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Get up, gudeman, it is fu' time ;
The sun shines in the lift sae hie :
Sloth never made a gracious end,
Gae tak your auld cloak about ye.
My cloak was ance a gude grey cloak*
When it was fitting for my wear j
But now its scantly worth a groat,
For I hae worn't this thretty year.
Let's spend the gear that we hae won ;
We little ken the day we'll die ;
Then I'll be proud, since I hae sworn
To hae a new cloak about me.
In days when our king Robert rang,
His trews they cost but half a crown ;
He said they were a groat owre dear,
And ca'd the tailor thief and loun.
He was the king that wore a crown,
And thou a man o' low degree ;
It's pride puts a' the country down,
Sae tak your auld cloak about ye.
Ev'ry land has its ain laugh,
Ilk kind o' corn has its ain hool,
I think the warld is a' run wrang,
When ilka wife her man wad rule :
Get up, gudeman, it is fu' time ;
The sun shines in the lift sae hie :
Sloth never made a gracious end,
Gae tak your auld cloak about ye.
My cloak was ance a gude grey cloak*
When it was fitting for my wear j
But now its scantly worth a groat,
For I hae worn't this thretty year.
Let's spend the gear that we hae won ;
We little ken the day we'll die ;
Then I'll be proud, since I hae sworn
To hae a new cloak about me.
In days when our king Robert rang,
His trews they cost but half a crown ;
He said they were a groat owre dear,
And ca'd the tailor thief and loun.
He was the king that wore a crown,
And thou a man o' low degree ;
It's pride puts a' the country down,
Sae tak your auld cloak about ye.
Ev'ry land has its ain laugh,
Ilk kind o' corn has its ain hool,
I think the warld is a' run wrang,
When ilka wife her man wad rule :
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87663543 |
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| Description | A choice selection of esteemed Scottish songs, adapted for the voice, violin, and German flute. Edinburgh : Published by Oliver & Co., [1806]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.120 |
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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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