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" They're a' out at the washings sir/'
The fause nurse said to him,
" Where is the lady o' this castel ?"
Spak out the Lammikin.
" She's sewing in her paintit bouir,"
The fause nurse said to him.
" O where, O where, is her auld son ?'
Spak out the Lammikin.
" He's gane awa to buy pearlins,
'Gain' our lady ly in."-^
*' Thae pearlins she shall never weir,"
Spak out the Lammikin ;
" And that, I trow, is nae pitie,"
Said the fause nurse to him.
" But how can we get at this dame ?"
Spak out the Lammikin.
" O stab the babe, and mak it cry,
And that will bring her doun."
Lammikin nipped the bonnie babe,
While loud the nourice sings ;
Lammikin nipped the bonnie babe,
While heich the red blude springs.
'^ O gentle nourice, still my bairn ;
O still him wi' the keys."
" He will not still, fair lady.
Let me do what I please."
" O gentle nourice, still my bairn ;
O still him wi' the ring."
* Against the time when our lady shall lie in,
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Scottish ballads
DescriptionCollected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: W. Tait, 1829. Part I. Historical ballads -- Part II. Ballads supposed to refer to real circumstances in private life -- Part III. Romantic ballads -- Part IV. Imitations of the ancient ballads.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.