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Orpheus Galedonius.
For our lang biding here.
'HEN we came to London Towrij
We di'eam*d of Gowd in Gowpings here^
^nd ran tin! y ran up and down.
In rifing Stocks to buy a Skair :
We daftly thought to row in Rowth,
But for our Daffine pay'd right dear ;
The Lave will fare the war in trouth:>
For our lang biding here.
But when we fand our Purfes toonij
And dainty Stocks began to fa'.
We hang our Lugs, and wi' a Gloom^
Cjirn'd at Stoqk-jobbing ane and a'.
|f we gang near the South-Sea}\o\x^t^
The Whilly-Wha's will grip ye r gear^
Syne a* the Lave will fare the war^
Fpr Quy lang biding here.
For our lang biding here.
'HEN we came to London Towrij
We di'eam*d of Gowd in Gowpings here^
^nd ran tin! y ran up and down.
In rifing Stocks to buy a Skair :
We daftly thought to row in Rowth,
But for our Daffine pay'd right dear ;
The Lave will fare the war in trouth:>
For our lang biding here.
But when we fand our Purfes toonij
And dainty Stocks began to fa'.
We hang our Lugs, and wi' a Gloom^
Cjirn'd at Stoqk-jobbing ane and a'.
|f we gang near the South-Sea}\o\x^t^
The Whilly-Wha's will grip ye r gear^
Syne a* the Lave will fare the war^
Fpr Quy lang biding here.
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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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