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At sic a sty o' stinking crew
The fiends themselves were like to spew ;
They held their nose, and crook'd their mou',
And doughtna bide the smell.
But gin I saw his face again,
Thae hounds hae hunted ower the plain,
Then ilka ane should get his ain,
And ilka Whig the mell.
O for a bauk as lang as Crail,
And for a rape o' rapes the wale,
To hing the tykes up by the tail,
And hear the beggars yell !
O wae to a' the Whigs o' Fife,
The brosy tykes, the lousy tykes,
O wae to a the Whigs o' Fife,
That e'er they cam frae hell ! *
O LIGHT IS THE HEART AND THE EE.
LAING.
TuKE — / lo'ed ne'er a laddie hut ane.
O LIGHT is the heart and the ee.
When the laddie we loe is our ain ;
And licht is the toil o' the day,
When trysted to meet him at e'en :
And sweet is the smile o' the sun.
When lichting the landscape anew ;
•But sweeter the blink o' the mune.
When lichtin' our lover in view.
* From the Scottish Minstrel, a collection of united songs and airs, by
Mr R. A. Smith, 6 vols. 1823-8.
At sic a sty o' stinking crew
The fiends themselves were like to spew ;
They held their nose, and crook'd their mou',
And doughtna bide the smell.
But gin I saw his face again,
Thae hounds hae hunted ower the plain,
Then ilka ane should get his ain,
And ilka Whig the mell.
O for a bauk as lang as Crail,
And for a rape o' rapes the wale,
To hing the tykes up by the tail,
And hear the beggars yell !
O wae to a' the Whigs o' Fife,
The brosy tykes, the lousy tykes,
O wae to a the Whigs o' Fife,
That e'er they cam frae hell ! *
O LIGHT IS THE HEART AND THE EE.
LAING.
TuKE — / lo'ed ne'er a laddie hut ane.
O LIGHT is the heart and the ee.
When the laddie we loe is our ain ;
And licht is the toil o' the day,
When trysted to meet him at e'en :
And sweet is the smile o' the sun.
When lichting the landscape anew ;
•But sweeter the blink o' the mune.
When lichtin' our lover in view.
* From the Scottish Minstrel, a collection of united songs and airs, by
Mr R. A. Smith, 6 vols. 1823-8.
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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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