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BLUE BONNETS OVER THE BORDER^
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
Tune — Blue Bonnets over the Border.
March, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale,
Why, my lads, dinna ye march forward in order ?
March, march, Eskdale and Liddesdale ;
All the hlue bonnets are over the Border.
Many a banner spread flutters above your head ;
Many a crest that is famous in story :
Mount and make ready, then, sons of the mountain glen ;
Fight for your Queen and the old Scottish glory.
Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing;
Come from the glen of the buck and the roe ;
Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing ;
Come with the buckler, the lance, and the bow.
Trumpets are sounding, war steeds are bounding ;
Stand to your arms, and march in good order.
England shall many a day tell of the bloody fray,
When the blue bonnets came over the Border.
COMIN' THROUGH THE RYE.
Tune. — Gin a Body meet a Body.
Gin a body meet a body
Comin' through the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry ?
Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
Nane, they say, hae 1 1

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DescriptionAlso: Comin' through the rye.
Volume 2
ShelfmarkGlen.105a
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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.
Special collections of printed music
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.