 1793 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
鈥淔airest maid on Devon banks ...鈥
A song written in 1795 and performed by Stuart McQuarrie
Farewell to the Banks of Ayr
鈥淭he gloomy night is gath'ring fast ...鈥
A song written in 1786 and performed by Clare Grogan
For the sake o' Somebody
鈥淢y heart is sair, I dare na tell ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Blythe Duff
Frae the friends and Land I love
鈥淔rae the friends and Land I love ...鈥
A song written in 1792 and performed by Shirley Henderson
Fragment - Why, Why Tell Thy Lover
鈥淲hy, why tell thy lover ...鈥
A song written in 1795 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Fragment [Now health forsakes that angel face]
鈥淣ow health forsakes that angel face ...鈥
A poem performed by Stuart McQuarrie
How lang and dreary is the night
鈥淗ow lang and dreary is the night ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Laura Fraser
I Dream'd I Lay
鈥淚 dream'd I lay where flowers were springing ...鈥
A song written in 1771-9 and performed by Elaine C Smith
In the character of a ruined Farmer
鈥淭he sun he is sunk in the west ...鈥
A song written in 1771-9 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
It Was A' For Our Rightfu' King
鈥淚t was a' for our rightfu' king ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Annette Crosbie
Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring
鈥淣ow Nature hangs her mantle green ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by Phyllis Logan
Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn
鈥淭he wind blew hollow frae the hills ...鈥
A poem written in 1791 and performed by John Cairney
Lines sent to Sir John Whiteford, of Whiteford, Bart
鈥淭hou, they honour a thou God rever'st ...鈥
A song written in 1791 and performed by Dougray Scott
Monody on Maria
鈥淗ow cold is that bosom which folly once fired ...鈥
A poem written in 1794 and performed by Stella Gonet
My Father was a Farmer
鈥淢y father was a farmer upon the Carrick border O ...鈥
A song written in 1784 and performed by Simon Donald
My Harry was a Gallant gay
鈥淢y Harry was a gallant gay ...鈥
A song written in 1787 and performed by Joyce Falconer
My Nanie's Awa
鈥淣ow in her green mantle blithe Nature arrays ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Stella Gonet
O dear Minny, what shall I do?
鈥淥 dear minny, what shall I do? ...鈥
A song written in 1790 and performed by Alison Peebles
On Fergusson A
鈥淐urse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd ...鈥
A poem written in 1787 and performed by John Shedden
On Fergusson B
鈥淚ll-fated genius! Heaven-taught Fergusson ...鈥
A poem written in 1787 and performed by John Shedden
On the seas and far away
鈥淗ow can my poor heart be glad ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Clare Grogan
Phillis The Fair
鈥淲hile larks with little wing ...鈥
A song written in 1793 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Poor Mailie's Elegy
鈥淟ament in rhyme, lament in prose ...鈥
An elegy written in 1783 and performed by Elaine C Smith
Remorse
鈥淥ff all the numerous ills that hurt our peace ...鈥
A poem written in 1784 and performed by Gerry Carruthers
Scotch Song
鈥淣ow Spring has clad the grove in green ...鈥
A song written in 1795 and performed by Lorraine McIntosh
Sensibility how charming
鈥淪ensibility how charming ...鈥
A song written in 1790 and performed by Paul Higgins
Sketch New Year's Day. To Mrs Dunlop
鈥淭his day, Time winds th' exhausted chain ...鈥
A poem written in 1789 and performed by Stella Gonet
Stay, my Charmer, can you leave me
鈥淪tay, my Charmer, can you leave me ...鈥
A song written in 1788 and performed by Annette Crosbie
Strathallan's Lament
鈥淭hickest night, surround my dwelling! ...鈥
A song written in 1787 and performed by Joyce Falconer
The Farewell
鈥淔arewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, ...鈥
A song written in 1786 and performed by John Cairney
The Henpecked Husband
鈥淐urs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life, ...鈥
A poem written in 1788 and performed by Denis Lawson
The Highland Widow's Lament
鈥淥h, I am come to the low Countrie ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Annette Crosbie
The Lament. Occasioned by the Unfortunate Issue of a Friend's Amour
鈥淥 thou pale orb that silent shines ...鈥
A poem written in 1786 and performed by David Hayman
The Lazy Mist
鈥渢he lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill ...鈥
A song written in 1788 and performed by Dawn Steele
The Linkin' Laddie
鈥淲aes me that e'er I made your bed! ...鈥
A song written in and performed by Joyce Falconer
The Lovely Lass o' Inverness
鈥淭he luvely Lass o' Inverness ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by David Hayman
The Slave's Lament
鈥淚t was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthrall ...鈥
A song written in 1792 and performed by Elaine C Smith
The Young Highland Rover
鈥淟oud blaw the frosty breezes ...鈥
A song written in 1787 and performed by Blythe Duff
The auld man's winter thought
鈥淏ut lately seen in gladsome green ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by John Shedden
The bonie lad that's far awa
鈥淥 how can I be blythe and glad ...鈥
A song written in 1792 and performed by Joyce Falconer
Though fickle fortune has deceived me
鈥淭hough fickle fortune has deceived me ...鈥
A poem written in 1771-9 and performed by Crawford Logan
To Daunton Me
鈥淭he blude-red rose at Yule may blaw ...鈥
A song written in 1788 and performed by Joyce Falconer
To Mr E - on his translation of and commentaries on Martial
鈥淥 thou, whom poesy abhors ...鈥
A poem written in 1787 and performed by Tam Dean Burn
Wae is my heart
鈥渨ae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e; ...鈥
A song written in 1794 and performed by Elaine C Smith
