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XLIV.
TAK IT MAN, TAK IT.
TUNE.—" Brose and Butter."
When I was a Miller in Fyfe,
Losh ! I thought that the sound o' the happer,
Said tak hame a wee flow to your wife,
To help to be brose to your supper.
Then my conscience was narrow and pure,
But someway by random it rackitj
For I lifted twa neivefu' or mair,
While the happer said, tak it man, tak it.
Hey for the mill and the kill,
The garland and gear for my cogie.
Hey for the whisky and yill.
That washes the dust frae my craigie.
Altho' it's been lang in repute,
For rogues to mak rich by deceiving ;
Yet I see that it does not weel suit,
Honest men to begin to the thieving.
For my heart it gaed dunt upon duiit,
Od ! I thought ilka dunt it would crack it ;
Sae I flang frae my neive what was in't,
Still the happer said, tak it man, tak it.
Hey for the mill, cCc.
TAK IT MAN, TAK IT.
TUNE.—" Brose and Butter."
When I was a Miller in Fyfe,
Losh ! I thought that the sound o' the happer,
Said tak hame a wee flow to your wife,
To help to be brose to your supper.
Then my conscience was narrow and pure,
But someway by random it rackitj
For I lifted twa neivefu' or mair,
While the happer said, tak it man, tak it.
Hey for the mill and the kill,
The garland and gear for my cogie.
Hey for the whisky and yill.
That washes the dust frae my craigie.
Altho' it's been lang in repute,
For rogues to mak rich by deceiving ;
Yet I see that it does not weel suit,
Honest men to begin to the thieving.
For my heart it gaed dunt upon duiit,
Od ! I thought ilka dunt it would crack it ;
Sae I flang frae my neive what was in't,
Still the happer said, tak it man, tak it.
Hey for the mill, cCc.
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| Description | A collection of songs and other poetical pieces, many of which are original, accompanied with notes ... and a short essay on the poets of Renfrewshire. Originally published in 1819. Edited by William Motherwell. With a portrait. Second series. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.163 |
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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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