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110 SONGS.
SONG.
How sweet is the scene at the waking o' morning- !
How fair ilka object that lives in the view !
Dame Nature the valley an' hillock adorning.
The wild rose an' blue-bell yet wet wi' the dew.
How sweet in the morning o' life is my Anna !
Her smile's like the sunbeam that glents on the lea:
To wander an' leave the dear lassie, I canna ;
Frae Truth, Love, an' Beauty, I never can flee,
O lang hae I lo'ed her, an' lo'ed her fu' dearly.
For saft is the smile o' her bonny s^^eet mou' ;
An' aft hae I read in her een, glancing clearly,
A language that bade me be constant an' true.
Then ithers may doat on their gowd an' their treasure;
For pelf, silly pelf, they may brave the rude sea ;
To lo'e my sweet lassie, be mine the dear ])leasure ;
Wi' her let me live, an' wi' her let me die.
SONG.
How sweet is the scene at the waking o' morning- !
How fair ilka object that lives in the view !
Dame Nature the valley an' hillock adorning.
The wild rose an' blue-bell yet wet wi' the dew.
How sweet in the morning o' life is my Anna !
Her smile's like the sunbeam that glents on the lea:
To wander an' leave the dear lassie, I canna ;
Frae Truth, Love, an' Beauty, I never can flee,
O lang hae I lo'ed her, an' lo'ed her fu' dearly.
For saft is the smile o' her bonny s^^eet mou' ;
An' aft hae I read in her een, glancing clearly,
A language that bade me be constant an' true.
Then ithers may doat on their gowd an' their treasure;
For pelf, silly pelf, they may brave the rude sea ;
To lo'e my sweet lassie, be mine the dear ])leasure ;
Wi' her let me live, an' wi' her let me die.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87744921 |
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| Description | Title from first line. |
| 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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