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^ THE GENTLE SHEPHERD.
Sic as ftand Angle (a ftate fae lik'd by yoa !)
Beneath !lk ftorm frae every airth maun bow.
Jenny. I've done— 1 yield, dear lafTie, I maun yieli
Your better lenie has fairly won the field.
With the afliftance of a little fae
Lies dern'd within my breaft tliis mony a day.
SANG VL— Tune, Nancy's to tke grem-ivood gam,
I yield, dear laflie, ye have won.
And there is nae denying.
That, fare as light flows frae the fun, i
Frae love proceeds complying ; i
For a' that we can do or f;iy
'Gainit love, nae thinker heeds us.
They ken our bofoms lodge the fae.
That by the heartftrings leads us.
Peggy. Alake, poor pris'ner ! Jenny, that's no fair
That yi'W uo let the wee thing tak the air:
Hafte, let him out, we"il tent as wiel's we can,
CiC he be Bauidy's or poor Roger's man.
Jenny. Ar.ither time's as good— for fee the fuH
Is rij^ht far up, and we're not yet begun ,
I'o fre ith the graith ; if canker'd isiadge, our aunt I
Come u;' the burn, flie'Il gie's a wicked rant: |
J3ut when we've done, I'll tell ye a' my mind ;
For this feeiiis true, nae lal's can be unkind.
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Sic as ftand Angle (a ftate fae lik'd by yoa !)
Beneath !lk ftorm frae every airth maun bow.
Jenny. I've done— 1 yield, dear lafTie, I maun yieli
Your better lenie has fairly won the field.
With the afliftance of a little fae
Lies dern'd within my breaft tliis mony a day.
SANG VL— Tune, Nancy's to tke grem-ivood gam,
I yield, dear laflie, ye have won.
And there is nae denying.
That, fare as light flows frae the fun, i
Frae love proceeds complying ; i
For a' that we can do or f;iy
'Gainit love, nae thinker heeds us.
They ken our bofoms lodge the fae.
That by the heartftrings leads us.
Peggy. Alake, poor pris'ner ! Jenny, that's no fair
That yi'W uo let the wee thing tak the air:
Hafte, let him out, we"il tent as wiel's we can,
CiC he be Bauidy's or poor Roger's man.
Jenny. Ar.ither time's as good— for fee the fuH
Is rij^ht far up, and we're not yet begun ,
I'o fre ith the graith ; if canker'd isiadge, our aunt I
Come u;' the burn, flie'Il gie's a wicked rant: |
J3ut when we've done, I'll tell ye a' my mind ;
For this feeiiis true, nae lal's can be unkind.
{ExeunU
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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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