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Lady Grizel Baillie | |
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![]() Engravin bi G. J. Stodart efter a portrait bi Maria Verelst at Mellerstain Hoose | |
Born | 25 December 1665 Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire |
Dee'd | 6 December 1746 (aged 80) Lunnon |
Naitionality | Scots |
Thrift | songwriter |
Notable wirk(s) | Were na my heart licht I wad die |
Lady Grizel Baillie (née Hume; 25 December 1665 – 6 December 1746) wis a Scots sangwriter.[1] She wis born at Redbraes Castle tae Sir Patrick Hume, later Earl o Marchmont an Grisell Ker.[1] Her maist kenspeckled sang wis "And werena my heart light I wad dee", that wis in William Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius, or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs (1725)[2]