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Orpheus Caledonius.
^ XVI.
The Braes (^/^ Yarrow.
BU S K ye, busk ye, my bonny, bonny Bride,
Busk ye, busk ye, my winfom Marrow 5
Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny, bonny Bride,
And let us leave the Braes of Tarrow.
Where got ye that bonny, bonny Bride,
Where got ye that winfom Marrow ?
I got her where I durft not well be feen,
Puing the Birks on the Braes oi Tarrow.
Weep not, weep not, my bonny, bonny Bride^
Weep nor, weep not, my winfom Marrow j
Nor let thy Heart lament to leave
Puing the Birks on the Braes of Tarrow.
Why does fhe weep, thy bonny, bonny Bride ?
Why does fhe weep, thy winfom Marrow ?
And why dare ye nae mair well be feen,
Puing the( Birks on the Braes of Tarrow ?
Lang mufl fhe weep, lang rauft fhe, mufl: fhe weep,
Lang muft fhe weep with Dole and Sorrow,
And

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Volume 2
ShelfmarkGlen.169a
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Volumes 1-2 - Orpheus Caledonius, or, A collection of Scots songs
DescriptionSet to music by W. Thomson. London : Printed for the author, MDCCXXXIII [i.e.1733]. 2 volumes. [An enlarged edition of Thomson's 'Orpheus Caledonius or a collection of the best Scotch songs', London, [1725].] Title pages in red and black. With a list of subscribers in Volume 1. Each volume has 4 pages Scores for the German flute.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.