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Sing on, thou sweet mavis, thy hymn to the evening,
Thou'rt dear to the echoes of Calderwood glen ;
Sae dear to this bosom, sae artless and winning,
Is charming young Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane.
How lost were my days 'till I met wi' my Jessie,
The sports o' the city seem'd foolish and vain,
I ne'er saw a nymph I would ca' my dear lassie,
'Till charm'd with sweet Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane,
Though mine were the station o' loftiest Grandeur,
Amidst its profusion I'd languish in pain :
And reckon as naething the height o' its splendour?,
If wanting sweet Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane.
Sing on, thou sweet mavis, thy hymn to the evening,
Thou'rt dear to the echoes of Calderwood glen ;
Sae dear to this bosom, sae artless and winning,
Is charming young Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane.
How lost were my days 'till I met wi' my Jessie,
The sports o' the city seem'd foolish and vain,
I ne'er saw a nymph I would ca' my dear lassie,
'Till charm'd with sweet Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane,
Though mine were the station o' loftiest Grandeur,
Amidst its profusion I'd languish in pain :
And reckon as naething the height o' its splendour?,
If wanting sweet Jessie, the flow'r o' Dumblane.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect > (146) Page 138 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90346970 |
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| Description | A notice respecting the life and writings of the author [by James Muir] is prefixed. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.139 |
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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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