Hector Macneill, Tam Glen (July 2020)
“ There, gang and ask my mammy. Has she been to the kirk wi' thee, My boy Tammy? She has been to the kirk wi' me, And the tear was in her e'e,— But Oh! she's but a young thing, Just come frae her mammy. ”
Hector Macneill
Biographical details
Hector Macneill (1746-1818) published works such as My Love's in Germany, The Book of Scottish Song and Tam Glen. These writings evoke hame, hint and ain.
Quotes by Hector Macneill
Hector Macneill, The Book of Scottish Song (1843)
“ I've been by burn and flow'ry brae, Meadow green and mountain grey, Courting o' this young thing, Just come frae her mammy. ”
Hector Macneill, My Love's in Germany
“ My luve's in Germanie, send him hame, send him hame; My luve's in Germanie, send him hame; My luve's in Germanie, Fighting brave for royalty: He may ne'er his Jeanie see— Send him hame.He's as brave as brave can be—send him hame, send him hame; He's as brave as brave can be—send him hame; He's as brave as brave can be, He wad rather fa' than flee ”
