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THE GENTLE SHEPHERD. 19
Seem to forfake her, ibon flie'll change her mood :
Gae woo ankher, and flie'll gang dean wood.
SANG IL— Tune, Fy gar rub her o'er 'wPJiraeu.
Dear Roger, if your Jenny geek.
And anfwer kindnefs wi' a flight.
Seem unconcern'd at her negleft.
For women in a man delight :
But them defpife who 're foon defeat.
And wi* a fimple face gi'e way
To a reimlfe— then he not blate,
Pufti bauklly on, and win the day.
When maidens, innocently young.
Say aften whar they never mean:
Ne'er mind their pretty lying tongue j
But tent tlie language of their eeu i
If thei'e agree, and Ihe perfift
To anfwer all yoar love wi' hate.
Sack elfewhere to be better bleft.
And let her %h when 'tis too late.
Rtger. Kind Patie, now fair-fa' your hoiieft hearty,
Ye'r ay fae cadgy, and ha'e fie an art
To hearten ane : For now, as clean's a leek,
Ye've cherifh'd me fince ye began tofpeak.
Sae, for your pains, I'll make ye a proline,
(My mother, reft her faul ! flie made it fine);
A tartan plaid, fpun of good hawllock woo.
Scarlet and green the fets, the borders blue :
Wi' fpraings like gowd and filler, crofs'd wi' black;
I never had it yet upon my back.
Wiel are ye wordy o't, wha ha'e fae kind
Red up my ravel'd doubts, and clear'd my »\ia«U
Seem to forfake her, ibon flie'll change her mood :
Gae woo ankher, and flie'll gang dean wood.
SANG IL— Tune, Fy gar rub her o'er 'wPJiraeu.
Dear Roger, if your Jenny geek.
And anfwer kindnefs wi' a flight.
Seem unconcern'd at her negleft.
For women in a man delight :
But them defpife who 're foon defeat.
And wi* a fimple face gi'e way
To a reimlfe— then he not blate,
Pufti bauklly on, and win the day.
When maidens, innocently young.
Say aften whar they never mean:
Ne'er mind their pretty lying tongue j
But tent tlie language of their eeu i
If thei'e agree, and Ihe perfift
To anfwer all yoar love wi' hate.
Sack elfewhere to be better bleft.
And let her %h when 'tis too late.
Rtger. Kind Patie, now fair-fa' your hoiieft hearty,
Ye'r ay fae cadgy, and ha'e fie an art
To hearten ane : For now, as clean's a leek,
Ye've cherifh'd me fince ye began tofpeak.
Sae, for your pains, I'll make ye a proline,
(My mother, reft her faul ! flie made it fine);
A tartan plaid, fpun of good hawllock woo.
Scarlet and green the fets, the borders blue :
Wi' fpraings like gowd and filler, crofs'd wi' black;
I never had it yet upon my back.
Wiel are ye wordy o't, wha ha'e fae kind
Red up my ravel'd doubts, and clear'd my »\ia«U
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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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