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Her bower casement is latticed wi' flowers,
Tied up wi' siller thread ;
And comely sits she in the midst,
Men's langing- een to feed :
She waves the ringlets frae her cheek,
Wi' her milky milky hand ;
And her every look beams wi' grace divine ;
My bonnie Lady Ann.
The mornin' clud is tasselt wi' gowd.
Like my luve's broidered cap ;
And on the mantle that my luve wears.
Is mony a gowden drap.
Her bonnie ee-bree's a holy arch,
Cast by nae earthly ban' !
And the breath o' heaven is atween the lips
O' my bonnie Lady Ann.
I wonderin' gaze on her stately steps.
And I beet a hopeless flame !
To my luve, alas ! she maunna stoop ;
It wad stain her honoured name.
My een are bauld, they dwall on a place
Where I daurna mint my hand ;
But I water, and tend, and kiss the flowers
O' my bonnie Lady Ann.
I am but her father's gardener lad.
And puir puir is my fa' ;
My auld mither gets my wee wee fee,
Wi' fatherless bairnies twa.
My lady comes, my lady gaes,
Wi' a fou and kindly ban' ;
O their blessin' maun mix wi' my luve,
And fa' on Lady Ann.
Her bower casement is latticed wi' flowers,
Tied up wi' siller thread ;
And comely sits she in the midst,
Men's langing- een to feed :
She waves the ringlets frae her cheek,
Wi' her milky milky hand ;
And her every look beams wi' grace divine ;
My bonnie Lady Ann.
The mornin' clud is tasselt wi' gowd.
Like my luve's broidered cap ;
And on the mantle that my luve wears.
Is mony a gowden drap.
Her bonnie ee-bree's a holy arch,
Cast by nae earthly ban' !
And the breath o' heaven is atween the lips
O' my bonnie Lady Ann.
I wonderin' gaze on her stately steps.
And I beet a hopeless flame !
To my luve, alas ! she maunna stoop ;
It wad stain her honoured name.
My een are bauld, they dwall on a place
Where I daurna mint my hand ;
But I water, and tend, and kiss the flowers
O' my bonnie Lady Ann.
I am but her father's gardener lad.
And puir puir is my fa' ;
My auld mither gets my wee wee fee,
Wi' fatherless bairnies twa.
My lady comes, my lady gaes,
Wi' a fou and kindly ban' ;
O their blessin' maun mix wi' my luve,
And fa' on Lady Ann.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Scottish songs > Volume 2 > (199) Page 499 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90428324 |
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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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