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N A N N TO.
WHILE fome for pleafure pawn their health,
'Twixt Lais and the Bagnio,
IM fave myfelf, and without Health,
| Kifs and carefs my Nanny — O.
She bids more fair t'engage a Jove
Than Leda did or Danae — O.
Were I to paint the queen of love,
None elfe mould lit but Nanny— O.
How joyfully my fpirits rife,
When dancing me moves finely— O,
I guefs what heaven is by her eyes,
Which fparkle fo divinely — O.
Attend my vow, ye Gods, while I
Breathe in the blelt Britannia,
None's happinefs I mall envy,
As long's ye grant me Nanny — O,
Chorus.
My honny, bonny Nanny— O,
My lovely charming Nanny — O.
/ care not the? the world know
Hozv dearly I love Nanny-— O.
Bonny JEAN.
LO V E's Gcddefs in a myrtle grove,
Said, Cupid, bend thy bow with fpeed,
Nor let the fliaft at random rove,
For Jeanfs haughty heart muil bleed.
The fmiling boy, with divine art,
From Paphos mot an arrow keen,
Which flew, unerring, to the heart,
And kilPd the pride of bonny Jean,
No
N A N N TO.
WHILE fome for pleafure pawn their health,
'Twixt Lais and the Bagnio,
IM fave myfelf, and without Health,
| Kifs and carefs my Nanny — O.
She bids more fair t'engage a Jove
Than Leda did or Danae — O.
Were I to paint the queen of love,
None elfe mould lit but Nanny— O.
How joyfully my fpirits rife,
When dancing me moves finely— O,
I guefs what heaven is by her eyes,
Which fparkle fo divinely — O.
Attend my vow, ye Gods, while I
Breathe in the blelt Britannia,
None's happinefs I mall envy,
As long's ye grant me Nanny — O,
Chorus.
My honny, bonny Nanny— O,
My lovely charming Nanny — O.
/ care not the? the world know
Hozv dearly I love Nanny-— O.
Bonny JEAN.
LO V E's Gcddefs in a myrtle grove,
Said, Cupid, bend thy bow with fpeed,
Nor let the fliaft at random rove,
For Jeanfs haughty heart muil bleed.
The fmiling boy, with divine art,
From Paphos mot an arrow keen,
Which flew, unerring, to the heart,
And kilPd the pride of bonny Jean,
No
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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 > (71) Page 43 - Nannyo |
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Description | Also: Bonny Jean. |
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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