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(225) Page 205 - Willie was a wanton wag
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Ancient and modern Scots songs, heroic ballads, &c
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Description	Now first collected into one body, from the various miscellanies wherein they formerly lay dispersed. Containing likewise, a great number of original songs, from manuscripts, never before published. Edinburgh: : Printed by and for Martin & Wotherspoon, 1769.
Shelfmark	Glen.87
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	Out of copyright - The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1769 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Folk songs Ballads Scottish
Person / organisation:	Martin & Wotherspoon (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Printer] Herd, David, 1732-1810 [Compiler]
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Glen Collection of printed music
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.

Special collections of printed music
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.