Excerpt from Melodies From the Gaelic, and Original Poems, With Notes on the Superstitions of the Highlanders, &C, The Songs being unaccompanied with the music, the Author has done all in his power to 'render them as independent of that elegant aux iliary as possible, yet he must beg of the cour tecus reader, to make due allowance for the disadvantages under which they must still appear especially as the greater number of the airs to which they are adapted are generally unknown.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.