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THE BLYTHSOME BRIDAL.
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the zealous efforts of the clergy, by fines and. censures, to prevent
all dancing and other joyance at weddings. Nothing could prove
more expressively how much of 'tipsy jest and jollity' there has
always lurked under the soher exterior of Scottish life, or (to
change the expression of the idea) how liable our quiet country-
men are to strange outbreakmgs of vivacious feeling, even to the
extent of recklessness and frolic.
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Songs of Scotland prior to Burns
DescriptionWith the tunes. Edited by Robert Chambers.
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DescriptionScottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject.
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