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4b SCOTS SONGS.
Had I my liorfe and my liarnefs gude,
And ryaing as I ^Yont to be,
it fuld have been tald this hundred zeir, 1 00
The melting of my king and me.
God be wl' tbee, Kirily, my brither,^
Lang live thou laird of Mangertoun •,
Lang mayfl thou dw^eli on the border fyde,
Or thou fe thy brither ryde up and doun : 105
And God be wi thee, Kirfty, my fon,
Quhair thou fits on thy nurfe's nee j
But an thou live this hundred zeir.
Thy father's better thoult never be.
Farweil, my bonny Gilnockhall, 1 1 o
Quhair on Efk iide thou ftandefl: ftoiit :
Gif I had lieved but feven zeirs mair,
I wuld liaif gilt thee round about,
John murdred was at Carlingrigg,
And all his gallant companie j I T j;
But Scotland's heart was neir fo wae,
To fee fae mony brave men die.
Becaufe they fav'd their country delr
Frae Inglifhm^en j nane were fae bald,
Quhyle Johnie liv'd on the border fyde, 120
Nane of them durfl cum neir his hald.
Had I my liorfe and my liarnefs gude,
And ryaing as I ^Yont to be,
it fuld have been tald this hundred zeir, 1 00
The melting of my king and me.
God be wl' tbee, Kirily, my brither,^
Lang live thou laird of Mangertoun •,
Lang mayfl thou dw^eli on the border fyde,
Or thou fe thy brither ryde up and doun : 105
And God be wi thee, Kirfty, my fon,
Quhair thou fits on thy nurfe's nee j
But an thou live this hundred zeir.
Thy father's better thoult never be.
Farweil, my bonny Gilnockhall, 1 1 o
Quhair on Efk iide thou ftandefl: ftoiit :
Gif I had lieved but feven zeirs mair,
I wuld liaif gilt thee round about,
John murdred was at Carlingrigg,
And all his gallant companie j I T j;
But Scotland's heart was neir fo wae,
To fee fae mony brave men die.
Becaufe they fav'd their country delr
Frae Inglifhm^en j nane were fae bald,
Quhyle Johnie liv'd on the border fyde, 120
Nane of them durfl cum neir his hald.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Antient and modern Scotish songs > Volume 1 > (60) Page 48 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91306589 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.131 |
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| Description | Heroic ballads, &c. In two volumes. Edinburgh, Lawrie and Symington, 1791. The National Library of Scotland's Glen Collection only contains volume 1. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.131 |
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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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