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The miller and grazier too know how to cheat,
For the one takes your bread, and the other your
meat.
But may all forestalling soon end in a smother,
And the devil forestall both the one and the other !
Spoken,] At which every honest fellow will sing,
Fal, laV'&c.
The soldiers and sailors, monopolists too,
Shall each have a word, for a word is their due :
May their courage and valour our commerce increase,,
And crown the whole world with the blessings of
peace !
Spoken.] Aye, and then who wouldn't sing,
Let us all be unhappy*
We bipeds made up of frail clay,
Alas 1 are the children of sorrow ;
And tho' brisk and merry to-day,
We all may be wretched to-morrow ;
For sunshine's succeeded by rain,
Then fearful of life's stormy weather,
Lest pleasure should only bring pain,
Let us all be unhappy together.
Let us all be unhappy together,
Let us all be unhappy together ;
The miller and grazier too know how to cheat,
For the one takes your bread, and the other your
meat.
But may all forestalling soon end in a smother,
And the devil forestall both the one and the other !
Spoken,] At which every honest fellow will sing,
Fal, laV'&c.
The soldiers and sailors, monopolists too,
Shall each have a word, for a word is their due :
May their courage and valour our commerce increase,,
And crown the whole world with the blessings of
peace !
Spoken.] Aye, and then who wouldn't sing,
Let us all be unhappy*
We bipeds made up of frail clay,
Alas 1 are the children of sorrow ;
And tho' brisk and merry to-day,
We all may be wretched to-morrow ;
For sunshine's succeeded by rain,
Then fearful of life's stormy weather,
Lest pleasure should only bring pain,
Let us all be unhappy together.
Let us all be unhappy together,
Let us all be unhappy together ;
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90480027 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.5(2) |
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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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