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THE EDINBURGH
Yet be (lie a faint, and as chafte as a nun —
You're faftcn'd to her apron-ftrings — as fure as a
gun !
Suppofe it was you, then, faid he with a leer ;
You wou'd not ferve me fo, I'm certain, my dear :
In troth I repUed, I v^ill anfwer for none —
But do as other women do^ — as fure as a gun !
SONG CXII.
THE bird's nest.
55
guiigeig^
I've found out a gift for my fair, I've found
,b-^-
t
Hiiiiig
where the wood-pigeons breed. But let me that
p
i
plunder forbear, She'll fay it's a bar - ba -rous
-zzszvzzBtz
deed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She'U
THE EDINBURGH
Yet be (lie a faint, and as chafte as a nun —
You're faftcn'd to her apron-ftrings — as fure as a
gun !
Suppofe it was you, then, faid he with a leer ;
You wou'd not ferve me fo, I'm certain, my dear :
In troth I repUed, I v^ill anfwer for none —
But do as other women do^ — as fure as a gun !
SONG CXII.
THE bird's nest.
55
guiigeig^
I've found out a gift for my fair, I've found
,b-^-
t
Hiiiiig
where the wood-pigeons breed. But let me that
p
i
plunder forbear, She'll fay it's a bar - ba -rous
-zzszvzzBtz
deed ; But let me that plunder forbear, She'U
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87692935 |
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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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