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THE MUSICAL REPOSITORY.
«3
gi^ig^?g
0=K=
al-ways are ready, Steady, boys, fteady, We'll
^^^m
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fight and we'll conquer a-gain and again.
"We ne'er fee our foes but we wifh them to (lay,
They never fee us but they wifh us away,
If they run, why we follow, and run them alhore.
For if they won't %ht us we cannot do more.
Hearts of oak, &c.
They iwear they'll invade us thefe terrible foes.
They frighten our women,. our children, and beaux,
But fhou'd their flat bottoms in darknefs get o'er.
Still Britons they'll find to receive them on fhore.
Hearts of oak, &c.
We'll 'ftill make/em run, and we'll flill make 'etti fvreat
In fpite of the devil aitd Bruffels Gazette;
Then cheer up my lads, with one heart let us fing,
Our foldiers, our failors, our ftatcfcien, and king-
Hearts of oak, &c.
«3
gi^ig^?g
0=K=
al-ways are ready, Steady, boys, fteady, We'll
^^^m
E-
fight and we'll conquer a-gain and again.
"We ne'er fee our foes but we wifh them to (lay,
They never fee us but they wifh us away,
If they run, why we follow, and run them alhore.
For if they won't %ht us we cannot do more.
Hearts of oak, &c.
They iwear they'll invade us thefe terrible foes.
They frighten our women,. our children, and beaux,
But fhou'd their flat bottoms in darknefs get o'er.
Still Britons they'll find to receive them on fhore.
Hearts of oak, &c.
We'll 'ftill make/em run, and we'll flill make 'etti fvreat
In fpite of the devil aitd Bruffels Gazette;
Then cheer up my lads, with one heart let us fing,
Our foldiers, our failors, our ftatcfcien, and king-
Hearts of oak, &c.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87746069 |
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| Description | A collection of favourite Scotch, English, and Irish songs, set to music. Glasgow : Printed by Alex. Adam, for A. Carrick , 1799. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.47 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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