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THE GENTLE SHEPHERD. I?
But yetteniay I met her yont a know.
She fled as frae a Ihelly-coated cow.
She Baukly looes, Balily that drives the car.
But geeks at me, and i'ays I fmell of tar.
Patle. But Bauldy looes not her, right wiel I wat^
He lighs for Neps -,— fae that may (taiid for that.
Boger. i M'iih I cou'('.na looe her— but in vain,
J ftili maun do't, arid thr.ie her proud dif.lain.
My B.vvty is a cnr i dcsariy like.
Even while he fawn'd, the itrak the poor dumb tykej
If I had fili'd a nook within her lyealt,.
She wad have Oiasvn inriir kindnefs to my beaft.
When 1 begin to tune tny iLOck and horn,
Wi' a' her face ihe ihaws a cauldrife icorn,
Laft iiigbc I pla> 'd, ye never heard lie ipite.
O'er Bog e was the fpring, and her delyCe :
Yet .tauntingly ilie at her couHn fpecr'd,
GifOie Could tell what tune 1 piay'd, and iheer'd.
Floci-cs, wander where ye like. 1 ainna care,
I'll brak my reed and never whiftle mair.
Patie. E'en da fae, Roger . wha can help niilluck .'
Saebeins Ihe be fie a thrawin-f-abbit chuck,
Yonder's .i craig; iince \e hie rint all houe,
Gae till't vour wi.ys, and take rhe lover's lowi,
Roger. I neediia mak in i;.'eed my bioiw ofpill,
ril warrai.t d.eath conie f'xm enou^;h a-wjil,.
Patie- Daft go-,'. ■:.! 'e ive aft'tfai (illywhinfrin? wayj
Seem carelefs, there's my h: o.i se'U win the day.
Hear how i ferv'd my lai's i ':o\ e :>b wiel
As ye do Jenny, and wi' heart as i^el.
Laii morning 1 was gayan earl v out.
Upon a dyke 1 leaji'd, j;lovviing about;
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But yetteniay I met her yont a know.
She fled as frae a Ihelly-coated cow.
She Baukly looes, Balily that drives the car.
But geeks at me, and i'ays I fmell of tar.
Patle. But Bauldy looes not her, right wiel I wat^
He lighs for Neps -,— fae that may (taiid for that.
Boger. i M'iih I cou'('.na looe her— but in vain,
J ftili maun do't, arid thr.ie her proud dif.lain.
My B.vvty is a cnr i dcsariy like.
Even while he fawn'd, the itrak the poor dumb tykej
If I had fili'd a nook within her lyealt,.
She wad have Oiasvn inriir kindnefs to my beaft.
When 1 begin to tune tny iLOck and horn,
Wi' a' her face ihe ihaws a cauldrife icorn,
Laft iiigbc I pla> 'd, ye never heard lie ipite.
O'er Bog e was the fpring, and her delyCe :
Yet .tauntingly ilie at her couHn fpecr'd,
GifOie Could tell what tune 1 piay'd, and iheer'd.
Floci-cs, wander where ye like. 1 ainna care,
I'll brak my reed and never whiftle mair.
Patie. E'en da fae, Roger . wha can help niilluck .'
Saebeins Ihe be fie a thrawin-f-abbit chuck,
Yonder's .i craig; iince \e hie rint all houe,
Gae till't vour wi.ys, and take rhe lover's lowi,
Roger. I neediia mak in i;.'eed my bioiw ofpill,
ril warrai.t d.eath conie f'xm enou^;h a-wjil,.
Patie- Daft go-,'. ■:.! 'e ive aft'tfai (illywhinfrin? wayj
Seem carelefs, there's my h: o.i se'U win the day.
Hear how i ferv'd my lai's i ':o\ e :>b wiel
As ye do Jenny, and wi' heart as i^el.
Laii morning 1 was gayan earl v out.
Upon a dyke 1 leaji'd, j;lovviing about;
B
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | Over 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson. |
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