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4«KW\_ty 'Swain, untaught to feign, the buxom Nymph fur_ vey'd,
full V g^f, as lad could be, be^fpoke the pretty maid.
■P 0~
Dear laflie tell, why by thy fell
Thou haft* i\ wandYeft here.
My ewes, fhe cry'd, are ftrayingwide;
Can'ft teli me. Laddie, where?
To town I hy, he made reply.
Some meikle (port to fee;
3ut thourt fo fweet, fo trim and neat,
Til feefc the-ewes with thee.
She gave her hand, nor made a ftand,
But like! the youth's intent;
0\i hill and dale, o'er plain and vaU.
Right merrily they -went.
The birds fang fweet, the pair to greet,
And flowVs bloom'd all around:
And as they walk*d,of love they talkcl,
And joys which lovers crownd.
And now the fun had rofe to noon,
In zenith of his power,
When *o a fh.-ide their fteps they made,
To nafs fhe mid-day. hour.
The bomn lad rowel in his plaid
the" lafs, who fcora'd to frown;
St'- foon forgot the ewes fhe fought.
And he to gang to town.
full V g^f, as lad could be, be^fpoke the pretty maid.
■P 0~
Dear laflie tell, why by thy fell
Thou haft* i\ wandYeft here.
My ewes, fhe cry'd, are ftrayingwide;
Can'ft teli me. Laddie, where?
To town I hy, he made reply.
Some meikle (port to fee;
3ut thourt fo fweet, fo trim and neat,
Til feefc the-ewes with thee.
She gave her hand, nor made a ftand,
But like! the youth's intent;
0\i hill and dale, o'er plain and vaU.
Right merrily they -went.
The birds fang fweet, the pair to greet,
And flowVs bloom'd all around:
And as they walk*d,of love they talkcl,
And joys which lovers crownd.
And now the fun had rofe to noon,
In zenith of his power,
When *o a fh.-ide their fteps they made,
To nafs fhe mid-day. hour.
The bomn lad rowel in his plaid
the" lafs, who fcora'd to frown;
St'- foon forgot the ewes fhe fought.
And he to gang to town.
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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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