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64 Songs Compleat,
The Duke he got a Prince,
The Prince a King of Hope :
The King he got an Emperor,
The Emperor got a Pope.
Thus as it was feigned, -
The Pedigree did run ;
The Pope he got a Fryer,
The Fryer he got a Nun :
The Nun by chance did stumble,
And on her Back she sunk,
The Fryer fell a top of her,
And so they got a Monk.
The Monk he had a Son,
With whom he did inhabit,
Who when the Father died,
The Son became Lord Abbot :
Lord Abbot had a Maid,
And he catcht her in the Dark,
And something he did to her,
And so begot a Clark.
The Clark he got a Sexton,
The Sexton got a Digger ;
The Digger got a Preband,
The Preband got a Vicar ;
The Vicar got an Attorney,
The which he took in snuff;
The Attorney got a Barrister,
The Barrister got a Ruff.
The Ruff did get good Counsel,
Good Counsel got a Fee,
The Fee did get a Motion,
That it might Pleaded be ;
The Motion got a Judgment,
And so it came to pass ;
A Beggar's Bratt, a scolding Knave,
A Crafty Lawyer was.
A
The Duke he got a Prince,
The Prince a King of Hope :
The King he got an Emperor,
The Emperor got a Pope.
Thus as it was feigned, -
The Pedigree did run ;
The Pope he got a Fryer,
The Fryer he got a Nun :
The Nun by chance did stumble,
And on her Back she sunk,
The Fryer fell a top of her,
And so they got a Monk.
The Monk he had a Son,
With whom he did inhabit,
Who when the Father died,
The Son became Lord Abbot :
Lord Abbot had a Maid,
And he catcht her in the Dark,
And something he did to her,
And so begot a Clark.
The Clark he got a Sexton,
The Sexton got a Digger ;
The Digger got a Preband,
The Preband got a Vicar ;
The Vicar got an Attorney,
The which he took in snuff;
The Attorney got a Barrister,
The Barrister got a Ruff.
The Ruff did get good Counsel,
Good Counsel got a Fee,
The Fee did get a Motion,
That it might Pleaded be ;
The Motion got a Judgment,
And so it came to pass ;
A Beggar's Bratt, a scolding Knave,
A Crafty Lawyer was.
A
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145b |
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| Description | Being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all humours, having each their proper tune for either voice, or instrument: most of the songs being new set. 6 volumes. London, Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1719-20. A 19th century reprint from a broken set of the two issues of the 1719-1720 edition. Volumes 1, 3-5 belong to the first issue; Volumes 2 and 6 to the second. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145-145e |
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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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