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Her mill into some hole had fawn.
What recks, quoth she, let it be gawn^
For I maun hae a young goodman.
Shall furnish me with snishing.
The mild ivife, &c.
Her eldest dochter said right bauld,
Fy, mother, mind that now ye're auld.
And if you with a yonker wald,
He'll waste away your snishing.
The auld ivife, &c.
The youngest dochter ga'e a shout,
O mother dear ! your teeth's a' out.
Besides ha'f blind, ye hae the gout.
Your mill can had nae snishing.
The aidd wife, &c.
Ye lie, ye limmers, cries auld mump.
For I hae baith a tooth and stump.
And will nae langer live in dump,
By wanting of my snishing.
The auld ivife, See.
Thole ye, says Peg, that pauky slut.
Mother, if you can crack a nut.
Then we will a' consent to it.
That you shall have a snishing.
The auld wife, &c.
The auld ane did agree to that.
And they a pistol-bullet gat ;
She powerfully began to crack.
To won hersell a snishing.
The auld wife, &c.
Her mill into some hole had fawn.
What recks, quoth she, let it be gawn^
For I maun hae a young goodman.
Shall furnish me with snishing.
The mild ivife, &c.
Her eldest dochter said right bauld,
Fy, mother, mind that now ye're auld.
And if you with a yonker wald,
He'll waste away your snishing.
The auld ivife, &c.
The youngest dochter ga'e a shout,
O mother dear ! your teeth's a' out.
Besides ha'f blind, ye hae the gout.
Your mill can had nae snishing.
The aidd wife, &c.
Ye lie, ye limmers, cries auld mump.
For I hae baith a tooth and stump.
And will nae langer live in dump,
By wanting of my snishing.
The auld ivife, See.
Thole ye, says Peg, that pauky slut.
Mother, if you can crack a nut.
Then we will a' consent to it.
That you shall have a snishing.
The auld wife, &c.
The auld ane did agree to that.
And they a pistol-bullet gat ;
She powerfully began to crack.
To won hersell a snishing.
The auld wife, &c.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, tales, and songs > Volume 2 > (174) Page 156 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87726558 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.53a |
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| Description | With explanatory notes and observations [compiled] by John Gilchrist. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1815. 2 volumes: v. 1. Ballads. Tales.--v. 2. Tales, continued. Songs. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.53-53a |
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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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