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THE EDINBURGH
But hope flial} fuflain me, nor will I defpair j
He promis'd he would in a fortnight be here ;
On fond expectation my wifhes I'll feaft,
For Love my dear Jockey to Jenny will hafte.
Then farewell, each care, and adieu each vain figh,.
Who'll then be fo bleft or fo happy as I :
I'll fing on the meadows, and alter my ftrain.
When Jockey returns to my arms back again.
SONG XXII.
SOLDIER BICK,
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Why, don't you know me by my fears ?
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I'm fol-dier Dick come from the wars, Where
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THE EDINBURGH
But hope flial} fuflain me, nor will I defpair j
He promis'd he would in a fortnight be here ;
On fond expectation my wifhes I'll feaft,
For Love my dear Jockey to Jenny will hafte.
Then farewell, each care, and adieu each vain figh,.
Who'll then be fo bleft or fo happy as I :
I'll fing on the meadows, and alter my ftrain.
When Jockey returns to my arms back again.
SONG XXII.
SOLDIER BICK,
ie;g|=3=^=g;g|i=3
Why, don't you know me by my fears ?
-SE-L.^ _J Jjg^J 1.
I'm fol-dier Dick come from the wars, Where
m
^ — !---! — -^-^-ZZWH
"^^-m—
— ^
many a head with- out a hat Crowd honour's
j^J _« . — _— JBB— .-J . —J -~f^ —
bed : but what of that ? Crowd honour's bed
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Edinburgh musical miscellany, or, Modern songster > (68) Page 64 - Soldier Dick |
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| Description | A collection of the most approved Scotch, English, and Irish songs, set to music. Edinburgh : Printed for John Elder, T. Brown and C. Elliot ,Edinburgh; and W. Coke, Leith, 1793. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.86 |
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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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