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/ was ay telling you.
Lucky Nanfy, lucky Nanfy,
Auld fprings wad ding the new,
But ye wad never trow me,
Nor {haw with crimfon will I mix,
To fpread upon my lame's cheeks ;
And fyne th' unmeaning name prefix,
Miranda, Chloe, or Phillis.
I'll fetch nae fimile frae Jo<ve t
My height of extafy to prove,
Nor fighing, — thus— prefent my love
With rotes eek and liliies.
/ was ay telling you, &c.
But ftay,— I had amaift forgot
My miftrefs and my fang to boot,
And that's an unco 1 faut I wate :
But Nanjy, 'tis nae matter.
Ye fee I clink my verfe wi' rhime,
And ken ye, that atones the crime ; .
Forby, how fweet my numbers chime,
And Aide away like water.
1 was ay telling you, &c.
Now ken, my reverend fonfy fair.
Thy runkled cheeks and lyart hair,
Thy haft* fhut een and hodling air,
Are a' my paffion's fewel.
Nae skyring gowk, my dear, can fee,
Or love, or grace, or heaven in thee •■>
Yet thou hail charms anew for me,
Then fmiie, and be na cruel.
Leez me on thy fnawy pow,
Lucky Nanfy, lucky Nanfy,
Dry eft wood will ei 'theft low.
And Nanfy Jae will ye now.
Troth
/ was ay telling you.
Lucky Nanfy, lucky Nanfy,
Auld fprings wad ding the new,
But ye wad never trow me,
Nor {haw with crimfon will I mix,
To fpread upon my lame's cheeks ;
And fyne th' unmeaning name prefix,
Miranda, Chloe, or Phillis.
I'll fetch nae fimile frae Jo<ve t
My height of extafy to prove,
Nor fighing, — thus— prefent my love
With rotes eek and liliies.
/ was ay telling you, &c.
But ftay,— I had amaift forgot
My miftrefs and my fang to boot,
And that's an unco 1 faut I wate :
But Nanjy, 'tis nae matter.
Ye fee I clink my verfe wi' rhime,
And ken ye, that atones the crime ; .
Forby, how fweet my numbers chime,
And Aide away like water.
1 was ay telling you, &c.
Now ken, my reverend fonfy fair.
Thy runkled cheeks and lyart hair,
Thy haft* fhut een and hodling air,
Are a' my paffion's fewel.
Nae skyring gowk, my dear, can fee,
Or love, or grace, or heaven in thee •■>
Yet thou hail charms anew for me,
Then fmiie, and be na cruel.
Leez me on thy fnawy pow,
Lucky Nanfy, lucky Nanfy,
Dry eft wood will ei 'theft low.
And Nanfy Jae will ye now.
Troth
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Tea-table miscellany, or, A collection of choice songs, Scots and English > (51) Page 23 |
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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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