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So calling his host, — he said — 1 \ Sir, do you know,
" I'm the fat Single Gentleman, six months ago ?
* e Lookee, landlord, I think," argued Will with a
grin,
P That with honest intentions you first took me in ;
I* But from the first night — and to say it I'm bold —
" I have been so damn'd hot that I'm sure J. caught
cold." ty •
Quoth the landlord — " till now, I ne'er had a dis-
pute ;
I I've let lodgings ten years ; — I'm a baker to boot :
| In airing your sheets, Sir, my wife is no sloven,
" And your bed is immediately over my oven."
I The Oven!!!" says Will— says the host, " Why
this passion ?
" In that excellent bed died three people of fashion,
I W T hy so crusty, good Sir ?" " Zounds !" — cries
Will in a taking,
'Who would'nt be crusty with half a years baking <!'
Will paid for his rooms ; cried the host with a sneer,
" Well, I see you've been going away half a year ;"
(l Friend, we can't well agree— yet no quarrel" —
Will said ;
" For one man may die where another makes bread,"
So calling his host, — he said — 1 \ Sir, do you know,
" I'm the fat Single Gentleman, six months ago ?
* e Lookee, landlord, I think," argued Will with a
grin,
P That with honest intentions you first took me in ;
I* But from the first night — and to say it I'm bold —
" I have been so damn'd hot that I'm sure J. caught
cold." ty •
Quoth the landlord — " till now, I ne'er had a dis-
pute ;
I I've let lodgings ten years ; — I'm a baker to boot :
| In airing your sheets, Sir, my wife is no sloven,
" And your bed is immediately over my oven."
I The Oven!!!" says Will— says the host, " Why
this passion ?
" In that excellent bed died three people of fashion,
I W T hy so crusty, good Sir ?" " Zounds !" — cries
Will in a taking,
'Who would'nt be crusty with half a years baking <!'
Will paid for his rooms ; cried the host with a sneer,
" Well, I see you've been going away half a year ;"
(l Friend, we can't well agree— yet no quarrel" —
Will said ;
" For one man may die where another makes bread,"
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90480267 |
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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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