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Away with dull. Here fye. Sir ;
Ye'r mistress, Robie, gi'es her.
We'll drink her health wi' pleasure^
Wha's belov'd by thee.
Then let Peggy warm ye.
That's a lass can charm ye.
And to joys alarm ye.
Sweet is she to me.
Some angel ye wad ca' her.
And never wish ane brawer.
If ye bare-headed saw her
Kiltet to the knee.
Peggy a dainty lass is.
Come let's join our glasses^
And refresh our hauses
With a health to thee.
Let coofs their cash be clinking.
Be statesmen tint in thinking.
While we with love and drinking.
Give our cares the lie.
THE TUMBLER'S RANT,
Come carles a' of fumbler's ha'.
And I will tell you of our fate.
Since we have married wives that's braw-
And canna please them when 'tis late :
A pint we'll take, our hearts to cheer :
What fauts we hae our wives can tell ;
Gar bring us in baith ale and beer.
The auldest bairn we hae's oursell.
Away with dull. Here fye. Sir ;
Ye'r mistress, Robie, gi'es her.
We'll drink her health wi' pleasure^
Wha's belov'd by thee.
Then let Peggy warm ye.
That's a lass can charm ye.
And to joys alarm ye.
Sweet is she to me.
Some angel ye wad ca' her.
And never wish ane brawer.
If ye bare-headed saw her
Kiltet to the knee.
Peggy a dainty lass is.
Come let's join our glasses^
And refresh our hauses
With a health to thee.
Let coofs their cash be clinking.
Be statesmen tint in thinking.
While we with love and drinking.
Give our cares the lie.
THE TUMBLER'S RANT,
Come carles a' of fumbler's ha'.
And I will tell you of our fate.
Since we have married wives that's braw-
And canna please them when 'tis late :
A pint we'll take, our hearts to cheer :
What fauts we hae our wives can tell ;
Gar bring us in baith ale and beer.
The auldest bairn we hae's oursell.
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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 > (392) Page 370 - Fumbler's rant |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87729174 |
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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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