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134« THE POCKET SONGSTER ;
In moving sounds he told his tale,
Soft as the sighings of the gale
That wakes the flowery year.
What wonder he could charm with ease,
Whom happy nature form'd to please,
Whom love had made sincere.
At morn he left me, — ^fought, and fell,
The fatal evening heard his knell,
And saw the tears I shed :
Tears that must ever, ever fall ;
For, ah ! no sighs, the past recal,
No cries awake the dead ! Mallet,
WHEN SUMMER COMES.
Tune — The broom of Cotvdenhwws,
When summer comes, the swains on Tweed
Sing their successful loves ;
Around the ewes and lambkins feed.
And music fills the groves.
But my loved song is then the broom
So fair on Cowdenknows ;
For sure so sweet, so soft a bloom
Elsewhere there never grows.
There Colin tuned his oaten reed,
And won my yielding heart ;
No shepherd e'er that dwelt on Tweed
Could play with half such art.
In moving sounds he told his tale,
Soft as the sighings of the gale
That wakes the flowery year.
What wonder he could charm with ease,
Whom happy nature form'd to please,
Whom love had made sincere.
At morn he left me, — ^fought, and fell,
The fatal evening heard his knell,
And saw the tears I shed :
Tears that must ever, ever fall ;
For, ah ! no sighs, the past recal,
No cries awake the dead ! Mallet,
WHEN SUMMER COMES.
Tune — The broom of Cotvdenhwws,
When summer comes, the swains on Tweed
Sing their successful loves ;
Around the ewes and lambkins feed.
And music fills the groves.
But my loved song is then the broom
So fair on Cowdenknows ;
For sure so sweet, so soft a bloom
Elsewhere there never grows.
There Colin tuned his oaten reed,
And won my yielding heart ;
No shepherd e'er that dwelt on Tweed
Could play with half such art.
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| Description | A collection of popular Scotch songs, and a selection of new ones, to which is added, a variety of toasts and sentiments. Embellished with a portrait of Tannahill and four elegant engravings. Edinburgh: T. Colquhoun, 1823. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.1 |
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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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