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Caledonian Musical Repository. 55
A better, nor a thriftier beast,
Nae honest man couM weel hae wist,
For, bonny thing, she never mist
To hae ilk year a lamb or twa.
The ewie, &c.
The first she had I gae to Jock,
To be to him a kind of stock,
And now the laddie has a flock,
O 1 mair than thirty head to ca\
The ewie, &c.
The neist I gae to Jean, and now
The bairn's sae bra 1 , has fauld sae fu > ,
That lads sae thick come her to woo,
They're fain to sleep on hay or straw.
The ewie, &c.
I looked ay at even 1 for her,
For fear the fumart might devour her,
Or some mishanter had come o'er her^
If the beastie bade awa 1 .
The ewie, &c.
A better, nor a thriftier beast,
Nae honest man couM weel hae wist,
For, bonny thing, she never mist
To hae ilk year a lamb or twa.
The ewie, &c.
The first she had I gae to Jock,
To be to him a kind of stock,
And now the laddie has a flock,
O 1 mair than thirty head to ca\
The ewie, &c.
The neist I gae to Jean, and now
The bairn's sae bra 1 , has fauld sae fu > ,
That lads sae thick come her to woo,
They're fain to sleep on hay or straw.
The ewie, &c.
I looked ay at even 1 for her,
For fear the fumart might devour her,
Or some mishanter had come o'er her^
If the beastie bade awa 1 .
The ewie, &c.
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed music > Caledonian musical repository > (59) Page 55 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94514500 |
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| Description | A choice selection of esteemed Scottish songs, adapted for the voice, violin, and German flute. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.58 |
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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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