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Where I was wont to milk my yowes
At even, among the broom.
Ye powers, that haunt the woods and plains,
Where Tweed with Teviot flows,
Convey me to the best of swains,
And my loved Cowdenknowes ! *
THE SOLDIER'S RETURN.
BURNS.
Tune— T7^e Mill, Mill, O.
When wild war's deadly blast was blawn,
And gentle peace returning.
And eyes again wi' pleasure beam'd,
That had been blear'd wi' mourning ;
I left the lines and tented field.
Where lang I'd been a lodger ;
My humble knapsack a' my wealth ;
A poor but honest sodger.
A leal light heart beat in my breast.
My hands unstain'd wi' plunder •
And for fair Scotia hanie again,
I cheery on did wander.
I thought upon the banks o' Coil,
I thought upon my Nancy ;
I thought upon the witching smile,
That caught my youthful fancy.
At length I reach'd the bonnie glen,
Where early life I sported ;
I pass'd the mill and trysting thorn,
Where Nancy oft I courted.
* From the Tea Table Miscellany, 1724.
Where I was wont to milk my yowes
At even, among the broom.
Ye powers, that haunt the woods and plains,
Where Tweed with Teviot flows,
Convey me to the best of swains,
And my loved Cowdenknowes ! *
THE SOLDIER'S RETURN.
BURNS.
Tune— T7^e Mill, Mill, O.
When wild war's deadly blast was blawn,
And gentle peace returning.
And eyes again wi' pleasure beam'd,
That had been blear'd wi' mourning ;
I left the lines and tented field.
Where lang I'd been a lodger ;
My humble knapsack a' my wealth ;
A poor but honest sodger.
A leal light heart beat in my breast.
My hands unstain'd wi' plunder •
And for fair Scotia hanie again,
I cheery on did wander.
I thought upon the banks o' Coil,
I thought upon my Nancy ;
I thought upon the witching smile,
That caught my youthful fancy.
At length I reach'd the bonnie glen,
Where early life I sported ;
I pass'd the mill and trysting thorn,
Where Nancy oft I courted.
* From the Tea Table Miscellany, 1724.
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| Description | The soldier's return. |
| 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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