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NEIL GOW^S FAREWELL TO WHISKY.
Words and music by Nathaniel or Neil Gow, born 1727, died 1807.
You've surely heard o' famous ISTeil,
The man that play'd the fiddle weel ;
I wat he was a canty chiel,
And dearly lo'ed the whisky 0.
And aye sin he wore tartan trews,
He dearly lo'ed the Athol brose ;
And wae was he, you may suppose.
To play farewell to whisky 0.
Alake, quoth Neil, I'm frail and auld,
And find my bluid grow unco cauld ;
I think 'twad make me blithe and bauld,
A wee drap Highland whisky 0.
Yet the doctors they do a' agree,
That whisky's no the drink for me.
By tSaul ! quoth ISTeil, 'twill spoil my glee,
Should they part me and whisky 0.
Words and music by Nathaniel or Neil Gow, born 1727, died 1807.
You've surely heard o' famous ISTeil,
The man that play'd the fiddle weel ;
I wat he was a canty chiel,
And dearly lo'ed the whisky 0.
And aye sin he wore tartan trews,
He dearly lo'ed the Athol brose ;
And wae was he, you may suppose.
To play farewell to whisky 0.
Alake, quoth Neil, I'm frail and auld,
And find my bluid grow unco cauld ;
I think 'twad make me blithe and bauld,
A wee drap Highland whisky 0.
Yet the doctors they do a' agree,
That whisky's no the drink for me.
By tSaul ! quoth ISTeil, 'twill spoil my glee,
Should they part me and whisky 0.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90351691 |
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| Description | Second edition. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Without music; includes references to tunes for some of the songs. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.138 |
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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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