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A. COLLECTION
SONG LXXII.
BY the fide of a flream, at the foot of a hi]},
I met with young Phebe who lives at the mill ;
My heart leap*d with joy at fo pleafing a Hght^,
For Phebe, i vow,, is n)y, only dtlighr.
I told her my love, and fat down by her fu]e,
And fwore the next morning I'd mtke her my bride 5
In anger fhe faid. Get out of my fight,
And go to your Philiis you met here laiV night.
Surpriz'd, I replied, Pray explain what you mean,
I never, I vow, with young Philiis was Ceen ;
Nor can I conceive what my Phebe is at.
O ! can't you ? ihe cry'd : weil^ I love you for that.
Say, did you not meet her laft night on this fpot ?
Colin ! O Colin ! you can't have forgot ;
1 heard the whole ftcry this morning from Mat j.
You ftiil may dciiy it, I love you for that*
'Tis falfe, I reply'd, dear Phebe believe^.
For Mat is a rover, and means to deceive :
You very well know he has ruin'd young Pat,
And fure my dear charmer mud hate him for that.
Come, come then^. {he cry'd, if ycu mean to be kind,.
I'll own 'twas to know the true Hate of your mind.
Tranfported, I kifb'd her. Cue gave me a pat ;
I made her my wife, and (lie loves me for that.
SONG LXXIII.
The Country Wedding.
C
OME haOe to the wedding, ye friends and y^_
neighbours,
The lovers their blifs can no longer delay i
SONG LXXII.
BY the fide of a flream, at the foot of a hi]},
I met with young Phebe who lives at the mill ;
My heart leap*d with joy at fo pleafing a Hght^,
For Phebe, i vow,, is n)y, only dtlighr.
I told her my love, and fat down by her fu]e,
And fwore the next morning I'd mtke her my bride 5
In anger fhe faid. Get out of my fight,
And go to your Philiis you met here laiV night.
Surpriz'd, I replied, Pray explain what you mean,
I never, I vow, with young Philiis was Ceen ;
Nor can I conceive what my Phebe is at.
O ! can't you ? ihe cry'd : weil^ I love you for that.
Say, did you not meet her laft night on this fpot ?
Colin ! O Colin ! you can't have forgot ;
1 heard the whole ftcry this morning from Mat j.
You ftiil may dciiy it, I love you for that*
'Tis falfe, I reply'd, dear Phebe believe^.
For Mat is a rover, and means to deceive :
You very well know he has ruin'd young Pat,
And fure my dear charmer mud hate him for that.
Come, come then^. {he cry'd, if ycu mean to be kind,.
I'll own 'twas to know the true Hate of your mind.
Tranfported, I kifb'd her. Cue gave me a pat ;
I made her my wife, and (lie loves me for that.
SONG LXXIII.
The Country Wedding.
C
OME haOe to the wedding, ye friends and y^_
neighbours,
The lovers their blifs can no longer delay i
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| Description | Title from first line. Also The country wedding. |
| Description | Being a select collection of the most admired and favourite Scots and English songs, cantatas, &c. Edinburgh : printed for A. Brown, 1782. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.85 |
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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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