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For hark, and I will tell you,lafe,
Did I not fee your Jamie pais,
HVmeikle gladnefs in iiis (ace,
Otit o'er the muir to Maggy,
i wat he ga'e her mony a kifs,
~;j Maggy took them ne'er amifs:
,'i.v:en ilka, (mack- - pleased her with this.
That.. Beis was but a gawkie.
. ri.r 'when a . civil kffs I feek,
SS turns her head, and thraws her cheek,
Arid for an hour (he'll fcarcely fpeak;
Who'd not call. her a gawkie?- - • -
But (lire my Maggy has mair (etife,
She'll gi'e a fcore without offence;
Now gie me.ane unto the '"menfe-,
And ye (hall be my daw tie.
O Jamie, ye 4ia'e mony tane,
Rut J will never (tand for ane,
Or fwa, when we do meet again;
Sae .ne'er think me a gawkie,.
All na, la(s, that. ne'er can be,
Sic thoughts as the(e are far- frae me,
Or ony'thy fweet face that fee,
Eel" to ihinlithee agaw'kie.
But, whifhti — nae mair of this well (p(
For yonder Jamie does us meet;
Initead of Meg he kifs'd fae (weet,
I trow he likes the gawkie.
drar Befs, I hardly, knew,
When I came by, your gown's fae new*
1 think you've got it wet v.i' 1 dew.
Quoth fee, That's like a gawkie.
It's wat wi' dew-, and 'twill get rain,
And 111 get gowns when it is gane, j
Sae you may gang the gate you came,
And tell it to your dawtie.
The guilt appear 'd in Jamie's cheek;
He cryo", O cruel maid, but (weet,
If I fhould gang a nither gate*
I ne'er could meet u»y dawtie i
The laffes faft frae him they flew,
And left poor Jamie fair to rue;,
That ever Maggy's face he knew,
Or yet ca'd Befs a Gawkie.
As they went o'er the muir they fang;
The hills and dales with echoes rang,
The hills ^and dales with echoes ran^,
Gang o'er the muir to Majji«v!
Did I not fee your Jamie pais,
HVmeikle gladnefs in iiis (ace,
Otit o'er the muir to Maggy,
i wat he ga'e her mony a kifs,
~;j Maggy took them ne'er amifs:
,'i.v:en ilka, (mack- - pleased her with this.
That.. Beis was but a gawkie.
. ri.r 'when a . civil kffs I feek,
SS turns her head, and thraws her cheek,
Arid for an hour (he'll fcarcely fpeak;
Who'd not call. her a gawkie?- - • -
But (lire my Maggy has mair (etife,
She'll gi'e a fcore without offence;
Now gie me.ane unto the '"menfe-,
And ye (hall be my daw tie.
O Jamie, ye 4ia'e mony tane,
Rut J will never (tand for ane,
Or fwa, when we do meet again;
Sae .ne'er think me a gawkie,.
All na, la(s, that. ne'er can be,
Sic thoughts as the(e are far- frae me,
Or ony'thy fweet face that fee,
Eel" to ihinlithee agaw'kie.
But, whifhti — nae mair of this well (p(
For yonder Jamie does us meet;
Initead of Meg he kifs'd fae (weet,
I trow he likes the gawkie.
drar Befs, I hardly, knew,
When I came by, your gown's fae new*
1 think you've got it wet v.i' 1 dew.
Quoth fee, That's like a gawkie.
It's wat wi' dew-, and 'twill get rain,
And 111 get gowns when it is gane, j
Sae you may gang the gate you came,
And tell it to your dawtie.
The guilt appear 'd in Jamie's cheek;
He cryo", O cruel maid, but (weet,
If I fhould gang a nither gate*
I ne'er could meet u»y dawtie i
The laffes faft frae him they flew,
And left poor Jamie fair to rue;,
That ever Maggy's face he knew,
Or yet ca'd Befs a Gawkie.
As they went o'er the muir they fang;
The hills and dales with echoes rang,
The hills ^and dales with echoes ran^,
Gang o'er the muir to Majji«v!
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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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