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If met they should be,
By the boys of the sea,
I warrant they'll never come nigh land ;
If they do, 'chose on land
Will soon lead 'em a hand
To foot it again from the Island,
Huzza ! for the King of the Island !
Shall our father be robb'd of his Island ?
While his children can fight,
They'll stand up for his right,
And their own, to the tight little Island.
Anacreon.
Anacreon, they say, was a jolly old blade,
A Grecian choice spirit, and a poet by trade ;
Anacreon, they say, was a jolly old blade,
A Grecian choice spirit, and a poet by trade.
To Venus and Bacchus he tun'd up his lays j
For love and a bumper he sung all his days :
For love and a bumper he sung all his days.
He laugh'd as he quaff'd still the juice of the vine,
And though he was human, was look'd on divine 5
At the feast of good humour he always was there,
And his fancy and sonnets still banish'd dull care.
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Good wine, boys, says he, is the liauor of Jove,
5 Tis our comfort below, and their nectar above :
If met they should be,
By the boys of the sea,
I warrant they'll never come nigh land ;
If they do, 'chose on land
Will soon lead 'em a hand
To foot it again from the Island,
Huzza ! for the King of the Island !
Shall our father be robb'd of his Island ?
While his children can fight,
They'll stand up for his right,
And their own, to the tight little Island.
Anacreon.
Anacreon, they say, was a jolly old blade,
A Grecian choice spirit, and a poet by trade ;
Anacreon, they say, was a jolly old blade,
A Grecian choice spirit, and a poet by trade.
To Venus and Bacchus he tun'd up his lays j
For love and a bumper he sung all his days :
For love and a bumper he sung all his days.
He laugh'd as he quaff'd still the juice of the vine,
And though he was human, was look'd on divine 5
At the feast of good humour he always was there,
And his fancy and sonnets still banish'd dull care.
/
Good wine, boys, says he, is the liauor of Jove,
5 Tis our comfort below, and their nectar above :
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90480171 |
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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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