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344 SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
My vows and sighs, like silent air,
Unheeded, never move her ;
At the bonnie Bush abune Traquair,
'Twas there I first did love her.
That day she smiled and made me glad,
No maid seem'd ever kinder ;
I thought myself the luckiest lad,
So sweetly there to find her ;
I tried to soothe my amorous flame,
In words that I thought tender ;
If more there pass'd, I 'm not to blame —
I meant not to offend her.
Yet now she scornful flees the plain,
The fields we then frequented ;
If e'er we meet she shews disdain,
She looks as ne'er acquainted.
The bonnie bush bloom'd fair in May,
Its sweets I '11 aye remember ;
But now her frowns make it decay —
It fades as in December.
Te rural powers, who hear my strains,
Why thus should Peggy grieve me 1
make her partner in my pains,
Then let her Smiles relieve me :
If not, my love will turn despair,
My passion no more tender ;
1 '11 leave the Bush abune Traquair — ■
To lonely wilds I '11 wander.
My vows and sighs, like silent air,
Unheeded, never move her ;
At the bonnie Bush abune Traquair,
'Twas there I first did love her.
That day she smiled and made me glad,
No maid seem'd ever kinder ;
I thought myself the luckiest lad,
So sweetly there to find her ;
I tried to soothe my amorous flame,
In words that I thought tender ;
If more there pass'd, I 'm not to blame —
I meant not to offend her.
Yet now she scornful flees the plain,
The fields we then frequented ;
If e'er we meet she shews disdain,
She looks as ne'er acquainted.
The bonnie bush bloom'd fair in May,
Its sweets I '11 aye remember ;
But now her frowns make it decay —
It fades as in December.
Te rural powers, who hear my strains,
Why thus should Peggy grieve me 1
make her partner in my pains,
Then let her Smiles relieve me :
If not, my love will turn despair,
My passion no more tender ;
1 '11 leave the Bush abune Traquair — ■
To lonely wilds I '11 wander.
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Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries contained in about 100 volumes selected from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854-1929). Also available are a manuscript, some treatises and other books on the subject. |
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Description | Over 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson. |
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