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THE HUMBLE BEGGAR.
179
or, shall we say, author, for it is not impossible that they have all
come from one source — an earlier Burns, who has chosen to
remain for ever unknown.
THE HUMBLE BEGGAE.
^ ^^ -fT^^-^T^
In Scotland there lived a hum - ble beg -gar; He had
fjj jff-f=m f&k&£E£E&
neither house, nor hauld, nor hame ; But he was weel liked by
f W ^
m
m
n^m
v — t
il - ka bo - dy, And they gae him sun-kets to
m
raus his wame.
In Scotland there lived a humble beggar ;
He had neither house, nor hauld, nor hame ;
But he was weel liked by ilka body,
And they gae him sunkets to raux his wame.
A neivefou o' meal, a handfou o' groats,
A datid o' a bannock, or pudding-bree,
Cauld parridge, or the lickings of plates,
Wad make him as blithe as a bodie could be.
179
or, shall we say, author, for it is not impossible that they have all
come from one source — an earlier Burns, who has chosen to
remain for ever unknown.
THE HUMBLE BEGGAE.
^ ^^ -fT^^-^T^
In Scotland there lived a hum - ble beg -gar; He had
fjj jff-f=m f&k&£E£E&
neither house, nor hauld, nor hame ; But he was weel liked by
f W ^
m
m
n^m
v — t
il - ka bo - dy, And they gae him sun-kets to
m
raus his wame.
In Scotland there lived a humble beggar ;
He had neither house, nor hauld, nor hame ;
But he was weel liked by ilka body,
And they gae him sunkets to raux his wame.
A neivefou o' meal, a handfou o' groats,
A datid o' a bannock, or pudding-bree,
Cauld parridge, or the lickings of plates,
Wad make him as blithe as a bodie could be.
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| Description | With the tunes. Edited by Robert Chambers. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.64 |
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| Description | Scottish 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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| 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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