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THE TINT QUEY. 29
^' Aweel," quo' lie^ ^^ sae ye may crack o't,
" See what a bonny hand ye'll mak o't !"
^^ I'll mak o't ! — What the sorrow way ?
" D'ye think that I can watch her aye ?
" That is a bonny speech indeed
*' To come frae your unwordy head.
" Ye poor, unthinking", senseless sow,
*' Get up, an' let us seek the cow."
Quo' he, right bauld, " Deil's i' the jade !
" I dare say ye are gaun clean mad,
''To think, at sic an elritch time
" O' night, whan we see ne'er a styme,
'' That we, like gowks, should gang awa,
'' An* ken na what may us befa'.
" What though (nae seeing whare we're gaun)
" In some wild frightfu' place we Ian',
" Whare wily bogles, dancing- reels,
" May hing us a' up by the heels ;
"Or devilish Spunkie, watching, lead
" Us in some pool out-owi-e the head :
^' Aweel," quo' lie^ ^^ sae ye may crack o't,
" See what a bonny hand ye'll mak o't !"
^^ I'll mak o't ! — What the sorrow way ?
" D'ye think that I can watch her aye ?
" That is a bonny speech indeed
*' To come frae your unwordy head.
" Ye poor, unthinking", senseless sow,
*' Get up, an' let us seek the cow."
Quo' he, right bauld, " Deil's i' the jade !
" I dare say ye are gaun clean mad,
''To think, at sic an elritch time
" O' night, whan we see ne'er a styme,
'' That we, like gowks, should gang awa,
'' An* ken na what may us befa'.
" What though (nae seeing whare we're gaun)
" In some wild frightfu' place we Ian',
" Whare wily bogles, dancing- reels,
" May hing us a' up by the heels ;
"Or devilish Spunkie, watching, lead
" Us in some pool out-owi-e the head :
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Poems and songs > (65) Page 29 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87743946 |
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| Description | By the late Richard Gall with a memoir of the author. Edinburgh : From the Press of Oliver and Boyd, 1819. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.48 |
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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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