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, OF CHOICE SONGS. 259
SONG CCLXXXVII.
Colin and Nell.
SINCE they tracM me alone with a Twain to tlir
grove.
Each tongue in the village proclaims I^m in love^
With a laugh they point at us as paffing along.
And Colin and Nell are their jeft and their fong,
Sufpicion long whifper^d it over the green,
But fcandal now tells what Ihe never has Ceen j
Wherever we wander yet fafier {he flies,
What we do^ or what we fay, (he refie£ts with her liest
How we trip, all by moon light, to love-hanntedi
bowVs,
How we toy and we k'.fs at the fweet gilded hours :.
Ail this, ai)d yet more, if fhe will, fhe may name,
For we meet without crime, and we part without
fhame.
I own that I Ibve him, he's Co to my mind^
And waits with impatience till fortune's more kind 5;
I ftill will love on till our fate's to be bleft,
And the talk may be louder, it (han't break our refti^
Let malice her tongue and her eyes all employ^.
And envy do all to embitter our joy j
The time that is coming Ihall foften the part,
And crown the gay nymph with her Colin at lafti
SONG CCLXXXVIIL:
The Banks of Rofes,
AST
JM So
was a' walking one morning fo fair,
green was the fields and fweet was £he aj%
SONG CCLXXXVII.
Colin and Nell.
SINCE they tracM me alone with a Twain to tlir
grove.
Each tongue in the village proclaims I^m in love^
With a laugh they point at us as paffing along.
And Colin and Nell are their jeft and their fong,
Sufpicion long whifper^d it over the green,
But fcandal now tells what Ihe never has Ceen j
Wherever we wander yet fafier {he flies,
What we do^ or what we fay, (he refie£ts with her liest
How we trip, all by moon light, to love-hanntedi
bowVs,
How we toy and we k'.fs at the fweet gilded hours :.
Ail this, ai)d yet more, if fhe will, fhe may name,
For we meet without crime, and we part without
fhame.
I own that I Ibve him, he's Co to my mind^
And waits with impatience till fortune's more kind 5;
I ftill will love on till our fate's to be bleft,
And the talk may be louder, it (han't break our refti^
Let malice her tongue and her eyes all employ^.
And envy do all to embitter our joy j
The time that is coming Ihall foften the part,
And crown the gay nymph with her Colin at lafti
SONG CCLXXXVIIL:
The Banks of Rofes,
AST
JM So
was a' walking one morning fo fair,
green was the fields and fweet was £he aj%
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| Description | Also: The banks of roses. |
| 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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