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154 "Tf^^JE EDINBURGH
Every land lias its ain laugh,
Ilk kind of corn it has its hool 5
I think the warld is a' run wrang,
When ilka wife her man wad rule^.
Do ye not fee Rob, Jock, and Hab,
As they are girded gallantly ?
While I fit hurklen in the afe —
I'll have a new cloak about rne.
Gudeman, I wat 'tis thirty years
Since v/e did ane anlther ken j
And we have had between us twa
Of lads and bonny lafTes ten :
Now they are women grown and iTitn.
I wifh and pray well may they be
And if you prove a good hufband^
E'en tak' your auld cloak about ye.
Bell my wife flie lo'es nai (Irife ;
But {he wad guide me if fbe can :
And, to maintain an eafy life,
I aft maun yield, though Em gudeman.
Nought's to be v/on at woman's hand^
Unlefs ye give her a' the plea :
Then ril leave aff where I began,
Aud tak' my auld cloak about me.
Every land lias its ain laugh,
Ilk kind of corn it has its hool 5
I think the warld is a' run wrang,
When ilka wife her man wad rule^.
Do ye not fee Rob, Jock, and Hab,
As they are girded gallantly ?
While I fit hurklen in the afe —
I'll have a new cloak about rne.
Gudeman, I wat 'tis thirty years
Since v/e did ane anlther ken j
And we have had between us twa
Of lads and bonny lafTes ten :
Now they are women grown and iTitn.
I wifh and pray well may they be
And if you prove a good hufband^
E'en tak' your auld cloak about ye.
Bell my wife flie lo'es nai (Irife ;
But {he wad guide me if fbe can :
And, to maintain an eafy life,
I aft maun yield, though Em gudeman.
Nought's to be v/on at woman's hand^
Unlefs ye give her a' the plea :
Then ril leave aff where I began,
Aud tak' my auld cloak about me.
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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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