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What is Hfe when wanting love ?
Night without a morning :
Love's the cloudless summer sun,
Nature gay adorning.
THE LANDART LAIRD.
There lives a landart * laird in Fife,
And he has married a dandily wife :
She wadna shape, nor yet wad she sew.
She wadna spin, nor yet wad she card ;
But she wad sit and crack wi' the laird.
Sae he is doun to the sheep-fauld,
And cleekit a wether -j- by the spauld. ij;
He's whirled aff the gude wether's skin,
And wrapped the dandily lady therein.
" I downa pay you, for your gentle kin ;
But weel may I skelp my wether's skin. §
KEEP THE COUNTRY, BONNIE LASSIE,
Tune — Keep the Country^ lonnie Lassie,
Keep the country, bonnie lassie.
Keep the country, keep the country;
Keep the country, bonnie lassie ;
Lads will a' gie gowd for ye :
* Landward— that i&, living in a part of the country at some distance
from any town.
t Wedder. t Shoulder.
§ This curious and most amusing old ditty is from Mr Jamieson's " Po-
pular Ballads and Songs," 1806,
Night without a morning :
Love's the cloudless summer sun,
Nature gay adorning.
THE LANDART LAIRD.
There lives a landart * laird in Fife,
And he has married a dandily wife :
She wadna shape, nor yet wad she sew.
She wadna spin, nor yet wad she card ;
But she wad sit and crack wi' the laird.
Sae he is doun to the sheep-fauld,
And cleekit a wether -j- by the spauld. ij;
He's whirled aff the gude wether's skin,
And wrapped the dandily lady therein.
" I downa pay you, for your gentle kin ;
But weel may I skelp my wether's skin. §
KEEP THE COUNTRY, BONNIE LASSIE,
Tune — Keep the Country^ lonnie Lassie,
Keep the country, bonnie lassie.
Keep the country, keep the country;
Keep the country, bonnie lassie ;
Lads will a' gie gowd for ye :
* Landward— that i&, living in a part of the country at some distance
from any town.
t Wedder. t Shoulder.
§ This curious and most amusing old ditty is from Mr Jamieson's " Po-
pular Ballads and Songs," 1806,
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90429560 |
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| Description | Also: Keep the country, bonnie lassie. |
| 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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