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I'M O'ER YOUNG TO MARRY YET.
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learn, lads, That ye for me maun tar - ry yet. For I'm, D.C.
For I have had my ain way,
Nane daur'd to contradict me yet ;
Sae soon to say I wad obey,
In truth, I daurna venture yet.
For I'm, &c.
Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind
Blaws thro' the leafless timmer, Sir ;
Bat if ye come this gate again,
I'll aulder be gin simmer, Sir.
For I'm, &c.
The chorus of this song is old ; the rest was written by Burns for Johnstone's " Mu-
sical Museum." The air has " mischief in its very eye." No one can list the cheerful
notes without a lightening of the spirit.

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Hand-book of the songs of Scotland
DescriptionWith music, and descriptive and historical notes. Edited by William Mitchison. To which is added, A biographical sketch of the life of the late John Wilson, the celebrated Scottish vocalist. London: Richard Griffin and Co., [1850].
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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.