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There fancy smooths her theme,
By the sweetly murmurin' stream,
And the rock-lodged echoes skim, down by yon burn-
side.
Now the plantin' taps are tinged wi' gowd on yon
burn-side,
And gloarain' draws her foggie shroud o'er yon burn-
side :
Far frae the noisy scene,
I'll through the fields alane ;
There we'll meet, my ain dear Jean ! down by yon
burn-side.
LUCKY NANSY.
MODERNISED BY LORD PRESIDENT FORBES.
Tune — Dainty Davie.
While fops, in saft Italian verse,
Ilk fair ane's een and breist rehearse ;
While sangs abound, and wit is scarce,
These lines I have indited :
But neither darts nor arrows, here,
Venus nor Cupid, shall appear ;
Although with these fine sounds, I swear,
The maidens are delighted.
I was aye telling you.
Lucky Nansy, Lucky Nansy,
Auld springs wad ding the new.
But ye wad never trow me.
Nor snaw with crimson will I mix,
To spread upon my lassie's cheeks ;
And syne the unmeaning name prefix,
Miranda, Cloe, Phillis ;
2 p
There fancy smooths her theme,
By the sweetly murmurin' stream,
And the rock-lodged echoes skim, down by yon burn-
side.
Now the plantin' taps are tinged wi' gowd on yon
burn-side,
And gloarain' draws her foggie shroud o'er yon burn-
side :
Far frae the noisy scene,
I'll through the fields alane ;
There we'll meet, my ain dear Jean ! down by yon
burn-side.
LUCKY NANSY.
MODERNISED BY LORD PRESIDENT FORBES.
Tune — Dainty Davie.
While fops, in saft Italian verse,
Ilk fair ane's een and breist rehearse ;
While sangs abound, and wit is scarce,
These lines I have indited :
But neither darts nor arrows, here,
Venus nor Cupid, shall appear ;
Although with these fine sounds, I swear,
The maidens are delighted.
I was aye telling you.
Lucky Nansy, Lucky Nansy,
Auld springs wad ding the new.
But ye wad never trow me.
Nor snaw with crimson will I mix,
To spread upon my lassie's cheeks ;
And syne the unmeaning name prefix,
Miranda, Cloe, Phillis ;
2 p
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Scottish songs > Volume 2 > (145) Page 445 - Lucky Nansy |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90427676 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105a |
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| Description | Collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Co., for W. Tait, 1829. 2 volumes (627 pages). Paged continuously. Without music; tunes indicated by title. Partial contents: A weary lot is thine -- Donald Caird -- From the brown crest of Newark -- Nora's vow -- O, hush thee, my baby -- The cyprus wreath -- Young Lochinvar -- Where shall the lover rest -- Blue bonnets over the border -- Jock o' Hazeldean -- Pibroch of Donuil Dhu -- Hunting song -- The foray -- MacGregor's gathering. The bonnets of Bonnie Dundee is listed among the Contents but is not included. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105-105a |
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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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