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Orpheus Caledonius.
XXXVI.
My Jo Janet.
SWeet Sir, for your Courtefie,
When yc come by the Bafs then,
For the Love ye bear to mc,
Buy me a Keeking-Glafs then.
Keek into the Draw-well,
Janet, Janet ;
AndthereyeHlfeeye'r bonny fell,
My Jo Janet.
Keeking in the Draw-well clear,
Wat if I fhou d fa' in,
Syne a' my Kin will fay and fwear,
I drown'd my fell for Sin.
Had the better be the Brae,
Janet, Janet;
Had the better be the Brae,
My Jo Janet.
Good Sir, for your Courtefie;
Coming through Aberdeen then;
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Volume 2 - Orpheus Caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs
DescriptionSet to musick by W. Thomson. Vol. 2.
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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.