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Although the laird himsell forbid it,
I sail gie his neck a thraw.
I never met wi' sic a turn :
At e'en I had baith ewe and horn,
Safe steekit up ; but, 'gain the morn,
Baith ewe and horn were stown awa.
A' the claes that we hae worn,
Frae her and hers sae aft was shorn ;
The loss o' her we could hae borne,
Had fair-strae death ta'en her awa.
O, had she died o' croup or cauld,
As ewies die when they grow auld.
It hadna been, by mony fauld,
Sae sair a heart to ane o' us a'.
But thus, puir thing, to lose her life,
Beneath a bluidy villain's knife ;
In troth, I fear that our gudewife
Will never get abune 't ava.
O, all ye bards benorth Kinghorn,
Call up your muses, let them mourn
Our ewie wi' the crookit horn,
Frae us stown, and fell'd and a' !
MEG O' THE MILL.
BURNS.
Tune — O ionnie lass, will you lie in a barrack.
O, KEN ye what Meg o' the Mill has gotten,
An' ken ye what Meg o' the Mill has gotten ?
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Although the laird himsell forbid it,
I sail gie his neck a thraw.
I never met wi' sic a turn :
At e'en I had baith ewe and horn,
Safe steekit up ; but, 'gain the morn,
Baith ewe and horn were stown awa.
A' the claes that we hae worn,
Frae her and hers sae aft was shorn ;
The loss o' her we could hae borne,
Had fair-strae death ta'en her awa.
O, had she died o' croup or cauld,
As ewies die when they grow auld.
It hadna been, by mony fauld,
Sae sair a heart to ane o' us a'.
But thus, puir thing, to lose her life,
Beneath a bluidy villain's knife ;
In troth, I fear that our gudewife
Will never get abune 't ava.
O, all ye bards benorth Kinghorn,
Call up your muses, let them mourn
Our ewie wi' the crookit horn,
Frae us stown, and fell'd and a' !
MEG O' THE MILL.
BURNS.
Tune — O ionnie lass, will you lie in a barrack.
O, KEN ye what Meg o' the Mill has gotten,
An' ken ye what Meg o' the Mill has gotten ?
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Scottish songs > Volume 1 > (323) Page 221 - Meg o' the mill |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90292768 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105 |
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| Description | Collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Co., for W. Tait, 1829. 2 volumes (627 pages). Paged continuously. Without music; tunes indicated by title. Partial contents: A weary lot is thine -- Donald Caird -- From the brown crest of Newark -- Nora's vow -- O, hush thee, my baby -- The cyprus wreath -- Young Lochinvar -- Where shall the lover rest -- Blue bonnets over the border -- Jock o' Hazeldean -- Pibroch of Donuil Dhu -- Hunting song -- The foray -- MacGregor's gathering. The bonnets of Bonnie Dundee is listed among the Contents but is not included. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105-105a |
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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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