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WHY UNITE TO BANISH CARE.
Air — Let us taste the sparkling wine.
Why unite to banish care ?
Let him come our joys to share ;
Doubly blest our cup shall flow,
When it soothes a brother's woe,
5 Twas for this the Pow'rs divine
Crown'd our board with generous wine.
Far be hence the sordid elf
Who'd claim enjoyment for himself;
Come, the hardy seaman, lame.
The gallant soldier, robb'd of fame 5
Welcome all who bear the woes
Of various kind that Merit knows.

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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.