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ENGLISH SONfl AND BALLAD MUSIC.
The following is the popular air, with the words usually sung.
Slowly and gracefully.
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With a garland of straw I'll crown thee, love,
I'll marry thee with a rush ring ;
Thy frozen heart shall melt with love,
So, merrily I shall sing.
Yet still he cried, &c.
But, if thou wilt harden thy heart, love,
And be deaf to my pitiful moan,
Then I must endure the smart, love,
And tumble in straw, all alone.
Yet still he cried, &c.
LAY THE BENT TO THE BONNY BROOM.
This ballad and tune are contained in the second volume of the early editions
of Pills to â– purge Melancholy, and in the fourth volume of the later.
Copies of the ballad are also in the Pepys (iii. 19), Douce (169), and Halli-
well Collections (No. 253). It is entitled "A noble riddle wisely expounded ;
or, The Maid's answer to the Knight's three questions : —
She, with her excellent wit and civil carriage,
Won a young knight to joyn with her in marriage.
This gallant couple now are man and wife,
And she with him doth lead a pleasant life."
" The tune is Lay the bent to the bonny broom."

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Volume 2
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Volumes 1-2 - Popular music of the olden time
DescriptionA collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes ... with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also a short account of the minstrels. Airs harmonized by G.A. Macfarren. London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, [1859]. 2 volumes. Paged continuously. [An expansion of his "Collection of national English airs", published 1838-40.]
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.