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334 APPENDIX.
Bid me leave off me cries,
And swear no more plot-lies ;
Then straight away me hies.
hone ! hone !
Deil take this swearing trade !
hone ! hone !
I'll go home to me spade,
hone ! hone !
I'll fence th' potatoes round.
And keep me maishter's ground :
I am too long hell-hound.
hone I hone !
Me book-bussing tribe, adieu !
hone ! hone !
It is now bad wid you ;
hone ! hone !
And if I 'scape the hang,
I've outdone all me gang :
So I leave you here t' swing swang.
hone ! hone !
JDagon's :f all.
Tune. — " Philander."
1683.
Ah ! cruel bloody fate,
What canst thou now do more %
Alas ! 'tis now too late.
Poor Tony to restore !
Why should the flattering fates persuade
That Tony still should live
In England here, or in Holland there.
Yet all our hopes deceive ?
A noble peer he was,
And of notorious fame ;
But now he's gone, alas !
A pilgrim o'er the main :
Bid me leave off me cries,
And swear no more plot-lies ;
Then straight away me hies.
hone ! hone !
Deil take this swearing trade !
hone ! hone !
I'll go home to me spade,
hone ! hone !
I'll fence th' potatoes round.
And keep me maishter's ground :
I am too long hell-hound.
hone I hone !
Me book-bussing tribe, adieu !
hone ! hone !
It is now bad wid you ;
hone ! hone !
And if I 'scape the hang,
I've outdone all me gang :
So I leave you here t' swing swang.
hone ! hone !
JDagon's :f all.
Tune. — " Philander."
1683.
Ah ! cruel bloody fate,
What canst thou now do more %
Alas ! 'tis now too late.
Poor Tony to restore !
Why should the flattering fates persuade
That Tony still should live
In England here, or in Holland there.
Yet all our hopes deceive ?
A noble peer he was,
And of notorious fame ;
But now he's gone, alas !
A pilgrim o'er the main :
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| Shelfmark | Glen.194 |
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| Description | Being the songs, airs, and legends, of the adherents to the house of Stuart. Collected and illustrated by James Hogg. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, 1819-1821. [First series] -- second series. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.194-194a |
| 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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