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THIS IS NO MINE AIN HOUSE.
[The first half stanza is old ; the rest is Ramsay's.]
O THIS is no mine ain house,
I ken by the rigging o't.
Since with my love I've changed vowSj
I dinna like the bigging o't.
For now that I'm young Robie's bride.
And mistress of his fire-side.
Mine ain house I like to guide.
And please me wi' the trigging o't.
Then farewell to my father's house,
I gang where love invites me ;
The strictest duty this allows.
When love with honour meets me.
When Hymen moulds us into ane.
My Robie's nearer than my kin.
And to refuse him were a sin,
Sae lang's he kindly treats me.
When I am in mine ain house.
True love shall be at hand ay.
To make me still a prudent spouse,
And let my man command ay ;
Avoiding ilka cause of strife.
The common pest of married life.
That makes ane wearied of his wife.
And breaks the kindly band ay.
THIS IS NO MINE AIN HOUSE.
[The first half stanza is old ; the rest is Ramsay's.]
O THIS is no mine ain house,
I ken by the rigging o't.
Since with my love I've changed vowSj
I dinna like the bigging o't.
For now that I'm young Robie's bride.
And mistress of his fire-side.
Mine ain house I like to guide.
And please me wi' the trigging o't.
Then farewell to my father's house,
I gang where love invites me ;
The strictest duty this allows.
When love with honour meets me.
When Hymen moulds us into ane.
My Robie's nearer than my kin.
And to refuse him were a sin,
Sae lang's he kindly treats me.
When I am in mine ain house.
True love shall be at hand ay.
To make me still a prudent spouse,
And let my man command ay ;
Avoiding ilka cause of strife.
The common pest of married life.
That makes ane wearied of his wife.
And breaks the kindly band ay.
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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 > (327) Page 305 - This is no mine ain house |
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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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