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THE GENTLE SHEPHERD, ar
Pegs^y. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's How,
W}iere a' tlie tweets oflpring and fummer grow :
Between twa birks, out o'er a Httle lin.
The water fa's, and makes a fingan din:
A pool breaft-deep, beneath as clear as glafs,
KiflVs with eafy whirles tlie bord'ring giafs.
We'll end our waflilnp;, while the morninj^'s cool.
And when the daj' grows het, we'll to the pool.
There walh our lells — 'tis heaithfu' now in May,
And fweetly cauler on fae warm a day,
Jenny. Daft laffie, when we're naked, what'll ye fay
Git our twa herds come bratrlins: down the brae
And i'ee us fae ? that jeerinp; fallow Pate,
Wad taunting fay, Haith VAYes y e're no blate,
Pefigy. We're far'frae ony road, and out o* fight j
The l:ids they're feeding far heyont the height ;
But tell me now,, dear Jenny, we're our lane.
What gars ye plague your wooer wi' difdain ?
The neighbours a' tent this as wiel as I,
That Roger loo's ye, yet ye care na by.
What ails ye at him ? Troth, between us twa.
He's wordy you the beft day e'er ye faw.
Jenny. I dinna like him, Peggy, there's an end,
A hei'd mair flierpilh yet I never kend.
He kames his hair indeed, and gaes right fnug,
Wi' ribbon-knots at his blue bonnet-lug;
Whilk penfylie he wears athought a-jee,
Ann fpreads his garters dic'd beneath his knee.
He faids his o'erlay down his brealt wi' care.
And few gangs trigger to the kirk or fair ;
Fonli' that, he can neither iing nor fay.
Except, Eo">.v d'ye?— or, T/ie?e''s a btnny day-,
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Pegs^y. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's How,
W}iere a' tlie tweets oflpring and fummer grow :
Between twa birks, out o'er a Httle lin.
The water fa's, and makes a fingan din:
A pool breaft-deep, beneath as clear as glafs,
KiflVs with eafy whirles tlie bord'ring giafs.
We'll end our waflilnp;, while the morninj^'s cool.
And when the daj' grows het, we'll to the pool.
There walh our lells — 'tis heaithfu' now in May,
And fweetly cauler on fae warm a day,
Jenny. Daft laffie, when we're naked, what'll ye fay
Git our twa herds come bratrlins: down the brae
And i'ee us fae ? that jeerinp; fallow Pate,
Wad taunting fay, Haith VAYes y e're no blate,
Pefigy. We're far'frae ony road, and out o* fight j
The l:ids they're feeding far heyont the height ;
But tell me now,, dear Jenny, we're our lane.
What gars ye plague your wooer wi' difdain ?
The neighbours a' tent this as wiel as I,
That Roger loo's ye, yet ye care na by.
What ails ye at him ? Troth, between us twa.
He's wordy you the beft day e'er ye faw.
Jenny. I dinna like him, Peggy, there's an end,
A hei'd mair flierpilh yet I never kend.
He kames his hair indeed, and gaes right fnug,
Wi' ribbon-knots at his blue bonnet-lug;
Whilk penfylie he wears athought a-jee,
Ann fpreads his garters dic'd beneath his knee.
He faids his o'erlay down his brealt wi' care.
And few gangs trigger to the kirk or fair ;
Fonli' that, he can neither iing nor fay.
Except, Eo">.v d'ye?— or, T/ie?e''s a btnny day-,
B3
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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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