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(359) Page 341 - Stick to your last
STICK TO YOUR LAST.
What think ye o' cliiels wha's conceit
Would mend the affairs o' our nation,
Without either gumption or wit
To govern themsel's wi' discretion ?
Wha think that a' knowledge and sense
Are wrapt up in flimsy newspapers ;
And grudge neither time nor expense
To fill their vain noddles wi' vapours ?
Wha grumble— and envy the great,
Reviling a' statesmen as jobbers ;
Wha envy their betters, and hate
A' rulers, and curse them as robbers ?
Wha mak the warkshop, wi' their din,
A perfect political hot-house ;
And flee, when a saxpence they win,
To wrangle and roar i' the pot-house ?
I think they should stick to their Avark,
And haud them within their ain tethers ;
Nor rin, like lowse nowt in a park,
Rowtin' a' kinds o' nonsense and blethers.

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Harp of Renfrewshire
DescriptionA 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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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.