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MY WIFE'S A WINSOME WEE THING.
BURNS.
Tune — My 'wife's a 'wanton 'wee thing.
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing.
This sweet wee wife o' mine I
I never saw a fairer,
I never loo'd a dearer ;
And neist my heart I'll wear her,
For fear my jewel tine.
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.
The warld's wrack we share o't,
The warstle and the care o't ;
Wi' her I'll blythely bear it.
And think my lot divine.
JOHNIE'S GRAY BREEKS.
Tune— ^o/wzie'* gray Ireeks.
When I was in my se'nteen year,
I was baith blythe and bonnie, O ;
The lads lo'ed me baith far and near.
But I lo'ed nane but Johnie, O :
He gain'd my heart in twa three weeks,
He spake sae blythe and kindly, O ;
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MY WIFE'S A WINSOME WEE THING.
BURNS.
Tune — My 'wife's a 'wanton 'wee thing.
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing.
This sweet wee wife o' mine I
I never saw a fairer,
I never loo'd a dearer ;
And neist my heart I'll wear her,
For fear my jewel tine.
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.
The warld's wrack we share o't,
The warstle and the care o't ;
Wi' her I'll blythely bear it.
And think my lot divine.
JOHNIE'S GRAY BREEKS.
Tune— ^o/wzie'* gray Ireeks.
When I was in my se'nteen year,
I was baith blythe and bonnie, O ;
The lads lo'ed me baith far and near.
But I lo'ed nane but Johnie, O :
He gain'd my heart in twa three weeks,
He spake sae blythe and kindly, O ;
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Scottish songs > Volume 2 > (77) Page 377 - My wife's a winsome wee thing |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90426860 |
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| Description | Also: Johnie's gray breeks |
| Shelfmark | Glen.105a |
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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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