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married ear, Unpleasing to a married ear.
When shepherds pipe on oaten straws,
And merry locks are ploughman's clocks,
And Turtles tread, and Rooks and Daws,
And maidens bleach their summer smccks
The Cuckoo then, &c.

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Sky-lark
DescriptionA collection of songs set to music. London : Published by Thos. Tegg, 1825.
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Printed music
Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.