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THE QUEEN OF SLUTS.
[from recitation.]
I MARRIED a wife, and I brocht her hame ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, sing noo, noo, noo !
I set her i' the neuk, and I ca'd her dame ;
Sing ben willie wallets, sing niddle, sing noddle ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, sing noo, noo, noo !
I bocht my wife twenty miik-kye ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, &c.
She sat i' the neuk till she drank them dry ;
Sing ben willie wallets, &c.
When she kirn'd, she kirn'd in a boot ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, &c.
And, instead o' thekirn-staiF, shestapp'd in her kute;*
Sing ben willie wallets, &c.
She roastit a hen, baith feathers and guts ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, &c.
I think that my wife was the Queen o' Sluts !
Sing ben willie wallets, &c.
My wife she took a pain in her head ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, &c.
And the Lord be praised ! for noo she is dead !
Sing ben willie wallets, &c.
I wish the morn may be a gude day ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, sing noo, noo, noo I
To get the auld filthy slut hoistit away ;
Sing ben willie wallets, sing niddle, sing noddle ;
Sing niddle, sing noddle, sing noo, noo, noo I
* Ankle.

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Volume 2
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Volumes 1-2 - Scottish songs
DescriptionCollected 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.
ShelfmarkGlen.105-105a
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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.
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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.