It is no little recommendation of the rivers we met with here, that
almost every one of them is the subject of some pleasing Scotch ditty,
which the scene brings to the memory of those who are versed in the
lyrics of the country. The elegant simplicity of the verse, and the
soothing melody of the music, in almost all the Scotch songs, is
universally acknowledged: “_Tweed-side_, and _Ettrick’s Banks_,” are not
among the least pleasing.
GILPIN’S “_Highlands of Scotland_,” 1789.