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AULD ROBIN GRAY.
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thing ! help me to one, I pray.' ' Steal the cow, sister Anne ! '
said the little Elizabeth. So the cow was immediately lifted,
and the ballad completed. It soon got into circulation, without
the name of the fair author, which was long a matter of mystery.
Balcarres.
Lady Anne survived to 1 825, and only acknowledged the author-
ship near the close of her life. She had, in 1793, married Sir
Andrew Bernard, librarian to George III., who died in 1807.
Cordial as the reception of this fine song was from the
beginning, it could not be said to experience the enthusiastic
admiration which it now enjoys, till it was accommodated with a
superior melody by the Kev. William Leeves, Rector of Wrington,
in Somersetshire, the melody to which it is now invariably sung.

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Songs of Scotland prior to Burns
DescriptionWith the tunes. Edited by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh ; London : W. & R. Chambers, 1890.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.