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My Wife has taen the gee.
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hame, My wife had taen the gee.
We fat fae late, and drank fae ftout,
The truth I tell to you,
That lang or ever midnight came,
W© were »' roaring fou.
My wif© fits at the fire-fide;
And the tear blinda ay her ee,
The neer a bed will fhe gae to;
But fit and tak the gee.
In the morning foon,v,hen I came down,
The neer a word fhe fpake;
But mom- a fad and four look.
And ay her head fhe'd (hake.
My dear,quoth I, what aileth thee,
To look fae four on me?
I'll never do the like aga'ln,
If you'll ne'er tak the gee.
When that fhe heard, (The ran, fhe Hang
Her arms about my neck
Arui twenty kiffies in a c~acfc,
And, poor wee thing, fhe #iat..
If j-ou'U neet do the Iika again,
But bide at name wi m<. .,
I'll lay lr.y life Ife ho the wife,
Thalia never cak tl > gee.
My Wife has taen the gee.
4^
sill
£l£lli|
^TIX^ M
he mad hae me down, To drink a pot of ale wi' him. In
^m
the xiieft borrows townj But oh, slake! it wag the waur, And
P^F
£
fr = r-^ =rt
i — E—
fc=J=^=j:
fair the waur for me; For lang or e'er that I came
j , '-•l/> { r*
i ^ ./, g ^ ^^
hame, My wife had taen the gee.
We fat fae late, and drank fae ftout,
The truth I tell to you,
That lang or ever midnight came,
W© were »' roaring fou.
My wif© fits at the fire-fide;
And the tear blinda ay her ee,
The neer a bed will fhe gae to;
But fit and tak the gee.
In the morning foon,v,hen I came down,
The neer a word fhe fpake;
But mom- a fad and four look.
And ay her head fhe'd (hake.
My dear,quoth I, what aileth thee,
To look fae four on me?
I'll never do the like aga'ln,
If you'll ne'er tak the gee.
When that fhe heard, (The ran, fhe Hang
Her arms about my neck
Arui twenty kiffies in a c~acfc,
And, poor wee thing, fhe #iat..
If j-ou'U neet do the Iika again,
But bide at name wi m<. .,
I'll lay lr.y life Ife ho the wife,
Thalia never cak tl > gee.
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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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