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<?.n THE GENTLE SHEPHERD.
To bear a leglen was nae toil to me.
When at the bught at ev'n I met wi' thee.
Patie. When corns grew yellow, and the het'ier-
Eloom'd bonny on the moor and riiin^ fells, (bells
Nae birns, or briers, or whins e'e!- troubl'd me,
Gjf I cou'd find blae berries ripe for thee. (ftane,
Feggv. When thou didft wrellle, run, or putt the
And wan the day, my heart was flightering fain :
At a' thefe fports thou ftill j;ave joy to me ;
For nanecan wreftle, run, or putt wi' thee.
Patie. Jenny lings faft the Broom ofCcivdenkno'uj;,
And Rofie lilts the Milking of the eii's ;
There's nane, like Nanly, Jenny Netties fings ;
At turns in Maggy Lauder, Marion dings:
But when my Peggy lings, wi' fweeter fldll.
The Boatman, or the Lafs of Patie' s mill.
It is a thoufand times mair fweet to me ;
Tho' they fing wiel, they canna fing like thee.
Pegsy. How eith can laffes trow what they defire I
And, roos'd by them we love, blaws up that fire :
But wha loves beft, let time and carriage try ;
Be conflant, and my love fhall time defy.
Be ftill as now ; and a' my care fhall be.
How to contrive what pleafant is for tliee.
The foregjiing, ivith a finall variation, luasfiing at
tlte aEling as follows.
SANG X.— Tune, Theyelloiv hairhlladdie.
Peggy.
When firft my dear laddie gade to the green hil!.
And I at ew-milldng firft fey'd my young fldll.
To bear the milk bowie nae pain was to me.
When lat the bughting forgather'd wi' tiiee.
To bear a leglen was nae toil to me.
When at the bught at ev'n I met wi' thee.
Patie. When corns grew yellow, and the het'ier-
Eloom'd bonny on the moor and riiin^ fells, (bells
Nae birns, or briers, or whins e'e!- troubl'd me,
Gjf I cou'd find blae berries ripe for thee. (ftane,
Feggv. When thou didft wrellle, run, or putt the
And wan the day, my heart was flightering fain :
At a' thefe fports thou ftill j;ave joy to me ;
For nanecan wreftle, run, or putt wi' thee.
Patie. Jenny lings faft the Broom ofCcivdenkno'uj;,
And Rofie lilts the Milking of the eii's ;
There's nane, like Nanly, Jenny Netties fings ;
At turns in Maggy Lauder, Marion dings:
But when my Peggy lings, wi' fweeter fldll.
The Boatman, or the Lafs of Patie' s mill.
It is a thoufand times mair fweet to me ;
Tho' they fing wiel, they canna fing like thee.
Pegsy. How eith can laffes trow what they defire I
And, roos'd by them we love, blaws up that fire :
But wha loves beft, let time and carriage try ;
Be conflant, and my love fhall time defy.
Be ftill as now ; and a' my care fhall be.
How to contrive what pleafant is for tliee.
The foregjiing, ivith a finall variation, luasfiing at
tlte aEling as follows.
SANG X.— Tune, Theyelloiv hairhlladdie.
Peggy.
When firft my dear laddie gade to the green hil!.
And I at ew-milldng firft fey'd my young fldll.
To bear the milk bowie nae pain was to me.
When lat the bughting forgather'd wi' tiiee.
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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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