Restoration & Augustan

Lady Grisell Baillie

1665–1746


Lady Grisell Baillie (1665–1746), born Grisell Hume, was a Scottish songwriter, the daughter of Sir Patrick Hume, later Earl of Marchmont, and the wife of George Baillie of Jerviswood.

She is remembered for the song "Werena my heart's licht I wad dee", which Quiller-Couch prints in The Oxford Book of English Verse.

  1. Werena my Hearts licht I wad dee

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