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ioo Orpheus Caledonius.
Yearn-winnles, and a Reel,
A Fetter-lock, a Trump of Steel,
A Whifle, and aToup-horn Spoon,
With an auld Pair of clouted Shoon >
A Timmer Spade, and a Gleg Shear,
A Bonnet for my Bairns to wear,
A Timmer Tong, a broken Cradle,
The Pillion of an auld Car-Sadie,
A Gullie-knife, and a Horfe-wand,
A Mitten for the Left-hand 5
With an auld broken Pan of Brafs,
With an auld Sark that wants the arfe %
An auld Band, and a Hooding-How*
I hope (my Bairns) ye're a* well now,
Oft have I born yc -on my Back,
With a' this RifF-rafF in my Pack 5
And it was a' for want of Gear,
That gart me (teal Mefs John's gray Marc:
But now, my Bairns, what ails ye now,
por ye ha'e Naigs enough to plough 5
And Hole and Shoon fit for your Feet,
Chear up, my Bairns, and dinna greet
Then with my fel I did advife,
My Daddy's Gear for to comprize 5
Some Neighbours I ca'd in to fee ?
What Gear my Daddy left to me<
The£
Yearn-winnles, and a Reel,
A Fetter-lock, a Trump of Steel,
A Whifle, and aToup-horn Spoon,
With an auld Pair of clouted Shoon >
A Timmer Spade, and a Gleg Shear,
A Bonnet for my Bairns to wear,
A Timmer Tong, a broken Cradle,
The Pillion of an auld Car-Sadie,
A Gullie-knife, and a Horfe-wand,
A Mitten for the Left-hand 5
With an auld broken Pan of Brafs,
With an auld Sark that wants the arfe %
An auld Band, and a Hooding-How*
I hope (my Bairns) ye're a* well now,
Oft have I born yc -on my Back,
With a' this RifF-rafF in my Pack 5
And it was a' for want of Gear,
That gart me (teal Mefs John's gray Marc:
But now, my Bairns, what ails ye now,
por ye ha'e Naigs enough to plough 5
And Hole and Shoon fit for your Feet,
Chear up, my Bairns, and dinna greet
Then with my fel I did advife,
My Daddy's Gear for to comprize 5
Some Neighbours I ca'd in to fee ?
What Gear my Daddy left to me<
The£
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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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