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A chain of gold ye shall not lack,
Nor braid to bind jour hair ;
Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk,
Nor palfrey fresh and fair.
And you, the foremost of them a',
Shall ride our forest queen —
But aye she loot the tears down fa',
For Jock of Hazeldean.
The kirk was deck'd at morning tide,
The tapers glimmer'd fair ;
The priest and bridegroom wait the bride,
And dame and knight are there.
They sought her both by bower and ha',
The ladye was not seen —
She's o'er the border, and awa'.
Wi' Jock of Hazeldean.
The first stanza of this beautiful ballad, by Sir Walter Scott, is old, having been
copied from the ballad of " John of Hazelgreen," a perfect copy of which is to be found
in " Buchan's Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland." The air is one of
those to which many a bold borderer of the olden time has listened with delight.
A chain of gold ye shall not lack,
Nor braid to bind jour hair ;
Nor mettled hound, nor managed hawk,
Nor palfrey fresh and fair.
And you, the foremost of them a',
Shall ride our forest queen —
But aye she loot the tears down fa',
For Jock of Hazeldean.
The kirk was deck'd at morning tide,
The tapers glimmer'd fair ;
The priest and bridegroom wait the bride,
And dame and knight are there.
They sought her both by bower and ha',
The ladye was not seen —
She's o'er the border, and awa'.
Wi' Jock of Hazeldean.
The first stanza of this beautiful ballad, by Sir Walter Scott, is old, having been
copied from the ballad of " John of Hazelgreen," a perfect copy of which is to be found
in " Buchan's Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland." The air is one of
those to which many a bold borderer of the olden time has listened with delight.
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| Description | With 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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| Shelfmark | Glen.166 |
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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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