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The man that wont feel for another,
Is just like a colt on the moor,
He lives without knowing a brother
To frighten bad luck from his door.
But he that's kind-hearted and steady,
Tho' wintry misfortune should come,
He'll still find some friend who is ready,
To scare the old witch from his home,
Success to old Ireland for ever !
'Tis just the dear land to my mind,
Her lads are warm-hearted and clever,
Her girls are all handsome and kind ;
And he that her name would bespatter,
By wishing the French safely o'er,
May the de'il blow him over the water,
And make him cook frogs for the core,
The man that wont feel for another,
Is just like a colt on the moor,
He lives without knowing a brother
To frighten bad luck from his door.
But he that's kind-hearted and steady,
Tho' wintry misfortune should come,
He'll still find some friend who is ready,
To scare the old witch from his home,
Success to old Ireland for ever !
'Tis just the dear land to my mind,
Her lads are warm-hearted and clever,
Her girls are all handsome and kind ;
And he that her name would bespatter,
By wishing the French safely o'er,
May the de'il blow him over the water,
And make him cook frogs for the core,
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect > (226) Page 218 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90347930 |
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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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