John Lowe

“ So, Mary, weep no more for me!
“O madien dear! thyself prepare,
We soon shall meet upon that shore
Where Love is free from doubt or care,
And thou and I shall part no more.”
Loud crow’d the cock, the shadow fled,
No more of Sandy could she see;
But soft the passing spirit said,
“O Mary, weep no more for me!”
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”

“ Having studied for the church, he was employed as tutor by Mr. Macghie at Airds, an estate near the confluence of the Dee and the Ken. While residing there, about the year 1772, a gentleman named Alexander Miller, the lover of Miss Mary Macghie, was drowned at sea—and this gave occasion to the song which preserves Lowe's name. Lowe's life was unfortunate. He died in America towards the close of the last century. ”

“ She lifted up her waukening een,
⁠To see from whence the voice might be,
And there she saw her Sandie stand.
⁠Pale, bending on her his hollow ee!
'O Mary, dear, lament nae mair.
⁠I'm in death's thraws below the sea ”