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And ihe has tain her Gill Moricc,
And kiffd baith mouth and chin :
I was once as fow of Gill Morice,
As the hip is o' the ftean.
" I got ze in my father's houfe,
Wi' mickle fin and (hame,
I brocht thee up in gude grene wode,
Under the heavy rain ;
Oft have 1 by thy cradle fitten,
And fondly feen thee fleip ;
But now I gae about thy grave,
The faut tears for to weip."
And fyne fhe kifid his bluidy cheik,
And fyne his bluidy chin:
O better I loe my Gill Morice
Than a' my kith and kin t
*« Away, away, ze ill woman,
And an il deith mait ze dee :
Gin I had kend he'd bin zour fon,
He'd neir bin flain for mee."
'" Obraid me not, my lord Barnard !
Obraid me not for fhame !
Wi' that faime fpeir O pierce my heart !
And put me out o' pain.
Since nothing bot Gill Morice head
Thy jelous rage could quell,
And ihe has tain her Gill Moricc,
And kiffd baith mouth and chin :
I was once as fow of Gill Morice,
As the hip is o' the ftean.
" I got ze in my father's houfe,
Wi' mickle fin and (hame,
I brocht thee up in gude grene wode,
Under the heavy rain ;
Oft have 1 by thy cradle fitten,
And fondly feen thee fleip ;
But now I gae about thy grave,
The faut tears for to weip."
And fyne fhe kifid his bluidy cheik,
And fyne his bluidy chin:
O better I loe my Gill Morice
Than a' my kith and kin t
*« Away, away, ze ill woman,
And an il deith mait ze dee :
Gin I had kend he'd bin zour fon,
He'd neir bin flain for mee."
'" Obraid me not, my lord Barnard !
Obraid me not for fhame !
Wi' that faime fpeir O pierce my heart !
And put me out o' pain.
Since nothing bot Gill Morice head
Thy jelous rage could quell,
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Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scottish songs > Volume 2 > (172) Page 164 |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94594276 |
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Shelfmark | Ing.63 |
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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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