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An thou Were my ain thing.
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Of race divine thou needs muft be,
Since nothing earth \v equals thee;
For | heaven's fake,then pin- me,
Who only lives to love thee.
An thou were &c.
ThePcwrs one thing peculiar have,
To ruin none whom they can fave;
O for their~fake fupport a flave,
Who eyer on fhall.love thee.
An thou .were. &c.
To merit I no claim can make,
But that I love, and for your fake
What man can do I'll undertake;
So dearly do I love thee.
An thou were &C.
My paffion, conftant as the fun,
Flames ftronger ftill,will ne'er have done,
Till fate my thread of life have fpun,
Which breathing out I'll love thee.
An thou were $cc . ■
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:=zi±k
fcxafc.
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O <*"' An. thou were mv ain thine, O I woucl love thee, I wou'd
=^
Then I »\ou'd clafp thee in my arms,Then I'd fecure thee from all
; . harms, For above mortals thou haft charms, How d-arh- do I love thee.
*^?
mm.
pp
Of race divine thou needs muft be,
Since nothing earth \v equals thee;
For | heaven's fake,then pin- me,
Who only lives to love thee.
An thou were &c.
ThePcwrs one thing peculiar have,
To ruin none whom they can fave;
O for their~fake fupport a flave,
Who eyer on fhall.love thee.
An thou .were. &c.
To merit I no claim can make,
But that I love, and for your fake
What man can do I'll undertake;
So dearly do I love thee.
An thou were &C.
My paffion, conftant as the fun,
Flames ftronger ftill,will ne'er have done,
Till fate my thread of life have fpun,
Which breathing out I'll love thee.
An thou were $cc . ■
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volume 1 > (14) Page 2 - An' thou were my ain thing |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87793825 |
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| Description | "Humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771". |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.201 |
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| Description | By James Johnson. 6 volumes. Edinburgh : Printed & sold by Johnson & Co., 1787-1803. Burns contributed largely to the work, and Stephen Clarke prepared the arrangements of most of the airs. ["The volumes of the Musical museum, as originally published, were 'Humbly dedicated to the Catch Club, instituted at Edinburgh June 1771.' On the completion of the sixth and last volume, in 1803, Johnson substituted a new set of title-pages, dedicating the work 'To the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.'"--Laing's pref., to 1839 ed., v. 1, p. ii, foot-note]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.201-201e |
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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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