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TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 256. O, wha will to Saint Stephens house.
Tune: Killiecrankie. Scots Musical Museum, 1788, No. 102.
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O, WHA will to Saint Stephen's house,
To do our errands there, man ?
O, wha will to Saint Stephen's house
O' th' merry lads of Ayr, man ?
Or will ye send a man o' law?
Or will ye send a sodger ?
Or him wha led o'er Scotland a'
The meikle Ursa Major?
Come, will ye court a noble lord,
Or buy a score o' lairds, man ?
For worth and honour pawn their word.
Their vote shall be Glencaird's, man?
Ane gies them coin, ane gies them wine,
Anither gies them clatter ;
Annbank, wha guessed the ladies' taste.
He gies a Fete Champetre.
TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 256. O, wha will to Saint Stephens house.
Tune: Killiecrankie. Scots Musical Museum, 1788, No. 102.
Briskly
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O, wha will to Saint Ste-phen's house, To do our er
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rands there, man ? O, wha will (o Saint Ste-phen's house O'
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th' merry lads of Ayr, man? Or, will ye send a man o'
S
law? Or will ye send a
•er? Or him wha led o'er
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Scot - land a' The mei - kle Ur - sa Ma - jor?
O, WHA will to Saint Stephen's house,
To do our errands there, man ?
O, wha will to Saint Stephen's house
O' th' merry lads of Ayr, man ?
Or will ye send a man o' law?
Or will ye send a sodger ?
Or him wha led o'er Scotland a'
The meikle Ursa Major?
Come, will ye court a noble lord,
Or buy a score o' lairds, man ?
For worth and honour pawn their word.
Their vote shall be Glencaird's, man?
Ane gies them coin, ane gies them wine,
Anither gies them clatter ;
Annbank, wha guessed the ladies' taste.
He gies a Fete Champetre.
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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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| 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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