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Tune Befsey's Haggles
6 6*
Befsy's bofom's faft and warm,
Milk-white fingers ftill employ'd,
He who tales her to his arm,
Of her fweets can ne'er be cloyd.
My dear Befsy, when the rofes
Befsy's- tocher is but fcanty,
Yet her face and foul difcovers
Thofe enchanting fweets in plentj
Maunfntice a thoufand lorers^'
Tis not money, but a woman
Leave thy cheek, as thou grows auider. Of a temper kind and eafy,
Virtue, which thy mind difclofes, That gives bappinefs uncommon;
Will keep love from growing caulder. Petted thing-scan nought but tea/e ye.
6 6*
Befsy's bofom's faft and warm,
Milk-white fingers ftill employ'd,
He who tales her to his arm,
Of her fweets can ne'er be cloyd.
My dear Befsy, when the rofes
Befsy's- tocher is but fcanty,
Yet her face and foul difcovers
Thofe enchanting fweets in plentj
Maunfntice a thoufand lorers^'
Tis not money, but a woman
Leave thy cheek, as thou grows auider. Of a temper kind and eafy,
Virtue, which thy mind difclofes, That gives bappinefs uncommon;
Will keep love from growing caulder. Petted thing-scan nought but tea/e ye.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volume 1 > (43) Page 31 - Bonny Bessy |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87794173 |
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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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