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136 O'Keepe.
ERE AROUND THE HUGE OAK.
From the " Comic Opera, the Farmer."
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Could I trace back the time, a far distant date,
8ince my forefathers toil'd in this field ,
^nd the farm I now hold on your honour's estate,
la tbe Euune that my grandfather till'd.
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He, dying, beqiipnth'd to his son a good name,
Which, unsullied, descended to me.
In my child I've preserv'd itunb emish'dwith -ihamo,
And it still frum a spot shall be free.
ERE AROUND THE HUGE OAK.
From the " Comic Opera, the Farmer."
Shiri.d.
-»-^
^^±=^f=zSz=±
^-Nr
-^ — i^ /
m
y /—!;>
Ere a - round the huj^e oak that o'er - sua - duws ;) ^u mill, 'i he fond
iv - V had dar'd to eii-twiue; Ere the church v> as a } u ■ in that
nrids (in the hill. Or the rci.k built its nest on the pine. ' v
1 ' • "^
^Ez^-^E^
rook built its nest on the pine-
Could I trace back the time, a far distant date,
8ince my forefathers toil'd in this field ,
^nd the farm I now hold on your honour's estate,
la tbe Euune that my grandfather till'd.
gP
He, dying, beqiipnth'd to his son a good name,
Which, unsullied, descended to me.
In my child I've preserv'd itunb emish'dwith -ihamo,
And it still frum a spot shall be free.
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| Description | A selection of the most popular airs, duets, glees, madrigals, &c. to which are added several original songs, composed expressly for the work. Edinburgh : T. & W. M'Dowall, and Oliver & Boyd, 1842. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.38 |
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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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