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The GENTLE SHEPHERD. 9*
Syne dance about the bane-fire till ye dee,
Since now again we'll foon Sir William fee.
Mad. Blyth news indeed ! And wha was't tald
you o't !
Gla. What's that to you ? — Gae get my fun-
day's coat;
Wale out the whiteil of my bobbit bands,
My white-flan hofe, and mittons for my hands 3
Then frae their wafhin cry the bairns in hafte,
And mak ye'rfellsas trig, head, feet, and wafte,
A s ye were a' to get young lads or e'en ;
For we're gaun o'er to dine wi' Sym bedeen.
Sym. Do, honed Madge : — and Glaud, I'll
o'er the gate,
And fee that a' be done as I wad hae't.
Exeunt,
SCENE II.
The open field.--- A cottage in a glen.
An auld 'wife [pinning at the funny end———
At a f mall difance, by a blafed tree,
' With fauhkd arms, and kaff-raifd 'books ',-
Syne dance about the bane-fire till ye dee,
Since now again we'll foon Sir William fee.
Mad. Blyth news indeed ! And wha was't tald
you o't !
Gla. What's that to you ? — Gae get my fun-
day's coat;
Wale out the whiteil of my bobbit bands,
My white-flan hofe, and mittons for my hands 3
Then frae their wafhin cry the bairns in hafte,
And mak ye'rfellsas trig, head, feet, and wafte,
A s ye were a' to get young lads or e'en ;
For we're gaun o'er to dine wi' Sym bedeen.
Sym. Do, honed Madge : — and Glaud, I'll
o'er the gate,
And fee that a' be done as I wad hae't.
Exeunt,
SCENE II.
The open field.--- A cottage in a glen.
An auld 'wife [pinning at the funny end———
At a f mall difance, by a blafed tree,
' With fauhkd arms, and kaff-raifd 'books ',-
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| Description | A Scots pastoral comedy. To which is added a glossary. Familiar epist. New songs, and fine cuts. By Allan Ramsay. [Page 120 misnumbered 150.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.79 |
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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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