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13% SONGS.
Wi' legs snapped aff, broken noddles,
(My fegs ! 'twas a sad ravelled pirn !)
The Dutchmen endeavoured to rin for't.
But fand themsels snib'd in a girn.
They looked like gryces new-sticked.
Whan siccan mishanters they saw.
An' heartily d d the French vermin,
Wha o' them had made a cat's paw.
Yet Frenchmen (wh^*lln^ef tie toiigtie- ticked,)
Blaw aff at an unco degree ;
Again 'bout Invasion they blether.
An' swear they'll be here in a wee.
But e'en let them yammer an' ettle,
Britannia laughs at their scheme ;
She has Tars, wha are Kings o' the Ocean,
An' Volunteer bii'kies at hame. "
Whan Scotia's braid shield, o'er her mountains,
Sae terribly sounds the alarm, ^
Wi' legs snapped aff, broken noddles,
(My fegs ! 'twas a sad ravelled pirn !)
The Dutchmen endeavoured to rin for't.
But fand themsels snib'd in a girn.
They looked like gryces new-sticked.
Whan siccan mishanters they saw.
An' heartily d d the French vermin,
Wha o' them had made a cat's paw.
Yet Frenchmen (wh^*lln^ef tie toiigtie- ticked,)
Blaw aff at an unco degree ;
Again 'bout Invasion they blether.
An' swear they'll be here in a wee.
But e'en let them yammer an' ettle,
Britannia laughs at their scheme ;
She has Tars, wha are Kings o' the Ocean,
An' Volunteer bii'kies at hame. "
Whan Scotia's braid shield, o'er her mountains,
Sae terribly sounds the alarm, ^
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87745209 |
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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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