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So any body now
May take my charming Nancy ;
Because, d'ye see, a? how
She does not suit my fancy.
That Tom, that damn'd Tom cat,
Should Nance in marriage catch me,
Strange things they might be at,
And now and then might scratch me,
ta ral la, 6cc.
Origin of Old Batckekrs.
Dame Nature one day, in a comical mood,
While mixing the mould to make man,
Was struck with a thought, as th' ingredients sh<
I view'd, .
To alter a little her plan ;
Her children she knew were much given tt rove
So temp'ring the clay with great art,
She sparingly threw in the soft seeds of love,
That usually spring round the heart;
But she quickly repented, tho' too late, 'tis trae;
For a fusty old bachelor stood forth to view, tt
Yes, an old bachelor,
A fusty old bachelor.
What's an old" bachelor like ?
A tree without a branch,
A buck without a haunch,
A knife without a fork,
Bottle without a cork,
A key without a lock,
A wig without a block,
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So any body now
May take my charming Nancy ;
Because, d'ye see, a? how
She does not suit my fancy.
That Tom, that damn'd Tom cat,
Should Nance in marriage catch me,
Strange things they might be at,
And now and then might scratch me,
ta ral la, 6cc.
Origin of Old Batckekrs.
Dame Nature one day, in a comical mood,
While mixing the mould to make man,
Was struck with a thought, as th' ingredients sh<
I view'd, .
To alter a little her plan ;
Her children she knew were much given tt rove
So temp'ring the clay with great art,
She sparingly threw in the soft seeds of love,
That usually spring round the heart;
But she quickly repented, tho' too late, 'tis trae;
For a fusty old bachelor stood forth to view, tt
Yes, an old bachelor,
A fusty old bachelor.
What's an old" bachelor like ?
A tree without a branch,
A buck without a haunch,
A knife without a fork,
Bottle without a cork,
A key without a lock,
A wig without a block,
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90480291 |
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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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