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THE GENTLE SHEPHERD.
Roger.
I'm happy now, ah ! let my head
ITpoa thy-brea(t recline !
The plcal'ure Itrikes me near-hand dead.
Is Jenny then fae kind ?
O let me brife thee to my heart !
And round my arms entwine:
Delyrfu' thought, we'll never part!
Gome, preis thy lips to mine.
Jdtiny. Wi' equal jov my fcif'ter heart does yield.
To own thy wiel-try'd i ove has won the field.
kow hy ihele warnieft kiffes thou haft tane,
Swear thus to love me, when by vows made ane.
Roger. I fwear by fifty thoufand yet to come
Or rhay the firft ane ftrike me deaf and dumb.
There fhall not be a kindlier dawted wife.
If you agree wi' me to lead your life.
Jetiny. VViel, 1 aK^-ee— niell to my parent gae.
Get his confent— he'll hardly fay ye nae ;
Ye ha'e what will commend ye to him wiel,
Auld fouk like them that want na milk and meal.
SANG XIV.-Tune, O'er Bogle.
Wiel, I agree, you're fure of me.
Next to my father gae ;
Mike him content to gi'e confent,
Ke'Ii hardly fae you nae :
For ye ha'e what he wad be at.
And will commend you wiel,
Since j)arents auld think love grows cauUl
Where bairns want jmilk and meaU
D4
Roger.
I'm happy now, ah ! let my head
ITpoa thy-brea(t recline !
The plcal'ure Itrikes me near-hand dead.
Is Jenny then fae kind ?
O let me brife thee to my heart !
And round my arms entwine:
Delyrfu' thought, we'll never part!
Gome, preis thy lips to mine.
Jdtiny. Wi' equal jov my fcif'ter heart does yield.
To own thy wiel-try'd i ove has won the field.
kow hy ihele warnieft kiffes thou haft tane,
Swear thus to love me, when by vows made ane.
Roger. I fwear by fifty thoufand yet to come
Or rhay the firft ane ftrike me deaf and dumb.
There fhall not be a kindlier dawted wife.
If you agree wi' me to lead your life.
Jetiny. VViel, 1 aK^-ee— niell to my parent gae.
Get his confent— he'll hardly fay ye nae ;
Ye ha'e what will commend ye to him wiel,
Auld fouk like them that want na milk and meal.
SANG XIV.-Tune, O'er Bogle.
Wiel, I agree, you're fure of me.
Next to my father gae ;
Mike him content to gi'e confent,
Ke'Ii hardly fae you nae :
For ye ha'e what he wad be at.
And will commend you wiel,
Since j)arents auld think love grows cauUl
Where bairns want jmilk and meaU
D4
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| Description | A Scots pastoral comedy: with the songs. Edinburgh : printed by and for J. Robertson, [1736?]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.40 |
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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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