Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Orpheus Caledonius, or, A collection of Scots songs > Volume 1
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Thus merrily they court the Fair,
And love andfmg in Northern Air:
Thus the gay Warblers of the Spring
From Spray to Spray do hop and fing 5
Kind Nature fills their little Throats,
With fweet and unaffcded Notes ;
Their flatt 'ring Wings to Love fhe prunes,
Their Voices wild to Love fhe tunes 5
And all the Cares they ever prove.
Is Life, half Harmony, half Love,
THE
And love andfmg in Northern Air:
Thus the gay Warblers of the Spring
From Spray to Spray do hop and fing 5
Kind Nature fills their little Throats,
With fweet and unaffcded Notes ;
Their flatt 'ring Wings to Love fhe prunes,
Their Voices wild to Love fhe tunes 5
And all the Cares they ever prove.
Is Life, half Harmony, half Love,
THE
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91483279 |
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Shelfmark | Glen.169 |
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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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