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-The bridal gY.
Air Lucy Campbell.
.An we had but a bridal o't ,
An we had but a bridal o't ,
Wed leave the rest unto gude luck,
Altho' there should betide ill o't,
For bridal days are merry times,
And young- folks like the coming' ot,
And Scribblers they hangup their rhymes,
And Pipers they the bumming- ot.
The lasses like a bridal o't,
The lasses like a bridal o't;
Their braws maun be in rank and file,
Altho' that they should guide ill o't.
The boddom o' the kist is then
Turn'd up unto the inmost ot,
The end that held the kecks sac clean
Is now become the teemest ot .
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The bangster at -"the threshing ot,
The bangster at the threshing -o 1 '.
Afore it comes is fidgin fain,
And ilka day's a clashinVjt.
The Pipers and the Fiddlers ot,
The Pipers and the Fiddlers o't,
Can smel) a bridal unco far,
Avid like to-be the middlers o'f .
-The bridal gY.
Air Lucy Campbell.
.An we had but a bridal o't ,
An we had but a bridal o't ,
Wed leave the rest unto gude luck,
Altho' there should betide ill o't,
For bridal days are merry times,
And young- folks like the coming' ot,
And Scribblers they hangup their rhymes,
And Pipers they the bumming- ot.
The lasses like a bridal o't,
The lasses like a bridal o't;
Their braws maun be in rank and file,
Altho' that they should guide ill o't.
The boddom o' the kist is then
Turn'd up unto the inmost ot,
The end that held the kecks sac clean
Is now become the teemest ot .
r>
The bangster at -"the threshing ot,
The bangster at the threshing -o 1 '.
Afore it comes is fidgin fain,
And ilka day's a clashinVjt.
The Pipers and the Fiddlers ot,
The Pipers and the Fiddlers o't,
Can smel) a bridal unco far,
Avid like to-be the middlers o'f .
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scotish minstrel > Volumes 4-6 > (108) Page 96 - Bridal o't |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91344641 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.217a |
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| Description | A selection from the vocal melodies of Scotland, ancient & modern, arr. for the piano forte. Compiled by R[obert] A[rchibald] Smith. Edinburgh : Robt. Purdie, [1820-1824]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.217-217a |
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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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