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MUSICAL MISCELLANY.
to fhare, When Scotia and Freedom's the
theme, When Scotia and Freedom's the
theme.
Tho' cold are our hills, and tho' barren our plains,
Our climate tho' rude and feyere,
Yet-health, rofy health, firings the nerves of qur
fwains,
And fmiles on the cheeks of our fair ;
And Freedom, bleft Freedom, the gift of a god,
From regions more fertile exil'd,
Mid our woods and our wilds had of old her abode,
And our clime of its rigours beguil'd.
In hoftile array when Rome's legions appear'd,
Her voice founded loud o'er the heath ;
On our hills her proud ftandard exulting flic rear'd,.
And her motto was " Conquefl or death."
Our anceftors heard, and re-choed the founds,
*' To conquer or die be our doom I"

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Volume 1
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Volumes 1-2 - Edinburgh musical miscellany
DescriptionA collection of the most approved Scotch, English, and Irish songs, set to music. Selected by D. Sime, Edinburgh.
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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.