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204 SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
The weary pund, the weary pund,
The weary pund o' tow,
I think my wife will end her life,
Before she spin the tow !
I bought my wife a stane o' lint,
As guid as e'er did grow ;
And a' that she has made o' that
Is ae puir pund o' tow.
There sat a bottle in a bole,
Beyont the ingle low ;
And aye she took the tother sook,
To drouk the stoury tow.
Quoth I, For shame, ye dirty dame,
Gae spin your tap o' tow !
She took the rock, and wi' a knock,
She brak it o'er my pow !
At last her feet, I sang to see 't,
Gaed foremost o'er the knowe,
And ere I wed another jaud,
I '11 wallop in a tow.
[old version.]
I bought my maiden and my wife
A half a pund o' tow,
And it will serve them a' their life,
Let them spin as they dow.
I thought my tow was endit —
It wasna weel begun !
I think my wife will end her life
Afore the tow be spun.
The weary pund, the weary pund,
The weary pund o' tow,
I think my wife will end her life,
Before she spin the tow !
I bought my wife a stane o' lint,
As guid as e'er did grow ;
And a' that she has made o' that
Is ae puir pund o' tow.
There sat a bottle in a bole,
Beyont the ingle low ;
And aye she took the tother sook,
To drouk the stoury tow.
Quoth I, For shame, ye dirty dame,
Gae spin your tap o' tow !
She took the rock, and wi' a knock,
She brak it o'er my pow !
At last her feet, I sang to see 't,
Gaed foremost o'er the knowe,
And ere I wed another jaud,
I '11 wallop in a tow.
[old version.]
I bought my maiden and my wife
A half a pund o' tow,
And it will serve them a' their life,
Let them spin as they dow.
I thought my tow was endit —
It wasna weel begun !
I think my wife will end her life
Afore the tow be spun.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Songs of Scotland prior to Burns > (208) Page 204 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90578234 |
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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. 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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