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WHISTLE O’ER THE LAVE O'T
tirst when Maggy was my care.
Heaven, I thought, was in her air;
Now were married fpier nae mair.
But whiflle o’er the lave o’t;
Meg was meek, and Meg was mild.
Sweet and harmlefs as a child;
Wifer men than me’s beguil’d.
So whiftle o’er the lave o’t.
How we live, my Meg and me.
How we love, and how we gree;
I care na by how few may fee—
Whiftle o’er the lave o’t;
Wha I wifti were maggots’ meat,
Difh’d up in her winding-lheet,
I cou’d write, but Meg maun fee’t,
Whiftle o’er the lave o’t.
tirst when Maggy was my care.
Heaven, I thought, was in her air;
Now were married fpier nae mair.
But whiflle o’er the lave o’t;
Meg was meek, and Meg was mild.
Sweet and harmlefs as a child;
Wifer men than me’s beguil’d.
So whiftle o’er the lave o’t.
How we live, my Meg and me.
How we love, and how we gree;
I care na by how few may fee—
Whiftle o’er the lave o’t;
Wha I wifti were maggots’ meat,
Difh’d up in her winding-lheet,
I cou’d write, but Meg maun fee’t,
Whiftle o’er the lave o’t.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Selection of original Scots songs in three parts > (166) Page 77 - Whistle o'er the lave o't (words) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/105727036 |
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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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