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TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 43. O, how shall I, 2inskilfu\ try.
!, No. 349.
Tune: Miss Muir. Scots Musical Museum, 1792, No. 349.
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TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 43. O, how shall I, 2inskilfu\ try.
!, No. 349.
Tune: Miss Muir. Scots Musical Museum, 1792, No. 349.
Cheerfully
O, how shall I, un - skil - fu', try The
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E^
-_?z=*:
po - et's oc - cu • pa - tion? The tune - fu'
eS
J ^ ;.,.— ^ JO 1
3EE3^Ea
"W-
powers, hi hap - py hours That whis - per in - spi
■i-
.t^
-I 1 ■!-
ra • tion; Even they maun dare an ef - fort mair Than
r
^ — ,«-^"
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!^
:£i
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aught tliey ev - er gave us, Ere they re - hearse in
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e - qual verse The charms o' love - ly Da - vies.
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Each eye, it cheers, when she ap - pears. Like Phoe - bus
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the morn - ing. When past the shower, and eve - ry
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| Description | Now first printed with the melodies for which they were written : a study in tone-poetry : with bibliography, historical notes and glossary / by James C. Dick. London: H. Frowde, 1903. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.195 |
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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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