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Cauld fro It y morning,
_ vember blaws over the plain,! heard the kirk bell re-peatthe loud "warning;, As,
fhining bright; Mountains & val lies appearing all hoary white, Forth I would
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Sae gently I ftaw to my lovely Maid s chamber,
And rapp'd at her window, low down on my knee;
Begging that flie would awauk from fweet flumber,
Awauk from fweet flumber and pity me.
For, that a ftranger to a* pleafure, peace and reft,
Love into madnefs had fired my tortur'd breaft,
And that I fhould be of a' men the maift unbleft,
Unlefs fhe would pity my fad miferie!
My true-love arofe and whifpered to me,
(The moon looked in, and envy'd my love's charms;}
"An innocent maiden, ah, would you undo me."
I made no reply, but leapt into her arms:
Bright Phebus peep'd over the hills and found me there;
As he has done, now, feven lang years and mair:
A faitl'fuller, conftanter, kinder, more loving Pair,
His fv\ eet-chearing beam nor enlightens nor warms.
Cauld fro It y morning,
_ vember blaws over the plain,! heard the kirk bell re-peatthe loud "warning;, As,
fhining bright; Mountains & val lies appearing all hoary white, Forth I would
i
i
Sae gently I ftaw to my lovely Maid s chamber,
And rapp'd at her window, low down on my knee;
Begging that flie would awauk from fweet flumber,
Awauk from fweet flumber and pity me.
For, that a ftranger to a* pleafure, peace and reft,
Love into madnefs had fired my tortur'd breaft,
And that I fhould be of a' men the maift unbleft,
Unlefs fhe would pity my fad miferie!
My true-love arofe and whifpered to me,
(The moon looked in, and envy'd my love's charms;}
"An innocent maiden, ah, would you undo me."
I made no reply, but leapt into her arms:
Bright Phebus peep'd over the hills and found me there;
As he has done, now, feven lang years and mair:
A faitl'fuller, conftanter, kinder, more loving Pair,
His fv\ eet-chearing beam nor enlightens nor warms.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volume 3 > (40) Page 236 - Cauld frosty morning |
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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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