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Has kill'd the kindeft heart
That e'er felt Cupid's dart,
And never can defert
From loving thee.
SONG.
We'll a* to Kelso ger k .
AN I'll awa to bonny Tweed fide,
And fee my deary come throw,
And he fall be mine,
Gif fae he incline,
For I hate to lead apes below.
While young and fair,
HI make it my care,
To fecure my fell in a jo ;
I'm no fie a fool
To let my blood cool,
And fyne gae lead apes below.
Few words, bonny lad^
Will eithly perfuade,
Tho''bluftung, I daftly fay no,
Gae on with your flrain 3
And doubt not to gain,
For I hate to lead apes below.
Unry'd to a man,
Do what e'er we can ?
We never can thrive or dow :
Then I will do well,
Do better wha will^
And let them lead apes below.
Our time is precious,
And Gods are gracious
That beauties upon us beftow 5
Tfr
Has kill'd the kindeft heart
That e'er felt Cupid's dart,
And never can defert
From loving thee.
SONG.
We'll a* to Kelso ger k .
AN I'll awa to bonny Tweed fide,
And fee my deary come throw,
And he fall be mine,
Gif fae he incline,
For I hate to lead apes below.
While young and fair,
HI make it my care,
To fecure my fell in a jo ;
I'm no fie a fool
To let my blood cool,
And fyne gae lead apes below.
Few words, bonny lad^
Will eithly perfuade,
Tho''bluftung, I daftly fay no,
Gae on with your flrain 3
And doubt not to gain,
For I hate to lead apes below.
Unry'd to a man,
Do what e'er we can ?
We never can thrive or dow :
Then I will do well,
Do better wha will^
And let them lead apes below.
Our time is precious,
And Gods are gracious
That beauties upon us beftow 5
Tfr
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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 > (164) Page 136 - We'll a' to Kelso go |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87934201 |
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| Description | In four volumes. The tenth edition, by Allan Ramsay. [In fact a volume of four parts with continuous pagination and register]. Imperfect: wanting illustration. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.108 |
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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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