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485
Then why should people brag of prosperity, O ?
A straitened life, we see, is no rarity, O ;
Indeed, we've been in want,
And our living been but scant.
Yet we never were reduced to need charity, O.
In this house we first came together, O,
Where we've long been a father and mother, O ;
And though not of stone and lime,
It will last us a' our time ;
And I hope we shall never need anither, O.
And when we leave this habitation, O,
We'll depart with a good commendation, O ;
We'll go hand in hand, I wiss,
To a better house than this.
To make room for the next generation, O.
Then why should old age so much wound us, O ?
There is nothing in't all to confound us, O ;
For how happy now am I,
With my auld wife sitting by.
And our bairns and our oyes all around us ! O.
'TWAS WITHIN A MILE OF EDINBURGH
TOWN.
Tune — Within a mile of Edinhurgh.
'TwAS within a mile of Edinburgh town,
In the rosy time of the year;
Sweet flowers bloom'd, and the grass was down,
And each shepherd woo'd his dear.
Bonny Jockey, blythe and gay,
Kiss'd sweet Jenny, making hay,
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Then why should people brag of prosperity, O ?
A straitened life, we see, is no rarity, O ;
Indeed, we've been in want,
And our living been but scant.
Yet we never were reduced to need charity, O.
In this house we first came together, O,
Where we've long been a father and mother, O ;
And though not of stone and lime,
It will last us a' our time ;
And I hope we shall never need anither, O.
And when we leave this habitation, O,
We'll depart with a good commendation, O ;
We'll go hand in hand, I wiss,
To a better house than this.
To make room for the next generation, O.
Then why should old age so much wound us, O ?
There is nothing in't all to confound us, O ;
For how happy now am I,
With my auld wife sitting by.
And our bairns and our oyes all around us ! O.
'TWAS WITHIN A MILE OF EDINBURGH
TOWN.
Tune — Within a mile of Edinhurgh.
'TwAS within a mile of Edinburgh town,
In the rosy time of the year;
Sweet flowers bloom'd, and the grass was down,
And each shepherd woo'd his dear.
Bonny Jockey, blythe and gay,
Kiss'd sweet Jenny, making hay,
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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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