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(118) [Page 94] - Wisemen were but seven
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The Words to this Tune.
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The Wifemen were hut [even , neer more JhaR he for me $
7 be Mufcs were hut nine , the Worthies three times three ;
A nd three merry Boy es t and three merry eyes are we!
The Virtues were hut [even , and three the g> eater he •
The Cxiirsthey were twelve , and the fatal Sifters three;
And three merry (jirtc's, and three merry Girles are we.

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(118) [Page 94] - Wisemen were but seven
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Musick's delight on the cithren
DescriptionRestored and refined to a more easie and pleasant manner of playing than formerly ; and set forth with lessons al a mode, being the choicest of our late new ayres, corants, sarabands, tunes, and jiggs.
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Printed music
Inglis Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.