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E 'IS 3
;^ow what the Friends wad fain been at,
They that were right true blue,
Was e'en to get their Wyfons v/at^
And fill young Roger fou:
But the bauld Billy took his Maut, j
And was right ftirf to bous
He fairly gae them Tit for Tat,
And fcour'd aft" Healths anew,
Clean out that Day,
A Creel bowt fou of muckle Stains
They clinked on his Back,
To try the Pith o's Rigg and Reins,
They gart him cadge this Pack.
Now as a Sign he had tane Pains,
His young Wife was na flack 3
To rin and ea'fe his Shoulder Bains,
And fneg'd the Raips fou fnack,
We'er Knife that Pay*
Syne the blyth Carles Tooth and Nail^
Fell keenly to the Wark,
To eafe the Ganqrees of the Ale,
And try wha was maifl ftark 5
JTili Boord and Floor, and a' did fail 5
Wi' fpilt Ale i'theDarkj
gart Jock's Fit flde, and like a Fail
Play'd dad> an4 4ang the Ba&
i Aft's Shim that D*yl
Oi " isk
;^ow what the Friends wad fain been at,
They that were right true blue,
Was e'en to get their Wyfons v/at^
And fill young Roger fou:
But the bauld Billy took his Maut, j
And was right ftirf to bous
He fairly gae them Tit for Tat,
And fcour'd aft" Healths anew,
Clean out that Day,
A Creel bowt fou of muckle Stains
They clinked on his Back,
To try the Pith o's Rigg and Reins,
They gart him cadge this Pack.
Now as a Sign he had tane Pains,
His young Wife was na flack 3
To rin and ea'fe his Shoulder Bains,
And fneg'd the Raips fou fnack,
We'er Knife that Pay*
Syne the blyth Carles Tooth and Nail^
Fell keenly to the Wark,
To eafe the Ganqrees of the Ale,
And try wha was maifl ftark 5
JTili Boord and Floor, and a' did fail 5
Wi' fpilt Ale i'theDarkj
gart Jock's Fit flde, and like a Fail
Play'd dad> an4 4ang the Ba&
i Aft's Shim that D*yl
Oi " isk
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| Description | By Allan Ramsay. Edinburgh : Printed for the author, 1720. [A collection of pamphlets previously issued separately by Ramsay. The collection was probably first published in 1719 without a collective title page and subsequently re-issued in 1720 with prefatory material and a collective title page but little attempt at continuous pagination.] Contents: Morning interview (with: Elegy on Maggy Johnston, To the most beautiful Scots ladies, Scots songs) [Martin 36, 32, 49, 46] - Christ’s-Kirk on the Green [Martin 7] - Scriblers lash’d [Martin 48] - Content [Martin 17] - Richy and Sandy [Martin 25] - Familiar epistles [Martin 22] - Prologue [variant of Martin 42] - Bessy Bell and Mary Gray [Martin 28] - Young laird and Edinburgh Katy [Martin 54] - Patie and Roger [Martin 37] - Edinburgh’s salutation [Martin 31]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.106 |
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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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