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BUSK YE, BUSK YE. 357
' Much I rejoiced, that waefu' day ;
I sang, my voice the woods returning ;
But, lang ere nicht, the spear was flown
That slew my love, and left me mourning.
' What can my barbarous father do,
But with his cruel rage pursue me 1
My lover's blude is on thy spear —
How canst thou, barbarous man, then, woo me ?
' My happy sisters may be proud,
With cruel and ungentle scoffing,
May bid me seek, on Yarrow braes,
My lover nailed in his coffin.
' My brother Douglas may upbraid,
And strive, with threat'ning words, to move me ;
My lover's blude is on thy spear —
How canst thou ever bid me love thee ?
' Yes, yes, prepare the bed of love !
With bridal-sheets my body cover !
TJnbar, ye bridal-maids, the door !
Let in th' expected husband-lover !
' But who the expected husband is ?
His hands, methinks, are bathed in slaughter I
Ah, me ! what ghastly spectre 's yon,
Comes, in his pale shroud, bleeding after ?
' Pale as he is, here lay him down ;
lay his cold head on my pillow !
Take off, take off these bridal-weids,
Aid crown my careful head with willow.
' Pale though thou art, yet best beloved,
Oh, could my warmth to life restore thee !
Yet lie all night between my breasts —
No youth lay ever there before thee !
' Much I rejoiced, that waefu' day ;
I sang, my voice the woods returning ;
But, lang ere nicht, the spear was flown
That slew my love, and left me mourning.
' What can my barbarous father do,
But with his cruel rage pursue me 1
My lover's blude is on thy spear —
How canst thou, barbarous man, then, woo me ?
' My happy sisters may be proud,
With cruel and ungentle scoffing,
May bid me seek, on Yarrow braes,
My lover nailed in his coffin.
' My brother Douglas may upbraid,
And strive, with threat'ning words, to move me ;
My lover's blude is on thy spear —
How canst thou ever bid me love thee ?
' Yes, yes, prepare the bed of love !
With bridal-sheets my body cover !
TJnbar, ye bridal-maids, the door !
Let in th' expected husband-lover !
' But who the expected husband is ?
His hands, methinks, are bathed in slaughter I
Ah, me ! what ghastly spectre 's yon,
Comes, in his pale shroud, bleeding after ?
' Pale as he is, here lay him down ;
lay his cold head on my pillow !
Take off, take off these bridal-weids,
Aid crown my careful head with willow.
' Pale though thou art, yet best beloved,
Oh, could my warmth to life restore thee !
Yet lie all night between my breasts —
No youth lay ever there before thee !
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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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