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Frae ’mang the Corn like Wirry-kow,
W*’ Baini fae fair.
And ken'd nae mair than if a Ew,
How I came there.
Some faid it was the Pith of Broom,
That the flow’d in her Masking-loom,
Which in our Heads rais’d flck a Foom,
Or fame wild Seed,
Which aft the Chaping Stoup did toom.
But fill'd our Head.
But now iince ’tis fae that we muff.
Not in the beft Ale put our Truff,
But, whan we re auld, return to duff.
Without Remead,
Why thou’d we tak it in Difguft,
'That MAGGY’/ dead.
Ot wardly Comforts the was rife,
And liv’d a lang and hearty Life,
Right free of Care, or Toil, or Strife,
Till Jhe was Jlale,
And ken’d to be a kanny Wife
At Brewing Ale.
Then farewel M A G G T douce and fell.
Of Brewers a’ thou boor the Bell;
Lei
Frae ’mang the Corn like Wirry-kow,
W*’ Baini fae fair.
And ken'd nae mair than if a Ew,
How I came there.
Some faid it was the Pith of Broom,
That the flow’d in her Masking-loom,
Which in our Heads rais’d flck a Foom,
Or fame wild Seed,
Which aft the Chaping Stoup did toom.
But fill'd our Head.
But now iince ’tis fae that we muff.
Not in the beft Ale put our Truff,
But, whan we re auld, return to duff.
Without Remead,
Why thou’d we tak it in Difguft,
'That MAGGY’/ dead.
Ot wardly Comforts the was rife,
And liv’d a lang and hearty Life,
Right free of Care, or Toil, or Strife,
Till Jhe was Jlale,
And ken’d to be a kanny Wife
At Brewing Ale.
Then farewel M A G G T douce and fell.
Of Brewers a’ thou boor the Bell;
Lei
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Miscellaneous works of that celebrated Scotch poet, Allan Ramsay > (48) Page 20 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/105685853 |
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| Description | Dublin: Printed by S. Powell for George Risk, 1724. 'A glossary, or explanation of the Scots words us'd by the author, .. ' has separate pagination and register. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.123(1-2) |
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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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