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86 SCOTS S0N3S.
They faw the boat turn'd on the loch,
Sir John's corfe on the brae. 36
FLODDEN FIELD.
Jl ROM Spey to the border was peace' and good
order,
The fway of our monarch was mild as the May,
Peace be adored, whilk Soudrons abhorred.
Our marches they plunder, our wardens they^flay.
'Gainil: Louis our ally their Henry did fally, 5,
Tho' James but in vain did his herauld advance,
Renouncing alliance, and denouncing defiance
To Soudrons, if langer abiding iii France.
Many were the omens our ruin was coming.
E'er the flower of our nation was call'd to array :
Our king at devotion St. Andrew did caution, 1 1
And figh'd as with forrow he to him did fay,
Sir, in this expedition you muft have ambition 5
From the company of all women you fhou'd keep
away.
When the fpe6lre this declar'd, it quickly difap-
pear'dj 15-
But where it retired no man could efpy
They faw the boat turn'd on the loch,
Sir John's corfe on the brae. 36
FLODDEN FIELD.
Jl ROM Spey to the border was peace' and good
order,
The fway of our monarch was mild as the May,
Peace be adored, whilk Soudrons abhorred.
Our marches they plunder, our wardens they^flay.
'Gainil: Louis our ally their Henry did fally, 5,
Tho' James but in vain did his herauld advance,
Renouncing alliance, and denouncing defiance
To Soudrons, if langer abiding iii France.
Many were the omens our ruin was coming.
E'er the flower of our nation was call'd to array :
Our king at devotion St. Andrew did caution, 1 1
And figh'd as with forrow he to him did fay,
Sir, in this expedition you muft have ambition 5
From the company of all women you fhou'd keep
away.
When the fpe6lre this declar'd, it quickly difap-
pear'dj 15-
But where it retired no man could efpy
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Antient and modern Scotish songs > Volume 1 > (98) Page 86 - Flodden field |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91307045 |
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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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