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Orpheus CALEDONiusi 43
?our blooming faft Beauties firfl: bceted Love's Fire,
Your Vertue and Wit make it ay flame the higher.
Leave thee, leave thee, rii never leave thee,
Gang the Warld as it will, Dearcfl:, believe me.
Nelly.
Then, Johnny y I frankly this minute allow ye.
To think me yoiir Miftrefs, for L6ve gars me trovf
ye.
And gin ye prove faufe, to ye'r fell be it faid then,
Ye'll win but fma' Honour to wrang a kind Maiden.
Reave me, reave me, Heavens ! it wad reave me
Of my Reft Night and Day, if ye deceive me,'
Johnny.
Bid Icefhogles hammer red Gauds on the Studdya
And fair Simmer Mornings nae mair appear ruddy i
Bid Britons think ae gate, and when they obey ye.
But never till that time, believe I'll betray ye.
Leave thee, leave thee, I'll never leave thee i
The Starns fhall gang witherfhins e'er I deceive theeo
^iA 2i ««fL^XAa
?our blooming faft Beauties firfl: bceted Love's Fire,
Your Vertue and Wit make it ay flame the higher.
Leave thee, leave thee, rii never leave thee,
Gang the Warld as it will, Dearcfl:, believe me.
Nelly.
Then, Johnny y I frankly this minute allow ye.
To think me yoiir Miftrefs, for L6ve gars me trovf
ye.
And gin ye prove faufe, to ye'r fell be it faid then,
Ye'll win but fma' Honour to wrang a kind Maiden.
Reave me, reave me, Heavens ! it wad reave me
Of my Reft Night and Day, if ye deceive me,'
Johnny.
Bid Icefhogles hammer red Gauds on the Studdya
And fair Simmer Mornings nae mair appear ruddy i
Bid Britons think ae gate, and when they obey ye.
But never till that time, believe I'll betray ye.
Leave thee, leave thee, I'll never leave thee i
The Starns fhall gang witherfhins e'er I deceive theeo
^iA 2i ««fL^XAa
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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 1 > (109) Page 43 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91484395 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.169 |
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| Description | Set 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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| Shelfmark | Glen.169-169a |
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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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