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142 Songs Compleat,
When soon as Day I open mine Eyes,
To entertain the Morning •
Before my Husband he can rise,
I Chide and 'proudly scorn him :
When at the Board I take my place,
Whatever be the Feasting ;
I first do Chide, and then say Grace,
If so dispos'd to tasting.
Too fat, too lean, too hot, too Cold,
I ever am complaining ;
Too raw, too roast, too young, too Old,
I always am disdaining :
Let it be Fowl, or Flesh, or Fish,
Tho' I am my own Taster ;
Yet I'll find fault with Meat or Dish,
With Maid or with the Master.
But when to Bed I go at Night,
I surely fall a weeping ;
For then I leave my great Delight,
How can I chide when sleeping : ;
Yet this my Grief doth mitigate,
And must asswage my Sorrow :
Altho' to Night be too late,
I'll early Chide to Morrow.
Old
When soon as Day I open mine Eyes,
To entertain the Morning •
Before my Husband he can rise,
I Chide and 'proudly scorn him :
When at the Board I take my place,
Whatever be the Feasting ;
I first do Chide, and then say Grace,
If so dispos'd to tasting.
Too fat, too lean, too hot, too Cold,
I ever am complaining ;
Too raw, too roast, too young, too Old,
I always am disdaining :
Let it be Fowl, or Flesh, or Fish,
Tho' I am my own Taster ;
Yet I'll find fault with Meat or Dish,
With Maid or with the Master.
But when to Bed I go at Night,
I surely fall a weeping ;
For then I leave my great Delight,
How can I chide when sleeping : ;
Yet this my Grief doth mitigate,
And must asswage my Sorrow :
Altho' to Night be too late,
I'll early Chide to Morrow.
Old
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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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