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Falfe woman ! in ages to come
Thy malice deteiled mall be ;
And when we are cold in the tomb*
Some heart ftill will forrow for me.
Ye roofs where cold damps and difmay,
.With filence and folitude dwell,
How comfortlefs paffes the day,
How fad tolls the evening bell ;
The owls from the battlements cry,
Hollow wind feems to murmur around^
'.' O Mary, prepare thee to die,"
My blood it. runs cold at the found «
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SONG.
The Walking cf the FaulcL
Y Peggy is a young thing,
Juft enter'd in her teens,
Fair as the day, and fweet as May,
Fair as the day, and always gay ;
My Peggy is a young thing,
And I'm not very auld,
Yet wicl I like 'to meet her
At the wawking of the faukh
V Peggy fpeaks fae 'fweetly,
Whene'er we meet alane,
\ nae mair to lay my care,
I wifh nae mair of a' that's rare ;
My Peggy fpcaksfae fweetly,
To a' the lave I'm cauld ;
But fne gars a' my fpirits glow,
At wawking- of the fauld*
Falfe woman ! in ages to come
Thy malice deteiled mall be ;
And when we are cold in the tomb*
Some heart ftill will forrow for me.
Ye roofs where cold damps and difmay,
.With filence and folitude dwell,
How comfortlefs paffes the day,
How fad tolls the evening bell ;
The owls from the battlements cry,
Hollow wind feems to murmur around^
'.' O Mary, prepare thee to die,"
My blood it. runs cold at the found «
M
SONG.
The Walking cf the FaulcL
Y Peggy is a young thing,
Juft enter'd in her teens,
Fair as the day, and fweet as May,
Fair as the day, and always gay ;
My Peggy is a young thing,
And I'm not very auld,
Yet wicl I like 'to meet her
At the wawking of the faukh
V Peggy fpeaks fae 'fweetly,
Whene'er we meet alane,
\ nae mair to lay my care,
I wifh nae mair of a' that's rare ;
My Peggy fpcaksfae fweetly,
To a' the lave I'm cauld ;
But fne gars a' my fpirits glow,
At wawking- of the fauld*
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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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