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I've got a bad wife, Sir, that's a' my complaint,
Hey, &c.
For, saving your presence, to her ye're a saint,
And, Sec.
It's neither your stot nor your staig I shall crave,
Hey, &c.
But gie me your wife, man, for her I must have,
And, &c.
O, welcome most kindly ! the bl'the carl said ;
Hey, &c.
But if ye can match her — ye're waur than ye're ca'd T
And, &c.
The d-v-1 has got the auld wife on his back,
Hey, 8cc.
And like a poor pedlar he's carried his pack,
And, &c.
He's carried her hame to his ain hallan-door,
Hey, &c.
Syne bade her gae jn for a b — and a wh — ,
And, 8tc.
Then straight he makes fifty, the pick o' his band,
Hey, &c.
Turn out. on her guard in the clap of a hand,
And, &c
The carlin gaed thro' them like ony wud bear,
Hey, &c.
Whae'er she gat hands on cam near her nae mair,
And, &c.
A reekit wee devil looks over the wa,
Hey, 8cc.
I've got a bad wife, Sir, that's a' my complaint,
Hey, &c.
For, saving your presence, to her ye're a saint,
And, Sec.
It's neither your stot nor your staig I shall crave,
Hey, &c.
But gie me your wife, man, for her I must have,
And, &c.
O, welcome most kindly ! the bl'the carl said ;
Hey, &c.
But if ye can match her — ye're waur than ye're ca'd T
And, &c.
The d-v-1 has got the auld wife on his back,
Hey, 8cc.
And like a poor pedlar he's carried his pack,
And, &c.
He's carried her hame to his ain hallan-door,
Hey, &c.
Syne bade her gae jn for a b — and a wh — ,
And, 8tc.
Then straight he makes fifty, the pick o' his band,
Hey, &c.
Turn out. on her guard in the clap of a hand,
And, &c
The carlin gaed thro' them like ony wud bear,
Hey, &c.
Whae'er she gat hands on cam near her nae mair,
And, &c.
A reekit wee devil looks over the wa,
Hey, 8cc.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90477927 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.5(1) |
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| Description | Containing Oliver's new selection of comic songs; or, Momus's budget, etc. and Oliver's choice selection of comic songs and The Shamrock, or, The Hibernian songster and The sky-lark, being a choice selection of the most favourite songs etc. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.5(1-4) |
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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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