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Poor Jaime bawk'd, nae favour wins,
Went affmuch difcon tented j
But I in truth for a 1 my fins,
Ne'er haff fae fair repented. X
The Cock Lair J,
A Cock laird fou cadgie,
jfjL With Jenny did meet,
He haws'd her, he kifs'd her,
And ca'd her his fweet.
Wilt thou gae alang
Wi' me, Jenny, Jenny?
Thoufe be my ain lemmane,
Jo Jenny, quoth he.
If I gae alang w'ye,
Ye maunna fail,
To feaft me with caddels
And good hacket-kail.
The deel*s in your nicety,
Jenny, quoth he,
Mayna bannocks of bear-meal
Be as good for thee.
And I maun hae pinners,
With pearling fet round,
A skirt of puddy,
And a wallecoat of broun^
Awa with fick vanities,
Jenny, quoth he,
For kurchis and kirtles
Are fitter for thee.
My lairdmip can yield me
As meikle a year,
As had us in pottage
And good knockit beer :
Poor Jaime bawk'd, nae favour wins,
Went affmuch difcon tented j
But I in truth for a 1 my fins,
Ne'er haff fae fair repented. X
The Cock Lair J,
A Cock laird fou cadgie,
jfjL With Jenny did meet,
He haws'd her, he kifs'd her,
And ca'd her his fweet.
Wilt thou gae alang
Wi' me, Jenny, Jenny?
Thoufe be my ain lemmane,
Jo Jenny, quoth he.
If I gae alang w'ye,
Ye maunna fail,
To feaft me with caddels
And good hacket-kail.
The deel*s in your nicety,
Jenny, quoth he,
Mayna bannocks of bear-meal
Be as good for thee.
And I maun hae pinners,
With pearling fet round,
A skirt of puddy,
And a wallecoat of broun^
Awa with fick vanities,
Jenny, quoth he,
For kurchis and kirtles
Are fitter for thee.
My lairdmip can yield me
As meikle a year,
As had us in pottage
And good knockit beer :
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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 > (222) Page 194 - Cock laird |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87934897 |
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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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