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Clout the Caldron*
H4 V E you any pots or pans,
Or any broken chandlers ?
I am a tinkler to my trade.
And newly come frae Flanders,
As fcant of filler as of grace,
Disbanded, we've a bad-run ;
Gar tell the lady of the place",
I'm come to clout her caldron.
*Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
-Madam, if you have wark for me,
I'll do't to your contentment,
And dinna care a fingle flie
For any man's resentment ;
For, lady fair, tho 1 I appear
To every ane a tinkler,
Yet to yourfell I'm bauld to tell,
I am a gentle jinker.
Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
Love Jupiter into a fwan
Turn'd for his lovely Leda ;
He like a bull o'er meadows ran,
To carry aff Europa.
Then may not I, as well as he,
To cheat your Argos blinker,
And win your love, like mighty Jove,
Thus hide me in a tinkler.
Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
Sir, ye appear a cunning man,
But this fine plot you'll fail in,
For there is neither pot nor pan
Of mine you'll drive a nail in.
Then bind your budget on your back,
And nails up in your apron,
For I've a tinkler under tack
That's us'd to clout my caldron.
Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
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Clout the Caldron*
H4 V E you any pots or pans,
Or any broken chandlers ?
I am a tinkler to my trade.
And newly come frae Flanders,
As fcant of filler as of grace,
Disbanded, we've a bad-run ;
Gar tell the lady of the place",
I'm come to clout her caldron.
*Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
-Madam, if you have wark for me,
I'll do't to your contentment,
And dinna care a fingle flie
For any man's resentment ;
For, lady fair, tho 1 I appear
To every ane a tinkler,
Yet to yourfell I'm bauld to tell,
I am a gentle jinker.
Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
Love Jupiter into a fwan
Turn'd for his lovely Leda ;
He like a bull o'er meadows ran,
To carry aff Europa.
Then may not I, as well as he,
To cheat your Argos blinker,
And win your love, like mighty Jove,
Thus hide me in a tinkler.
Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
Sir, ye appear a cunning man,
But this fine plot you'll fail in,
For there is neither pot nor pan
Of mine you'll drive a nail in.
Then bind your budget on your back,
And nails up in your apron,
For I've a tinkler under tack
That's us'd to clout my caldron.
Fa adrie, didle, didle, &c.
i
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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 > (124) Page 96 - Clout the caldron |
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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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