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FRAGMENT
OF A SCOTTISH BALLAD,
Air — Fingal's Lamentation.
&i Wild drives the bitter northern blasts
Fierce whirling wide the crispy snaw,
Young lassie, turn your wand'ring steps 5
For e'ening's gloom begins to fa' :
I'll take you to my father's ha',
And shield you from the wintry air,
For, wand'ring thro' the drifting snaw s
I fear ye'll sink to rise nae mair."
" Ah ! gentle lady, airt my way
Across this langsome, lonely moor,
For he wha's dearest to my heart,
Now waits me on the western shore.
With morn he spreads his outward sail,
This night I vow'd to meet him there 5
To take ae secret fond fareweel.
We maybe part to meet nae mair."
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(197) Page 189 - Wild drives the bitter northern blast
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DescriptionFragment of a Scottish ballad. Title from first line.
Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect
DescriptionA notice respecting the life and writings of the author [by James Muir] is prefixed.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.