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Aai. The riLLAGE OPERA; 17
S C E N E 11. the Road before the Houfe,
Cloddy, follow- d by Sufa(n holding his Frock,
Sufa?i, Cloddy I Cloddy I
Clod. Well, and what fayn you?
^>/ Nay, if you are in hafte, you may go.
Clod. Well, let me hear then —
Suf. I will bear it HO longer.
Clod. What wou't thou not bear ?
Suf. I have given my t/ady Warning: I will live no longer
in a Houfe where I am ufed fo by my Fellow-Servants.
Clod. Why, who hurts you ?
Suf. You, and your Favourite Mrs. Betty.
Clod. Look ye, Sukey^ take a Fool's Counfel ; don't ye turn
Grub, and fall out with your Provender: what tho* 1 did fancy
you once, mayhap I may have changed my Mind ; did you ne-
ver change your Mind ?
Suf Thou knoweft, cruel Man, how true I have always
been to thee.
Clod. Humph! I mind well when you were as' fond of
Hnbinol., when you ran wood about the Grounds after him
too ; Folk wou'd ha thought you had been bit by the Br eefe,
Suf To be left for a fine-fioger'd Minx ! um' flie will make
a rare Wife, I warrant. What is flie fit for, but to quill a Cap,
or pin a Gown; to make Jellies, or whip Creams ; and yet (he
mu(t ride, forfooth, in the Coach with my Lady, and is hardly
fuffer'd to foil her Fingers : Wi^at is flie fit for?
Clod. She may be fit for as much as you ; dan't you difparage
your Betters, Sukey — = If that will vex you then, 1 do like her,
I do.
Suf. Ah, cruel Cloddy ! after what has pafsM between us — -
Clod. No maaer, fiuce you are To reftiff; good buy -- —
Suf. Well, if we ffiuftpart, let us parttairly; you have gi-
ven me ibme Prefents, and Tokens that I thought to remember
you by; bm fipcc I mufl lo — lofe you \^fobbing.'] I do not de— .
defire to keep auy thing that belongs to you — and I hope you
will do the fame, that there may be nothing becwten us.
Clod. With all my Heart ; I defire only the fair thing, that is
for a certain.
AIR
S C E N E 11. the Road before the Houfe,
Cloddy, follow- d by Sufa(n holding his Frock,
Sufa?i, Cloddy I Cloddy I
Clod. Well, and what fayn you?
^>/ Nay, if you are in hafte, you may go.
Clod. Well, let me hear then —
Suf. I will bear it HO longer.
Clod. What wou't thou not bear ?
Suf. I have given my t/ady Warning: I will live no longer
in a Houfe where I am ufed fo by my Fellow-Servants.
Clod. Why, who hurts you ?
Suf. You, and your Favourite Mrs. Betty.
Clod. Look ye, Sukey^ take a Fool's Counfel ; don't ye turn
Grub, and fall out with your Provender: what tho* 1 did fancy
you once, mayhap I may have changed my Mind ; did you ne-
ver change your Mind ?
Suf Thou knoweft, cruel Man, how true I have always
been to thee.
Clod. Humph! I mind well when you were as' fond of
Hnbinol., when you ran wood about the Grounds after him
too ; Folk wou'd ha thought you had been bit by the Br eefe,
Suf To be left for a fine-fioger'd Minx ! um' flie will make
a rare Wife, I warrant. What is flie fit for, but to quill a Cap,
or pin a Gown; to make Jellies, or whip Creams ; and yet (he
mu(t ride, forfooth, in the Coach with my Lady, and is hardly
fuffer'd to foil her Fingers : Wi^at is flie fit for?
Clod. She may be fit for as much as you ; dan't you difparage
your Betters, Sukey — = If that will vex you then, 1 do like her,
I do.
Suf. Ah, cruel Cloddy ! after what has pafsM between us — -
Clod. No maaer, fiuce you are To reftiff; good buy -- —
Suf. Well, if we ffiuftpart, let us parttairly; you have gi-
ven me ibme Prefents, and Tokens that I thought to remember
you by; bm fipcc I mufl lo — lofe you \^fobbing.'] I do not de— .
defire to keep auy thing that belongs to you — and I hope you
will do the fame, that there may be nothing becwten us.
Clod. With all my Heart ; I defire only the fair thing, that is
for a certain.
AIR
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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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