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C^e %iit unh actgi of ?
O R,
An ELEGT on Patie Birnie 3
The Famous Fidler of Kinghooi ;
Who gart the Lieges gawff and gim ay y
Aft till the Cork proclaim d the Morn.
Tho haith his Weeds and Mirth were pirnj^
tig-tobs'd thefe Things were langrfi worn s
The brown Ale Barrel was his Kirn ay x
And faithfully he toom'd his Horn,
IN Sonnet flee the Man I fing,
His rare Engine in Rhyme (hall ring 5
Wha fUid the Stick out o'er the String
With fie an Art;
Wha fang fae fweetly to the Spring,
And raisMthe Hearti .
Kinghom may rue the ruefou Day
That lighted Patie to his Clay,
Wha gart the hearty Billies ftav
And fpend their Call,-
To feehisSnowt, to hear him play,
And gab fae galh.
' ■ c wiiea
C^e %iit unh actgi of ?
O R,
An ELEGT on Patie Birnie 3
The Famous Fidler of Kinghooi ;
Who gart the Lieges gawff and gim ay y
Aft till the Cork proclaim d the Morn.
Tho haith his Weeds and Mirth were pirnj^
tig-tobs'd thefe Things were langrfi worn s
The brown Ale Barrel was his Kirn ay x
And faithfully he toom'd his Horn,
IN Sonnet flee the Man I fing,
His rare Engine in Rhyme (hall ring 5
Wha fUid the Stick out o'er the String
With fie an Art;
Wha fang fae fweetly to the Spring,
And raisMthe Hearti .
Kinghom may rue the ruefou Day
That lighted Patie to his Clay,
Wha gart the hearty Billies ftav
And fpend their Call,-
To feehisSnowt, to hear him play,
And gab fae galh.
' ■ c wiiea
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Poems > (285) Page 277 - Life and acts of, or, An elegy on Patie Birnie, the famous fidler of Kinghorn |
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| Description | By Allan Ramsay. Edinburgh : Printed for the author, 1720. [A collection of pamphlets previously issued separately by Ramsay. The collection was probably first published in 1719 without a collective title page and subsequently re-issued in 1720 with prefatory material and a collective title page but little attempt at continuous pagination.] Contents: Morning interview (with: Elegy on Maggy Johnston, To the most beautiful Scots ladies, Scots songs) [Martin 36, 32, 49, 46] - Christ’s-Kirk on the Green [Martin 7] - Scriblers lash’d [Martin 48] - Content [Martin 17] - Richy and Sandy [Martin 25] - Familiar epistles [Martin 22] - Prologue [variant of Martin 42] - Bessy Bell and Mary Gray [Martin 28] - Young laird and Edinburgh Katy [Martin 54] - Patie and Roger [Martin 37] - Edinburgh’s salutation [Martin 31]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.106 |
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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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