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And printing it like their vile Trafb,
The honexT: Lieges whillyM.
Thus undone to London
It gade to my Difgrace,
Sae pinipin and limpin
In Rags wi s bluther'd Face.
Yet gleg-ey'd Friends throw the Difguife
Receiv'd it as a dainty Prize
For a' it was fae hav'ren,
Gart L'mtoi take it to his Prefs,
And dead it in a faraw new Drefs^
Syne took it to the Tavern.
But tho it was made clean and braw 3
Sae fair it had been knoited.
It blather'd Buff before them a%
And aftentimes turn'd doited-
It grlevM me, and reav'd me
Of kindly Sleep and Reft,
By Carlings and Codings
To be fae fair opp:e&
Wherefore to you, ne'er kend to guide ill,
But wifely hadd the good Town's Bridle 3
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And printing it like their vile Trafb,
The honexT: Lieges whillyM.
Thus undone to London
It gade to my Difgrace,
Sae pinipin and limpin
In Rags wi s bluther'd Face.
Yet gleg-ey'd Friends throw the Difguife
Receiv'd it as a dainty Prize
For a' it was fae hav'ren,
Gart L'mtoi take it to his Prefs,
And dead it in a faraw new Drefs^
Syne took it to the Tavern.
But tho it was made clean and braw 3
Sae fair it had been knoited.
It blather'd Buff before them a%
And aftentimes turn'd doited-
It grlevM me, and reav'd me
Of kindly Sleep and Reft,
By Carlings and Codings
To be fae fair opp:e&
Wherefore to you, ne'er kend to guide ill,
But wifely hadd the good Town's Bridle 3
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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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