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Caledonian Musical Repository. 241
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* It was then your Mary, she's frae Castle Cary ;
* It was then your true-love I met by the tree.
c Proud as her heart is, and modest her nature,
6 Sweet were the kisses that she gae to me. 1
Sair gloomM his dark brow, blood-red his cheek
grew,
Wild flashM the fire frae his red-rolling ee :
Ci Ye'se rue sair this morning, your boasting and
" scorning ;
v Defend, ye fause traitor, for loudly ye lie !"
fi Awa wi* beguiling," then cried the youth, smiling:
Aff gade the bonnet, the lint-white locks flee ;
The belted plaid fa'ing, her white bosom shawing^
Fair stood the lovM maid wi' the dark-rolling ee.
" Is it my wee thing ? is it mine ain thing ?
" Is it my true-love here that I see ?"
£ O Jamie, forgie me ! your heart's constant to me :•
* Til never mair wander, my true-love, frae thee^
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♦^O/fcVfc^.'WW*""
* It was then your Mary, she's frae Castle Cary ;
* It was then your true-love I met by the tree.
c Proud as her heart is, and modest her nature,
6 Sweet were the kisses that she gae to me. 1
Sair gloomM his dark brow, blood-red his cheek
grew,
Wild flashM the fire frae his red-rolling ee :
Ci Ye'se rue sair this morning, your boasting and
" scorning ;
v Defend, ye fause traitor, for loudly ye lie !"
fi Awa wi* beguiling," then cried the youth, smiling:
Aff gade the bonnet, the lint-white locks flee ;
The belted plaid fa'ing, her white bosom shawing^
Fair stood the lovM maid wi' the dark-rolling ee.
" Is it my wee thing ? is it mine ain thing ?
" Is it my true-love here that I see ?"
£ O Jamie, forgie me ! your heart's constant to me :•
* Til never mair wander, my true-love, frae thee^
a
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Caledonian musical repository > (245) Page 241 |
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| Description | A choice selection of esteemed Scottish songs, adapted for the voice, violin, and German flute. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd, Caledonian Press, Netherbow, 1811. Title on added engraved title page: Crosby's Caledonian musical repository. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.90 |
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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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