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Orpheus Caledonius.
95
XLII.
T^he Glancing of her Apron*
I ^ January laft.
On Munanday at Morn,
As through the Fields I pail.
To view the Winter Corn,
I looked me behind.
And faw come o'er the Know,
Ane glancing in her Apron,
With a bonny brent Brow.
Ifaid, good morrow, fair Maid i
And fhe right courteoufly
Returned a Beck, and kindly faid ^
Good T>ayy fweet Sir, to you,
I fpear'd, my dear, how far awa'
Do ye intend to gae.
Quoth (he, I mean a Mile or twaii
Out o'er yon broomy Brae.
He,
Fair Maid, I'm thankfu to my Fate,
To have fic Company 5>
ioi^
95
XLII.
T^he Glancing of her Apron*
I ^ January laft.
On Munanday at Morn,
As through the Fields I pail.
To view the Winter Corn,
I looked me behind.
And faw come o'er the Know,
Ane glancing in her Apron,
With a bonny brent Brow.
Ifaid, good morrow, fair Maid i
And fhe right courteoufly
Returned a Beck, and kindly faid ^
Good T>ayy fweet Sir, to you,
I fpear'd, my dear, how far awa'
Do ye intend to gae.
Quoth (he, I mean a Mile or twaii
Out o'er yon broomy Brae.
He,
Fair Maid, I'm thankfu to my Fate,
To have fic Company 5>
ioi^
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Orpheus Caledonius, or, A collection of Scots songs > Volume 2 > (187) Page 173 |
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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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