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These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck
That spotless breast o' thine ;
The courtier's gems may witness love —
But 'tis nae love like mine.
Farewell, ye Dungeons.
TUNE— M'Pherson's Rant.
Farwell, ye dungeons dark and strong,
The wretch's destinie !
M'Pherson's time will not be long
On yonder gallows-tree.
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
Sae.dauntingly gaed he ;
He play'd a spring, and danc'd it rounds
Below the gallows-tree.
O what is death but parting breath ?
On many a bloody plain
IVe dar'd his face, and in this place
I scorn him yet again !
Sae rantingly, &c.
Untie these bands from off my hands,.
An' bring to me my sword ;
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These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck
That spotless breast o' thine ;
The courtier's gems may witness love —
But 'tis nae love like mine.
Farewell, ye Dungeons.
TUNE— M'Pherson's Rant.
Farwell, ye dungeons dark and strong,
The wretch's destinie !
M'Pherson's time will not be long
On yonder gallows-tree.
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
Sae.dauntingly gaed he ;
He play'd a spring, and danc'd it rounds
Below the gallows-tree.
O what is death but parting breath ?
On many a bloody plain
IVe dar'd his face, and in this place
I scorn him yet again !
Sae rantingly, &c.
Untie these bands from off my hands,.
An' bring to me my sword ;
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Caledonian songster > (129) Page 125 - Farewell, ye dungeons |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90260976 |
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| Description | A selection of choice Scottish songs. Dunbar : T. Oliver for G. Miller, 1805. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.70 |
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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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