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72 THE GENTLE SHEPHERD.
Then I .'-poor me I— wi' fij^'hs may ban my fafe.
When the young laird's nae mair my handiome P:
Nae mair again to hear fweet tales exprert.
By the b!yth fliepherd that excell'd the reft:
Nae mair be envied by the tattling p;ang
When Patie kii's'd me, when I danc'd orfanj^;
Nae mair, alake ! we'll on the meadow play,
And rin haf breathlefs round the rucks of ba^'.
As aft times I ha'e fled frae thee right fain.
And fawn on puriMfe that I might be tar.e:
Nae mair around the foggy know I'll creejj.
To watch and ftare upon thee while afleei>.
Eut hear my vow— 'twill help to gi'e me eafe;
May fudden death or deadly fair difeafe.
And warft of ills attend ray wretched life.
If e'er to ane but you I be a wife I
Orfung asfolloivs.
SAXG XVll.— Tune, IVae^s my heart that lue
/I:ioidd [under.
Speak cm, fpeak thus, and ftill my grief.
Hold up a heart that's finking under
Thefe fears, that foon will want relief.
When Pate mull from his I'eggy fuiider.
A gentler face and filk attire,
A lady rich in beauty's bloflbm,
Alake. poor me ! will now confpire.
To Ileal thee from thy Peggy's bofom.
No more the fhepherd who excell'd
The reft, whofe wit mude them to v/onder.
Then I .'-poor me I— wi' fij^'hs may ban my fafe.
When the young laird's nae mair my handiome P:
Nae mair again to hear fweet tales exprert.
By the b!yth fliepherd that excell'd the reft:
Nae mair be envied by the tattling p;ang
When Patie kii's'd me, when I danc'd orfanj^;
Nae mair, alake ! we'll on the meadow play,
And rin haf breathlefs round the rucks of ba^'.
As aft times I ha'e fled frae thee right fain.
And fawn on puriMfe that I might be tar.e:
Nae mair around the foggy know I'll creejj.
To watch and ftare upon thee while afleei>.
Eut hear my vow— 'twill help to gi'e me eafe;
May fudden death or deadly fair difeafe.
And warft of ills attend ray wretched life.
If e'er to ane but you I be a wife I
Orfung asfolloivs.
SAXG XVll.— Tune, IVae^s my heart that lue
/I:ioidd [under.
Speak cm, fpeak thus, and ftill my grief.
Hold up a heart that's finking under
Thefe fears, that foon will want relief.
When Pate mull from his I'eggy fuiider.
A gentler face and filk attire,
A lady rich in beauty's bloflbm,
Alake. poor me ! will now confpire.
To Ileal thee from thy Peggy's bofom.
No more the fhepherd who excell'd
The reft, whofe wit mude them to v/onder.
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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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