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DC. GOOD NIGHT AND JOY BE Wl"" YOU a\ 511
farewell air, in closing their musical works. Macgibbon placed
it at the end of his third and last volume of Scottish Airs, pub-
lished in 1755, Oswald closed the fourth volume of his Ca-
ledonian Pocket Companion with the same air. Oswald pro-
bably then thought it would be th6 last volume of his work,
but he afterwards found materials for no less than eiglit
more. Mr James Johnson followed the same example, in
closing his sixth and last volume of the Scots Musical Mu-
seum.
There are two songs adapted to this air in the Museum.
The first is said to have been composed by Thomas Arm-
strong, the night before his execution for the murder of Sir
John Carmichael of Edrom, warden of the middle marches
on the Border of Scotland. The warden was murdered 16th
June 1600, and Armstrong suffered on 14th November
1601. It is by no means certain that these verses are the
original words.
This tune was a particular favourite with Burns, who
wrote the second song, beginning Adieu ! a heartwarm
fond adieu i In one of his letters, he says, *' Ballad-
making is now as completely my hobby-horse, as ever fortifi-
cation was Uncle Toby's ; so I'll e'en canter it away till I
come to the limit of my race, (God grant that I may take
the right side of the winni ng-post !), and then, cheer-
fully looking back on the honest folks with whom I have
been happy, I shall say or sing, ' Sae merry as we a' hae
been !' and raising my last looks to the whole of the human
race, the last words of the voice of Coila shall be, * Good
night and joy be wi' you a' '^. Works, vol. iv. Burns here
calls himself the Voice of Coila, in imitation of Ossian,
who styles himself the Voice of Cona. Coila, or Kyle, is the
middle bailiewick of Ayrshire.
The second song was printed in Burns's Works, at Edin-
burgh in 1787. It is there entitled " The Farewell to the
Brethren of St James's Lodge, Tarbolton, tune, Good Night
and Joy be wi' you a'." Burns became a member of this
farewell air, in closing their musical works. Macgibbon placed
it at the end of his third and last volume of Scottish Airs, pub-
lished in 1755, Oswald closed the fourth volume of his Ca-
ledonian Pocket Companion with the same air. Oswald pro-
bably then thought it would be th6 last volume of his work,
but he afterwards found materials for no less than eiglit
more. Mr James Johnson followed the same example, in
closing his sixth and last volume of the Scots Musical Mu-
seum.
There are two songs adapted to this air in the Museum.
The first is said to have been composed by Thomas Arm-
strong, the night before his execution for the murder of Sir
John Carmichael of Edrom, warden of the middle marches
on the Border of Scotland. The warden was murdered 16th
June 1600, and Armstrong suffered on 14th November
1601. It is by no means certain that these verses are the
original words.
This tune was a particular favourite with Burns, who
wrote the second song, beginning Adieu ! a heartwarm
fond adieu i In one of his letters, he says, *' Ballad-
making is now as completely my hobby-horse, as ever fortifi-
cation was Uncle Toby's ; so I'll e'en canter it away till I
come to the limit of my race, (God grant that I may take
the right side of the winni ng-post !), and then, cheer-
fully looking back on the honest folks with whom I have
been happy, I shall say or sing, ' Sae merry as we a' hae
been !' and raising my last looks to the whole of the human
race, the last words of the voice of Coila shall be, * Good
night and joy be wi' you a' '^. Works, vol. iv. Burns here
calls himself the Voice of Coila, in imitation of Ossian,
who styles himself the Voice of Cona. Coila, or Kyle, is the
middle bailiewick of Ayrshire.
The second song was printed in Burns's Works, at Edin-
burgh in 1787. It is there entitled " The Farewell to the
Brethren of St James's Lodge, Tarbolton, tune, Good Night
and Joy be wi' you a'." Burns became a member of this
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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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| 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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