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Tune>— Ccme roufe Brother Sportsmen* '
L»yOME roufe brother tars! hark the feamenall cry 3
We're order' d to fight, let us conquer or die :
!The trumpet's bold notes, and the cannon's loud roar&
Will chide dull landsmen, for ling'ring on Chore.
kvvenge has jufl fent us a profperous gale,
Directs all our thunders, and fills every fail
She ioon will afTure us we arm not in vain, ;
A'id make us all rich, with thefpoils of the main.
[Leave, leave, my brave mefimates, the fmiles of the
fair,
PTis George that demands all the heart you can fpare>
Then tell 'em that love muft to glory give place ;
Soon beauty (hall welcome the conq'ror's embrace.
*To fame, jovial hunters, your fports you muft yield %
tHere glory awaits you, on ocean's wide field ;
[We've excellent chace ; nobler game we've in view,
'Tis Frenchmen that fiy, while we Britons purfue.
Look yonder! look yonder ! Monfieur is in fight,
PLet's haftc to bear down, and prepare for the %ht 5
But coward-like Frenchmen ne'er wait for the blow $
They failing of fpeed, humbly Urike to their foe.
Like the fonsof old England, once more we refume
The humbling their flags to our high riding broom*
Thy fleets,haugrity Boneparre ! havegi'en Ua ourcuej
And pleasM; thus we make the rtpnfale, ■ . :
SONG.
Tune>— Ccme roufe Brother Sportsmen* '
L»yOME roufe brother tars! hark the feamenall cry 3
We're order' d to fight, let us conquer or die :
!The trumpet's bold notes, and the cannon's loud roar&
Will chide dull landsmen, for ling'ring on Chore.
kvvenge has jufl fent us a profperous gale,
Directs all our thunders, and fills every fail
She ioon will afTure us we arm not in vain, ;
A'id make us all rich, with thefpoils of the main.
[Leave, leave, my brave mefimates, the fmiles of the
fair,
PTis George that demands all the heart you can fpare>
Then tell 'em that love muft to glory give place ;
Soon beauty (hall welcome the conq'ror's embrace.
*To fame, jovial hunters, your fports you muft yield %
tHere glory awaits you, on ocean's wide field ;
[We've excellent chace ; nobler game we've in view,
'Tis Frenchmen that fiy, while we Britons purfue.
Look yonder! look yonder ! Monfieur is in fight,
PLet's haftc to bear down, and prepare for the %ht 5
But coward-like Frenchmen ne'er wait for the blow $
They failing of fpeed, humbly Urike to their foe.
Like the fonsof old England, once more we refume
The humbling their flags to our high riding broom*
Thy fleets,haugrity Boneparre ! havegi'en Ua ourcuej
And pleasM; thus we make the rtpnfale, ■ . :
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Caledonian songster > (99) Page 95 - Come rouse brother tars |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90339354 |
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| Description | Title from first line. |
| Description | A selection of choice songs, from Burns, Ramsay, etc. [With a portrait.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.130 |
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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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