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144 TffE SKY-LARK.
From morning sun I'd never grieve,
To toil a hedger or a ditcher,
If that, when I come home at eve,
I might enjoy my friend and pitcher.
My friend so rare, &c.
Tho' fortune ever shuns my door,
I know not what can bewitch her,
With all my heart can I be poor.
With my sweet girl, my friend and pitcher.
My friend so rare, &c*
GLEE.— MIDNIGHT.
The thieves are on the prowl, love,
The cats are on the howl, love,
And couples, cheek by jowl, love,
Are padding through the street, love.
Watchmen are on the dose, love,
And goblins now have rose, love,
And the night cart now throws, love,
A stinking stench, my sweet love.

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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.