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Yet my fair body it fhall keep
s { An honeil heart within — O J
And for twice fifty thoufand crowns 9
I value not a prin *— O.
I ufe nae gums upon my hair,
Nor chains about my neck — ■ »0.
Nor mining rings upon my hands,
My fingers ftraight to deck — Qr\
But for that lad to me fhall fa\
And I have grace to wed — 3
IP 11 keep a jewel worth them a\
I mean my maidenhead — O.
1£ canny fortune give to me
The man I dearly love — O,
Tho 1 we want gear, I dinna care,,
My hands I can improve •— O.
Expecting for a bleffing ftill
Defcending from above — — O.
Then we'll embrace, and fweetly kifs,
Repeating tales of love — O. Z,
V- I III , I m i
Waly, waly, gm Love be bonny.
OWaly, waly up the bank,
And waly, waly down the brae,
And waly, waly yon burn-iide,
Where I and my love wont to gae*
% lean'd my beck unto an aik,
I thought it was a trufty tree, • .
JJut firft it bow'd and fyne it brak,
Sae my true love did lightly me.
O waly, waly, but l«ve be bonny,
A little time while it is new,
But when 'tis auld it waxeth cauld,
And fades away like the morning dew.
O wherefore fhou'd I busk my head ?
Or wherefore fhou'd I kame my hair ?
For my true love has me forfook,
And fays he'll never love me mair.
, Now
Yet my fair body it fhall keep
s { An honeil heart within — O J
And for twice fifty thoufand crowns 9
I value not a prin *— O.
I ufe nae gums upon my hair,
Nor chains about my neck — ■ »0.
Nor mining rings upon my hands,
My fingers ftraight to deck — Qr\
But for that lad to me fhall fa\
And I have grace to wed — 3
IP 11 keep a jewel worth them a\
I mean my maidenhead — O.
1£ canny fortune give to me
The man I dearly love — O,
Tho 1 we want gear, I dinna care,,
My hands I can improve •— O.
Expecting for a bleffing ftill
Defcending from above — — O.
Then we'll embrace, and fweetly kifs,
Repeating tales of love — O. Z,
V- I III , I m i
Waly, waly, gm Love be bonny.
OWaly, waly up the bank,
And waly, waly down the brae,
And waly, waly yon burn-iide,
Where I and my love wont to gae*
% lean'd my beck unto an aik,
I thought it was a trufty tree, • .
JJut firft it bow'd and fyne it brak,
Sae my true love did lightly me.
O waly, waly, but l«ve be bonny,
A little time while it is new,
But when 'tis auld it waxeth cauld,
And fades away like the morning dew.
O wherefore fhou'd I busk my head ?
Or wherefore fhou'd I kame my hair ?
For my true love has me forfook,
And fays he'll never love me mair.
, Now
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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 > (198) Page 170 - Waly, waly, gin love be bony |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87934609 |
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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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