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SUCH A PARCEL OF EOGUES IN A NATION !
This song embodies pretty fairly the anti-union feeling of
Scotland, which was essentially a Jacobite feeling, though
partaken of by many who were not Jacobites, and echoed by
a vast proportion of the populace, while in reality, for anything
that has yet appeared, the sober good sense of the country was
willing to see the long-contemplated junction effected. The
usual charge of corruption against the majority of the Scottish
parliament is also here embodied : a charge, however, which,
it is but fair to say, never has been borne out by clear
evidence.
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Fare - well to a' our Scot - tish fame, Fare-
§s§iig^igipap
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well our an-cient glo - ry; Fare - well ev'n to the
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Scot - tish name, Sae famed in an - cient sto - ry ! • Now
Sark rins o'er the Sol - way Sands, and Tweed rins to the
.i_5_p f_p_ _£_ pz hO ^- B 1 m — I
o - cean, To mark where England's pro-vince stands: Such a
^^ra^^^a
par - eel of rogues in a na - tion!
This song embodies pretty fairly the anti-union feeling of
Scotland, which was essentially a Jacobite feeling, though
partaken of by many who were not Jacobites, and echoed by
a vast proportion of the populace, while in reality, for anything
that has yet appeared, the sober good sense of the country was
willing to see the long-contemplated junction effected. The
usual charge of corruption against the majority of the Scottish
parliament is also here embodied : a charge, however, which,
it is but fair to say, never has been borne out by clear
evidence.
l=B=g
mgmmm
s
rx
Fare - well to a' our Scot - tish fame, Fare-
§s§iig^igipap
is=p
well our an-cient glo - ry; Fare - well ev'n to the
P
iiiiip^piiiSiiii
Scot - tish name, Sae famed in an - cient sto - ry ! • Now
Sark rins o'er the Sol - way Sands, and Tweed rins to the
.i_5_p f_p_ _£_ pz hO ^- B 1 m — I
o - cean, To mark where England's pro-vince stands: Such a
^^ra^^^a
par - eel of rogues in a na - tion!
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| Description | With the tunes. Edited by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh ; London : W. & R. Chambers, 1890. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.118 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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