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In hearty good-humour, although she be teased,
I'll kiss her and clap her until she be pleased.*
MARY MORISON.t
BURNS.
Tune — Bide ye yet.
O, Mary, at thy window be ;
It is the wished, the trysted hour :
Those smiles and glances let me see
That make the miser's treasure poor.
How blythely wad I byde the stoure,
A weary slave frae sun to sun,
Could I the rich reward secure.
The lovely Mary Morison I
Yestreen, when to the stented string
The dance gaed through the lichtit ha,
To thee my fancy took its wing —
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Though this was fair, and that was braw,
And yon the toast o' a' the town,
I sigh'd, and said amang them a'.
Ye are na Mary Morison.
O, Mary, canst thou wreck his peace,
Wha for thy sake wad gladly dee ?
Or canst thou break that heart of his,
Whase only faut is loving thee?
If love for love thou wilt na gie.
At least be pity to me shown ;
* From Herd's Collection, 1776. , ,
-f The high sentiment of this song, and especially of its second verse, has
been remarked by Mr Hazlitt in one of his critical publications.
In hearty good-humour, although she be teased,
I'll kiss her and clap her until she be pleased.*
MARY MORISON.t
BURNS.
Tune — Bide ye yet.
O, Mary, at thy window be ;
It is the wished, the trysted hour :
Those smiles and glances let me see
That make the miser's treasure poor.
How blythely wad I byde the stoure,
A weary slave frae sun to sun,
Could I the rich reward secure.
The lovely Mary Morison I
Yestreen, when to the stented string
The dance gaed through the lichtit ha,
To thee my fancy took its wing —
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Though this was fair, and that was braw,
And yon the toast o' a' the town,
I sigh'd, and said amang them a'.
Ye are na Mary Morison.
O, Mary, canst thou wreck his peace,
Wha for thy sake wad gladly dee ?
Or canst thou break that heart of his,
Whase only faut is loving thee?
If love for love thou wilt na gie.
At least be pity to me shown ;
* From Herd's Collection, 1776. , ,
-f The high sentiment of this song, and especially of its second verse, has
been remarked by Mr Hazlitt in one of his critical publications.
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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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