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And whan she cam into the hall,
The nobles there stood monie;
And ilka ane stood hat on head,
But hat in hand stood Geordie.
Up bespak a Norlan* lord,
I wat he spak na bonnie, —
" If ye'll stay here a little while,
Ye'll see Geordie hangit shortly."
Then up bespak a baron bold,
And O but he spak bonnie; —
" If ye'll pay doun five hundred crowns,
Ye'se get you true-love Geordie."
Some lent her guineas, some lent her crowns,
Some lent her shillings monie;
And she's paid doun five hundred crowns,
And she's gotten her bonnie love Geordie,
When she was mounted on her hie steed,
And on ahint her Geordie;
* Norlan — North country,
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And whan she cam into the hall,
The nobles there stood monie;
And ilka ane stood hat on head,
But hat in hand stood Geordie.
Up bespak a Norlan* lord,
I wat he spak na bonnie, —
" If ye'll stay here a little while,
Ye'll see Geordie hangit shortly."
Then up bespak a baron bold,
And O but he spak bonnie; —
" If ye'll pay doun five hundred crowns,
Ye'se get you true-love Geordie."
Some lent her guineas, some lent her crowns,
Some lent her shillings monie;
And she's paid doun five hundred crowns,
And she's gotten her bonnie love Geordie,
When she was mounted on her hie steed,
And on ahint her Geordie;
* Norlan — North country,
N
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91291638 |
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| Description | Recovered from tradition, and never before published: with notes, historical and explanatory, and an appendix, containing the airs of several of the ballads. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.178 |
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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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