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Bockin red bleed the fleep mair caum,
Ran hame to his nain mammy :
" Alas!" co' Katie, when she saw him,
" Wha did you this, my lammie ?"
" A meikle man," co' he, " foul faw him,"
But wad na sae 'twas Tammie,
" Rax'd me alang the chafts a wham
" As soon as e'er he saw me,
u And made me blae."
VII.
u Deil rax his chandler chafts," co' Kate,
* 6 For doing you sic wrang^
" Gin I had here the skypel skate,
16 Sae weel's I shou'dhim bang '."
The gilpy stood, and leuk't fell blate,
To see her in sic a sang ;
He squeel'd to her, like a young gyte.
But wad na mird to gang
Back a' that day.
VIII.
The hurry -burry now began,
Was right weel worth the seeing,
Wi' routs and raps frae man to man.
Some getting, and some gieing ;
And a' the tricks of fit and hand.
That ever was in being ;
Sometimes the ba' a yirdlins ran.
Sometimes in air was fleeing,
Fu' heigh that day,
J) 2
Bockin red bleed the fleep mair caum,
Ran hame to his nain mammy :
" Alas!" co' Katie, when she saw him,
" Wha did you this, my lammie ?"
" A meikle man," co' he, " foul faw him,"
But wad na sae 'twas Tammie,
" Rax'd me alang the chafts a wham
" As soon as e'er he saw me,
u And made me blae."
VII.
u Deil rax his chandler chafts," co' Kate,
* 6 For doing you sic wrang^
" Gin I had here the skypel skate,
16 Sae weel's I shou'dhim bang '."
The gilpy stood, and leuk't fell blate,
To see her in sic a sang ;
He squeel'd to her, like a young gyte.
But wad na mird to gang
Back a' that day.
VIII.
The hurry -burry now began,
Was right weel worth the seeing,
Wi' routs and raps frae man to man.
Some getting, and some gieing ;
And a' the tricks of fit and hand.
That ever was in being ;
Sometimes the ba' a yirdlins ran.
Sometimes in air was fleeing,
Fu' heigh that day,
J) 2
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91300365 |
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| Description | By the Reverend John Skinner. To which is prefixed, a sketch of the author's life, with some remarks on Scottish poetry. Edinburgh : Printed by John Moir and sold by Stuart Cheyne, 1809. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.175 |
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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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