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THE MIDGES DANCE ABOON THE B VRN.
The midges dance aboon the bum,
The dews begin to fa',
The partricks down the rushy holm,
Set up their e'ening ca\
Now loud and clear the blackbird's sang
Rings thro* the briery shaw,
While flitting, gay, the swallows play
Around the castle wa'.
Beneath the golden gloaming sky,
The mavis mends her lay,
The redbreast pours his sweetest strains,
To charm the ling'ring day;
While weary yeldrins seem to wail
Their little nestlings torn,
The merry wren, frae den to den,
Gaes jinking tjaxp' the thorn*
THE MIDGES DANCE ABOON THE B VRN.
The midges dance aboon the bum,
The dews begin to fa',
The partricks down the rushy holm,
Set up their e'ening ca\
Now loud and clear the blackbird's sang
Rings thro* the briery shaw,
While flitting, gay, the swallows play
Around the castle wa'.
Beneath the golden gloaming sky,
The mavis mends her lay,
The redbreast pours his sweetest strains,
To charm the ling'ring day;
While weary yeldrins seem to wail
Their little nestlings torn,
The merry wren, frae den to den,
Gaes jinking tjaxp' the thorn*
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90347678 |
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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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