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for Could you,would you, would you, could you, Could
±^r~ =zh::~zz:iri3:^zii=~oi:==:
you have ferv'd a maiden fo I
Soon as J had loil my lover,
Fool ! I faie me down and cryM ;
Rail'd at fate, and curs'd the rover,
Sigh'd and fobb'd, and fobb'd and figh'd?.
I no breakfaft ate nor dinner,
Supperlefs { went to bed ;.
I a lofer, he no winner,
A lucky thought came in my head :
Why fhould I, my bloom deltroyingv
Vex and teufe my foul away ?
No, the fweets of life enjoying,
I will tafte the fweets of May.
}uft as the rofe, the bee flying from her,
Blufhes and buttles at every wind,
So Chloe refolves to laugh through the fummer;,-
To ev'ry new fwain be gentle and kind.
Tell me, ye maids, tell me, ye maid?,
Could you do {o ? would you do fo ?.
Co ild, you, would you, would you, could you^
Could you have ferv'd the rover fo ?
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Vocal music, or, The songster’s companion > (125) Page 111 |
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| Description | Being a complete collection of songs, cantatas, &c, with the music prefixed to each adapted for the violin and German flute, selected from the first & second volumes of a favourite work formerly published under that title; to which is now added a variety of other new & choice songs &c not inserted in any part of ye forgoing work. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.52 |
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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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