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The Jovful Widower. Tun' Maggy Latjder
We livcl full one-and-twenty years,
A man and wife together;
At length from me her courfe fhe fteer'd.
And gone I know not whither:
Would I could guefs, I do profefs,
I fpeak and do not flatter,
Of all the women in the world,
I never would come at her.
Her body is beftowed well,
A handfome grave does hide her;
But fure her foul is not in'hefi,
The de'il would ne'er abide her.
I rather think fhe is aloft,
And imitating, thunder,
For why; methinks I hear her voice.
Tearing the clouds ufunder.

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Volume 1
Description"Humbly dedicated to the Catch Club instituted at Edinr June 1771".
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Volumes 1-6 - Scots musical museum
DescriptionBy 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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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.