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SLEEPY B 0 D I E.
Alt HO’ I be but a country lafs,
Yet a lofty mind I bear, O,
And think my fell as good as thofe
That rich apparel wear, O.
Altho’ my gown be hame-fpun grey.
My fkin it is as faft, O,
As them that fatin weeds do wear.
And carry their heads alaft, O.
What tho’ I keep my father’s fheep ?
The thing that muft be done, O,
With garlands of the fineft flowers
To fhade me frae the fun, O.
When they are feeding pleafantly,
Where grafs and flowers do fpring, O,
Then on a Howry bank at noon,
I fet me down, and fing, (X
My Paifley Piggy cork’d, with fage.
Contains my drink, but thin, O,
No wines do e’er my brain enrage.
Or tempt my mind to fin, O.
My country curds and wooden fpoon,
I think them unco fine, O,
And on a flow’ry bank at noon,
I fet me down, and dine, O.
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SLEEPY B 0 D I E.
Alt HO’ I be but a country lafs,
Yet a lofty mind I bear, O,
And think my fell as good as thofe
That rich apparel wear, O.
Altho’ my gown be hame-fpun grey.
My fkin it is as faft, O,
As them that fatin weeds do wear.
And carry their heads alaft, O.
What tho’ I keep my father’s fheep ?
The thing that muft be done, O,
With garlands of the fineft flowers
To fhade me frae the fun, O.
When they are feeding pleafantly,
Where grafs and flowers do fpring, O,
Then on a Howry bank at noon,
I fet me down, and fing, (X
My Paifley Piggy cork’d, with fage.
Contains my drink, but thin, O,
No wines do e’er my brain enrage.
Or tempt my mind to fin, O.
My country curds and wooden fpoon,
I think them unco fine, O,
And on a flow’ry bank at noon,
I fet me down, and dine, O.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Selection of original Scots songs in three parts > (102) Page 45 - Sleepy bodie (words) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/105726332 |
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| Description | The harmony by Haydn. Volume 2. London: Printed for Willm. Napier, Music seller to their Majesties, [1792]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.378(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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