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Now here oe dry land a wet course I can steer,
Nor the cat-head, the cat- block, nor boat-swain's
cat fear ;
Whilst there's shot in the locker, I'll sing, I'll- be
bound,
And Saturday-i>ight shall last all the week round.
Put should peace grow too sleepy, and war call a-
main,
By the piper of Leinster, I'll venture again!
Make another dry voyage, bring you home a fresh
tale,
That you'll cry till you laugh at poor Patrick O'Neal,
A Nezv Song*
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I'm often ask'd by plodding souls,
And men of vulgar tongue,
What joy I take in draining bowls,
And tippling all night long :
Tho' used such cautious fools to scorn.
For* once 1*11 not disdain,
To tell them why I sit till morn,
And fill my glass again.
To tell them, &c.
'Tis by the light my bumpers give 3
Life's picture's mellow made,
With waimet glow the colours live,
And softer sinks the shade :
Now here oe dry land a wet course I can steer,
Nor the cat-head, the cat- block, nor boat-swain's
cat fear ;
Whilst there's shot in the locker, I'll sing, I'll- be
bound,
And Saturday-i>ight shall last all the week round.
Put should peace grow too sleepy, and war call a-
main,
By the piper of Leinster, I'll venture again!
Make another dry voyage, bring you home a fresh
tale,
That you'll cry till you laugh at poor Patrick O'Neal,
A Nezv Song*
w
I'm often ask'd by plodding souls,
And men of vulgar tongue,
What joy I take in draining bowls,
And tippling all night long :
Tho' used such cautious fools to scorn.
For* once 1*11 not disdain,
To tell them why I sit till morn,
And fill my glass again.
To tell them, &c.
'Tis by the light my bumpers give 3
Life's picture's mellow made,
With waimet glow the colours live,
And softer sinks the shade :
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90480507 |
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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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