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Orpheus Caledonius. 41
Wi* the Tear in her Eye, quoth fhe, let me die,
Sweet Sir, gin I can tell — O.
Love gave the Command, I took her by theHaQ<^>
And bad her a' Fears expel — O5
And nae more look wan, for I was the Man
Wha had done her the Deed my fell — O.
My bonny fweet Lafs on the gowany Grafs,
Beneath the Shtlling-htll — O,
If I did Offence, ITe make ye Amends
Before I leave 'Peggy's Mill — O.
the Mill, Mill — O, and the Kill, Kill'- O,
And the cogging of the Wheel — O ;
The Sack and the Sieve, a that ye maun leave.
And round with a Sodger reel — 0.
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Volume 1
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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.