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When Strangers landed, wow fae thrang
Fuffing and peghing he wa'd gang,
And crave their Pardon that fae lang
He'd been a comings
Syne h£s Bread-winner out he'd bang,
And fa' to bumming.
Your Honour's Father dead and gane, |
For him he firit wa'd make his Mane 5
But foon his Face cou'd make ye fain
When he did fougfa,
vrilfu 3 toillu do't again £
And gran'd and leugh,
l*his Sang he made frae his aln Head,
'And eke, The auli Man's Mare Jbe's dead %
Tbo Pests ani Tares and a's to halt
O fy upon her !
'A bonny auld Thing this indeed,
An ? t like ye'r Honour,
After ilk Tune he took a Sowp a
And bann-d wi' Birr the corky Cowp,
That to the PapisJs Country fcowp
To lear Ha ha's,
Frae Chxels that fing, hap ? flap and lowp,
JVantin theB«*—» s*
When Strangers landed, wow fae thrang
Fuffing and peghing he wa'd gang,
And crave their Pardon that fae lang
He'd been a comings
Syne h£s Bread-winner out he'd bang,
And fa' to bumming.
Your Honour's Father dead and gane, |
For him he firit wa'd make his Mane 5
But foon his Face cou'd make ye fain
When he did fougfa,
vrilfu 3 toillu do't again £
And gran'd and leugh,
l*his Sang he made frae his aln Head,
'And eke, The auli Man's Mare Jbe's dead %
Tbo Pests ani Tares and a's to halt
O fy upon her !
'A bonny auld Thing this indeed,
An ? t like ye'r Honour,
After ilk Tune he took a Sowp a
And bann-d wi' Birr the corky Cowp,
That to the PapisJs Country fcowp
To lear Ha ha's,
Frae Chxels that fing, hap ? flap and lowp,
JVantin theB«*—» s*
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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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