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ROBIN REDBREAST'S TESTAMENT.
GuDE day, now, bonnie Robin,
How lang hae ye been here ?
IVe been a bird about this bush
This mail" than twenty year.
But now I am the sickest bird
That ever sat on brier ;
And I wad mak my testament,
Gudeman, if ye wad hear.
Gar tak this bonnie neb o' mine,
That picks upon the corn ;
And gie't to the Duke o' Hamilton,
To be a hunting-horn.
Gar tak thae bonnie feathers o' mine,
The feathers o' my neb ;
And gie to the Lady Hamilton,
To fill a feather bed.
Gar tak this gude richt leg of mine,
And mend the brig o' Tay ;
It will be a post and pillar gude.
It will neither bow nor [gae].
And tak this other leg of mine,
And mend the brig o' Weir ;
It will be a post and pillar gude.
It will neither bow nor steer.
Gar tak thae bonnie feathers o' mine.
The feathers o' my tail ;
And gie to the lads o' Hamilton
To be a barn-flail.
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ROBIN REDBREAST'S TESTAMENT.
GuDE day, now, bonnie Robin,
How lang hae ye been here ?
IVe been a bird about this bush
This mail" than twenty year.
But now I am the sickest bird
That ever sat on brier ;
And I wad mak my testament,
Gudeman, if ye wad hear.
Gar tak this bonnie neb o' mine,
That picks upon the corn ;
And gie't to the Duke o' Hamilton,
To be a hunting-horn.
Gar tak thae bonnie feathers o' mine,
The feathers o' my neb ;
And gie to the Lady Hamilton,
To fill a feather bed.
Gar tak this gude richt leg of mine,
And mend the brig o' Tay ;
It will be a post and pillar gude.
It will neither bow nor [gae].
And tak this other leg of mine,
And mend the brig o' Weir ;
It will be a post and pillar gude.
It will neither bow nor steer.
Gar tak thae bonnie feathers o' mine.
The feathers o' my tail ;
And gie to the lads o' Hamilton
To be a barn-flail.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Scottish songs > Volume 1 > (198) Page 96 - Robin Redbreast's testament |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105 |
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| Description | Collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Co., for W. Tait, 1829. 2 volumes (627 pages). Paged continuously. Without music; tunes indicated by title. Partial contents: A weary lot is thine -- Donald Caird -- From the brown crest of Newark -- Nora's vow -- O, hush thee, my baby -- The cyprus wreath -- Young Lochinvar -- Where shall the lover rest -- Blue bonnets over the border -- Jock o' Hazeldean -- Pibroch of Donuil Dhu -- Hunting song -- The foray -- MacGregor's gathering. The bonnets of Bonnie Dundee is listed among the Contents but is not included. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105-105a |
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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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