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z'a gloom-y foe, Go, fright-en the cow - ard and slave, Go, teach them to
life's gloom-y foe, Go, fright-en the cow - ard and slave, Go, teach, them to
Go, fright-en the cow - ard and slave, Go, teach them to
trem-ble, fell ty - rant, but know, No ter-rors hast thou to the brave.
trem-ble, fell ty - rant, but know, No ter - rors hast thou to the brave.
trem-ble, fell ty-rant, but know, No ter-rors hast thou to the brave.
Thou strik'st the dull peasant — he sinks in the dark,
Nor saves e'en the wreck of a name ;
Thou strik'st the young hero — a glorious mark!
He falls in the blaze of his fame.
In the field of proud honour — our swords in our hands,
Our king and our country to save —
While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands,
Oh ! who would not die with the brave ?
z'a gloom-y foe, Go, fright-en the cow - ard and slave, Go, teach them to
life's gloom-y foe, Go, fright-en the cow - ard and slave, Go, teach, them to
Go, fright-en the cow - ard and slave, Go, teach them to
trem-ble, fell ty - rant, but know, No ter-rors hast thou to the brave.
trem-ble, fell ty - rant, but know, No ter - rors hast thou to the brave.
trem-ble, fell ty-rant, but know, No ter-rors hast thou to the brave.
Thou strik'st the dull peasant — he sinks in the dark,
Nor saves e'en the wreck of a name ;
Thou strik'st the young hero — a glorious mark!
He falls in the blaze of his fame.
In the field of proud honour — our swords in our hands,
Our king and our country to save —
While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands,
Oh ! who would not die with the brave ?
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90263453 |
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| Description | A collection of Scottish songs, original and selected, with music. Glasgow: D. Jack, 1856. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.68 |
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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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