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THE MUSICAL
SONG X.
YE LADS OF TRUE SPIRIT.
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Ye lads of true fpirit,pay courtfhip to claret, Re
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leas'd from the trouble of thinking. A fool long a-
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go faid we nothing could know ; The fellow knew
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nothing of drinking. To pore over Plato, or
.pra£tife with Cato, Difpaifionate dunces might
is p ff f rr^P
make us; But men, now more wife, felf- denial de-
fpife, And live by the leffons of Bacchus
Big-wig'd, in fine coach, fee the doctor approach ;
He folemnly up the flair paces ;
Looks grave — fmells his cane — rp-; lies finger to vein,
And counts the repeats with grimaces.
THE MUSICAL
SONG X.
YE LADS OF TRUE SPIRIT.
liip!!
a
Li.
*£}
Ye lads of true fpirit,pay courtfhip to claret, Re
WZM
SEg^i
ifc=~
.^ — _ r _^. — ^ — 7V
leas'd from the trouble of thinking. A fool long a-
i
E«
go faid we nothing could know ; The fellow knew
gj^p=p
m.
K
nothing of drinking. To pore over Plato, or
.pra£tife with Cato, Difpaifionate dunces might
is p ff f rr^P
make us; But men, now more wife, felf- denial de-
fpife, And live by the leffons of Bacchus
Big-wig'd, in fine coach, fee the doctor approach ;
He folemnly up the flair paces ;
Looks grave — fmells his cane — rp-; lies finger to vein,
And counts the repeats with grimaces.
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| Description | Song X. |
| Description | A select collection of the most approved Scots, English and Irish songs, set to music Perth: Printed by J. Brown, 1786. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.129 |
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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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