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S Laves to London I'll deceive you,
For the Country now I leave you :
Who can bear, and not be Mad,
Wine so dear, and yet so bad :
Such a Noise and Air so smoaky,
That to stun, this to choak ye ;
Men so selfish, false and rude,
Nymphs so young and yet so lew'd.
Quiet harmless Country Pleasure,
Shall at home engross my Leisure ;
Farewel London, I'll repair,
To my Native Country Air :
I leave all thy Pleasures behind me,
But at home my Wife will find me ;
Oh the Gods ! 'tis ten times worse,
Lo?idon is a milder Curse.
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Songs Compleat,
A SONG.
I^Pl^P^Pf^
Mmm m&&m
-jiW=?=9=j:
a
£S
S Laves to London I'll deceive you,
For the Country now I leave you :
Who can bear, and not be Mad,
Wine so dear, and yet so bad :
Such a Noise and Air so smoaky,
That to stun, this to choak ye ;
Men so selfish, false and rude,
Nymphs so young and yet so lew'd.
Quiet harmless Country Pleasure,
Shall at home engross my Leisure ;
Farewel London, I'll repair,
To my Native Country Air :
I leave all thy Pleasures behind me,
But at home my Wife will find me ;
Oh the Gods ! 'tis ten times worse,
Lo?idon is a milder Curse.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy > Volume 5 > (126) Page 114 - Slaves to London, I'll deceive you |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145d |
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| Description | Being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all humours, having each their proper tune for either voice, or instrument: most of the songs being new set. 6 volumes. London, Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1719-20. A 19th century reprint from a broken set of the two issues of the 1719-1720 edition. Volumes 1, 3-5 belong to the first issue; Volumes 2 and 6 to the second. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145-145e |
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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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