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OR, MUSICAL BOUQUET. 1^5
1 dmna care what I fhou'd v/ant,
If I cou'd get but a man.
Woo'd and married, &c.
Katty^s Anjiver,
My mither's ay glowran o'er me,
Tho' fhe did the fame before me ;
I canna get leave to look on my love.
Or elfe fhe'll be like to devour me.
Right fain wad I tak ye'r offer,
Sweet Sir, but I'll tyne my tocher ;
Then, Sandy, ye'll fret, and wyte ye're poor Kate^
Whene'er ye keek in your toom coffer.
For tho' my father has plenty
Of filler and plenilhing dainty,
Yet he's unco' fweer to twin wi' his gear ;
And fae we had need to be tenty.
Tutor my parents wi' caution,
Be wylie in ilka motion :
Brag weel o* ye'er land, and there's my leal hanc^.
Win them, I'm at your devotion.
R±
1 dmna care what I fhou'd v/ant,
If I cou'd get but a man.
Woo'd and married, &c.
Katty^s Anjiver,
My mither's ay glowran o'er me,
Tho' fhe did the fame before me ;
I canna get leave to look on my love.
Or elfe fhe'll be like to devour me.
Right fain wad I tak ye'r offer,
Sweet Sir, but I'll tyne my tocher ;
Then, Sandy, ye'll fret, and wyte ye're poor Kate^
Whene'er ye keek in your toom coffer.
For tho' my father has plenty
Of filler and plenilhing dainty,
Yet he's unco' fweer to twin wi' his gear ;
And fae we had need to be tenty.
Tutor my parents wi' caution,
Be wylie in ilka motion :
Brag weel o* ye'er land, and there's my leal hanc^.
Win them, I'm at your devotion.
R±
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Edinburgh syren, or, Musical bouquet > (205) Page 195 - Katty's answer |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87922855 |
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| Description | Being a new selection of modern songs, sung at the various places of amusement in Great Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh : Printed for Thomas Brown, 1792. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.2 |
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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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