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An' auld Robby Barber, auld Robby Barber,
An' auld Robby Barber, for we maun tell him.
O stay a wee, woman, an' tell it a' out.
They're bringing in black Popery, I fear an' I doubt,
An' a sad reformation, a sad reformation,
A sad reformation in a' the kirks about.
Muckle do they sae, an' mair may we fear;
The French an' the Spaniards are a' coming here :
An' we'll a' be murder'd, murder'd, murder'd,
An* we'll a' be murder'd, that's very clear.
But, for my part, I'm easy altho' they come the
morn,
I'll' gie them anither turn, for a' the nicks that's on
my horn,
For I'll no yield it, yield it, yield it,
For I'll no yield it to ony man bom.
Do ye no mind, just on this very floor,
When we ware a' reekit out to gang to Sherrie-muir,
Wi' stanes in our aprons, wi' stanes in our aprons,
Wi' stanes in our aprons, we did muckle dool, I'm
sure.
Eh ! wow, Marg'ret, was nae yon a gun ?
A tweel no, Elspit, it's me breaking win' ;
An' we're weel when we want it, want it, want it,
We're weel when we want it awa wi' little din.
An' auld Robby Barber, auld Robby Barber,
An' auld Robby Barber, for we maun tell him.
O stay a wee, woman, an' tell it a' out.
They're bringing in black Popery, I fear an' I doubt,
An' a sad reformation, a sad reformation,
A sad reformation in a' the kirks about.
Muckle do they sae, an' mair may we fear;
The French an' the Spaniards are a' coming here :
An' we'll a' be murder'd, murder'd, murder'd,
An* we'll a' be murder'd, that's very clear.
But, for my part, I'm easy altho' they come the
morn,
I'll' gie them anither turn, for a' the nicks that's on
my horn,
For I'll no yield it, yield it, yield it,
For I'll no yield it to ony man bom.
Do ye no mind, just on this very floor,
When we ware a' reekit out to gang to Sherrie-muir,
Wi' stanes in our aprons, wi' stanes in our aprons,
Wi' stanes in our aprons, we did muckle dool, I'm
sure.
Eh ! wow, Marg'ret, was nae yon a gun ?
A tweel no, Elspit, it's me breaking win' ;
An' we're weel when we want it, want it, want it,
We're weel when we want it awa wi' little din.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90480375 |
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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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