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When lo ! down in a grafly dale,
They heard their father's horn .
That horn, quoth they, neer founds in peact^
We have other /port to. by del
And Toon they heyd them up the hill,
And foon were at his fyde.
X.
;Late, late yeftreen I nveind in peace
To end my lengthned life,.
My age might nveil excufe my arm
Frae manly feats of ft rife ;
But no<w that Norfe does -proudly boxft
Fair Scotland to enthrall,
Its neir be faid of Hardy knute,
He fear d to fight or fall.
XL
; Robin of Rothfay, lend thy bo<z® 9
Thy arrow fhoot fae lei I,
Mony a comely countenance
They have turnd to deidly pale :
JBrade Thomas, tak ye but your lance s
Ye neid nae weapons mair,
iGif ye fight c weit as ye did anes
'Gainfi We&mortend's fierce heir,
■XII.
Malcom, light of foot as flag
That runs in forefl wyld,
dGet me my thousands three of men
Well bred to Jword and fhield;
Bring me my horfe and harnifine,
My blade of metial cleir.
i f faes kend but the hand it bare,
They foon had fled for fear.
XIII.
Farewell, my dame, fae pierlefs good P
And took her by the hand,
Fairer to me in age you feem,
Than maids for bewty fattfd?
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When lo ! down in a grafly dale,
They heard their father's horn .
That horn, quoth they, neer founds in peact^
We have other /port to. by del
And Toon they heyd them up the hill,
And foon were at his fyde.
X.
;Late, late yeftreen I nveind in peace
To end my lengthned life,.
My age might nveil excufe my arm
Frae manly feats of ft rife ;
But no<w that Norfe does -proudly boxft
Fair Scotland to enthrall,
Its neir be faid of Hardy knute,
He fear d to fight or fall.
XL
; Robin of Rothfay, lend thy bo<z® 9
Thy arrow fhoot fae lei I,
Mony a comely countenance
They have turnd to deidly pale :
JBrade Thomas, tak ye but your lance s
Ye neid nae weapons mair,
iGif ye fight c weit as ye did anes
'Gainfi We&mortend's fierce heir,
■XII.
Malcom, light of foot as flag
That runs in forefl wyld,
dGet me my thousands three of men
Well bred to Jword and fhield;
Bring me my horfe and harnifine,
My blade of metial cleir.
i f faes kend but the hand it bare,
They foon had fled for fear.
XIII.
Farewell, my dame, fae pierlefs good P
And took her by the hand,
Fairer to me in age you feem,
Than maids for bewty fattfd?
219
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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 > (241) Page 213 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/87935125 |
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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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