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The Flowers of Edinburgh,
^F5r^
Defpair and anguifh fill my breaft,
Since I have loft my blooming rofe;
1 figh and moan while others reft,
His abfence yields me no repofe.
To feek my love T'H range and rove,
Thro' ev'ry grove and diftant plain;
Thus I'll ne'er ce ale, but fpend my days,
T hear tidings from my darling fw/ain,
Kind Neptune, let me. thee intreat,
To fend a fair and pleafant gale;
Ye dolphins fweet, upon ire wait.
And convey me on your tail.
Heavens blefs my \oyag»- with fuc-efs,
While eroding of the raging main,
And fend me fafe o'er to that diJtanr iliore
To meet my lovely darling fwain.
There's nothing ftrange in Nature's change, All joy and mirth at our return
*!mt' parents J)ie w fiich cruelty; Shall then abound from Tweed to Tay;
Thev caus'd my love from me to range, The, bells fiiall ring, and fweet birds final
And know not to what deftiny. . To grace and crown our nuptial day.
Th( pretty kids and te-nder lambs Thus blefs'd with, charms in my love's arn
Way of-afc to fport upon the plain; My heart once more I will regain:
I U iuMurii and lament, in deep difcontent,Then I'M range no more to a diftant fhorj
ror th* abfenqe of my darling fwamJ But in love will enjoy nr darling fwai
To
The Flowers of Edinburgh,
^F5r^
Defpair and anguifh fill my breaft,
Since I have loft my blooming rofe;
1 figh and moan while others reft,
His abfence yields me no repofe.
To feek my love T'H range and rove,
Thro' ev'ry grove and diftant plain;
Thus I'll ne'er ce ale, but fpend my days,
T hear tidings from my darling fw/ain,
Kind Neptune, let me. thee intreat,
To fend a fair and pleafant gale;
Ye dolphins fweet, upon ire wait.
And convey me on your tail.
Heavens blefs my \oyag»- with fuc-efs,
While eroding of the raging main,
And fend me fafe o'er to that diJtanr iliore
To meet my lovely darling fwain.
There's nothing ftrange in Nature's change, All joy and mirth at our return
*!mt' parents J)ie w fiich cruelty; Shall then abound from Tweed to Tay;
Thev caus'd my love from me to range, The, bells fiiall ring, and fweet birds final
And know not to what deftiny. . To grace and crown our nuptial day.
Th( pretty kids and te-nder lambs Thus blefs'd with, charms in my love's arn
Way of-afc to fport upon the plain; My heart once more I will regain:
I U iuMurii and lament, in deep difcontent,Then I'M range no more to a diftant fhorj
ror th* abfenqe of my darling fwamJ But in love will enjoy nr darling fwai
To
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volume 1 > (26) Page 14 - Flowers of Edinburgh |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87793969 |
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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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