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e'e; The cock may craw, the day may
daw, And ay we'll tafte the barley bree.
Here are we met, three merry boys,
Three merry boys I trow are we ;
And mony a night we've merry been,
And mony mae we hope to be.
Cho. We are na fou, &c.
It is the moon, I ken her horn,
That's blinkin in the lift fae hie ;
She mines fae bright to wyle us hame,
But by my footh fhe'll wait a wee.
Cho. We are na fou, &c.
Wha firft fhall rife to gang awa,
A cuckold coward loun is he ;
Wha firft befide his chair fhall fa',
H« is the king amang us three.
Cho. We are na fou, &c.
e'e; The cock may craw, the day may
daw, And ay we'll tafte the barley bree.
Here are we met, three merry boys,
Three merry boys I trow are we ;
And mony a night we've merry been,
And mony mae we hope to be.
Cho. We are na fou, &c.
It is the moon, I ken her horn,
That's blinkin in the lift fae hie ;
She mines fae bright to wyle us hame,
But by my footh fhe'll wait a wee.
Cho. We are na fou, &c.
Wha firft fhall rife to gang awa,
A cuckold coward loun is he ;
Wha firft befide his chair fhall fa',
H« is the king amang us three.
Cho. We are na fou, &c.
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scottish songs > Volume 1 > (388) Page 260 |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.62 |
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| Description | In two volumes. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.62-63 |
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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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