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I'll rather chufe to thole grim death ;
So ceale and let me be, laddie.
For what ? fays he. Good troth, faid I #
No dominies for me, laddie :
Minifters' ftipends are uncertain rents
For ladies conj unci: -fee, laddie :
When books and gowns are all cried down*
No dominies for me, laddie.
But for your fake I'll flece the flock,
Grow rich as I grow auld, laffie ;
Iflbefpar'dl'llbealaird,
And thou's be Madam call'd, laffie.
But what if ye fhou'd chance to die,
Leave bairns, ane or twa> laddie ?
Naething wad be referv'd for them
But hair-mould books to gnaw, laddie.
At this he angry was, I wat,
He gloom'd and look'd fu' high, laddie :
When I perceived this, in hafte
I left my dominie, laddie.
Fare ye well, my charming maid,
This leflbn learn of me, laffie,
At the next offer hold him faft,
That firft makes love to thee, laffie.
Then I returning hame again,
And coming down the town, laddie,
I'll rather chufe to thole grim death ;
So ceale and let me be, laddie.
For what ? fays he. Good troth, faid I #
No dominies for me, laddie :
Minifters' ftipends are uncertain rents
For ladies conj unci: -fee, laddie :
When books and gowns are all cried down*
No dominies for me, laddie.
But for your fake I'll flece the flock,
Grow rich as I grow auld, laffie ;
Iflbefpar'dl'llbealaird,
And thou's be Madam call'd, laffie.
But what if ye fhou'd chance to die,
Leave bairns, ane or twa> laddie ?
Naething wad be referv'd for them
But hair-mould books to gnaw, laddie.
At this he angry was, I wat,
He gloom'd and look'd fu' high, laddie :
When I perceived this, in hafte
I left my dominie, laddie.
Fare ye well, my charming maid,
This leflbn learn of me, laffie,
At the next offer hold him faft,
That firft makes love to thee, laffie.
Then I returning hame again,
And coming down the town, laddie,
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scotish song in two volumes > Volume 1 > (313) Page 179 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90270975 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.84 |
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| Description | Edited, with an historical essay and notes, by J. Ritson. London : Printed for J. Johnson; and J. Egerton, MDCCXIV [sic, i.e.1794]. [Volume 2 is dated correctly "MDCCXCIV"]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.84-84a |
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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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