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MINE AIN DEAR SOMEBODY,
Air— Were I obliged to beg.
When Gloaming treads the heels of Day*
And birds sit couring on the spray,
Alang the flow'ry hedge I stray
To meet mine ain dear somebody.
The scented brier, the fragrant bean ?
The clover bloom, the dewy green,
A' charm me, as I rove at e'en,
To meet mine ain dear somebody.
Let warriors prize the hero's name,
Let mad Ambition tow'r for fame,
I'm happier in my lowly hame,
Obscurely blest with somebody*
MINE AIN DEAR SOMEBODY,
Air— Were I obliged to beg.
When Gloaming treads the heels of Day*
And birds sit couring on the spray,
Alang the flow'ry hedge I stray
To meet mine ain dear somebody.
The scented brier, the fragrant bean ?
The clover bloom, the dewy green,
A' charm me, as I rove at e'en,
To meet mine ain dear somebody.
Let warriors prize the hero's name,
Let mad Ambition tow'r for fame,
I'm happier in my lowly hame,
Obscurely blest with somebody*
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect > (204) Page 196 - Mine ain dear somebody |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90347666 |
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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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