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54 Orpheus Caledonius.
XXVI.
'The Cock-Laird,
A Cock-Laird fu Cadgic with Jenny did meet^
He ha'ft her and kifs'd her and ca'd her hii
Sweet,
Gin thou'll ga'ealang wi'me, y^^z?/, quo' he,
Thou's be mine ain lamen Jo, Jenny^ Jenny,
■ - i
Gin I gae a Ling with you ye ma' na fail, J
To feed me with Groudie and good hakit Kail >
What needs a' this Vanity, Jenny, quo' he,
Is not Banocksand dribly Berds good Meat forthedi
Gin I gae alang with you I man' ha'e a filk Hood
A Kirtlc Sark wylie Coat, and a filk Snood,
To tye up my Hair in a Cockernonici
Hout away thou's gane wood 1 xio^^Jenny, quo' h
Gin you wa'd ha'e me look bonnVj and fhine HI*
/ the Moon,
I man' ha*e Katlcts and Patletjj andCamerel-heeli
Shoon,
Aj
XXVI.
'The Cock-Laird,
A Cock-Laird fu Cadgic with Jenny did meet^
He ha'ft her and kifs'd her and ca'd her hii
Sweet,
Gin thou'll ga'ealang wi'me, y^^z?/, quo' he,
Thou's be mine ain lamen Jo, Jenny^ Jenny,
■ - i
Gin I gae a Ling with you ye ma' na fail, J
To feed me with Groudie and good hakit Kail >
What needs a' this Vanity, Jenny, quo' he,
Is not Banocksand dribly Berds good Meat forthedi
Gin I gae alang with you I man' ha'e a filk Hood
A Kirtlc Sark wylie Coat, and a filk Snood,
To tye up my Hair in a Cockernonici
Hout away thou's gane wood 1 xio^^Jenny, quo' h
Gin you wa'd ha'e me look bonnVj and fhine HI*
/ the Moon,
I man' ha*e Katlcts and Patletjj andCamerel-heeli
Shoon,
Aj
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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 > (128) Page 54 - Cock-laird |
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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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