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.But 'twas not so long time ago,
When a great beau my granny was.
With her hizzy, Sec.
My granny was both fair an' plump,
An' like a squirrel she could jump,
With coral lips an' natural hips,
But now each girl has her cork rump ;
The plated ruff looks well enough,
Now pigeon craws they wear alas !
Stuck out before, like the breast of a boar,
O what a beau my granny was.
With her hizzy, quizzy, hizzy, frizzy,
Thunder dunder blunder O,
As I for fun, girls hither run,
My granny was a wonder O.

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Caledonian songster
DescriptionA selection of choice Scottish songs. Dunbar : T. Oliver for G. Miller, 1805.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.