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ot s o n g s^ tdy
@r fooli&ly difturb the fldes
With vain complaints or fruitless cries |;
For if the fatal deftinies
Jiave all decreed it mould be ib,
What good will gold or crying do ?
Crive me, to eafe my thirty foul,
The joys and comforts ,of the bowl 5
Freedom and health, and whiift i live-,
Xet me not want what love can give,
Then mall I die in peace, and have
This confolation in the grave,
That once I had the world my Have,
IF you'd court the joy won't leave you 3
Pay your vows at Bacchus' mrines
<J)ther pleafures will deceive you,
Truth is only found in wine,
|f you'd court, <bc t
Jjet the puny, {heaking lover
Bow to Cupid like a fool %
Juft experience will dilcover,
He's no more than woman's tooL
He's no more, &c.
Bring more wine then, charge the glalles^
Let 'em flow with gen'rous red ;
jprown a thoufand loving afles,
Then in triumph march to bed*
Bring more, 6c.
Z z ■ -. : ■ H
@r fooli&ly difturb the fldes
With vain complaints or fruitless cries |;
For if the fatal deftinies
Jiave all decreed it mould be ib,
What good will gold or crying do ?
Crive me, to eafe my thirty foul,
The joys and comforts ,of the bowl 5
Freedom and health, and whiift i live-,
Xet me not want what love can give,
Then mall I die in peace, and have
This confolation in the grave,
That once I had the world my Have,
IF you'd court the joy won't leave you 3
Pay your vows at Bacchus' mrines
<J)ther pleafures will deceive you,
Truth is only found in wine,
|f you'd court, <bc t
Jjet the puny, {heaking lover
Bow to Cupid like a fool %
Juft experience will dilcover,
He's no more than woman's tooL
He's no more, &c.
Bring more wine then, charge the glalles^
Let 'em flow with gen'rous red ;
jprown a thoufand loving afles,
Then in triumph march to bed*
Bring more, 6c.
Z z ■ -. : ■ H
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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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