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WHA'LL BE KING BUT CHARLIE?
The news frae Moidart came yestreen,
Will soon gar mony ferlie ;
For ships o' war hae just come in,
And landed royal Charlie.
Come through the heather,
Around him gather,
Ye re a the welcomer early ;
Around him cling wi' a your kin,
For whdll be king but Charlie ?
Ilk Highland clan wi' sword in hand,
Frae John o' Groat's to Airly,
Hae to a man resolved to stand,
Or fa' wi' royal Charlie.
Come through the heather, Sfc.
The Lawlands a', baith great and sma',
Wi' mony a lord and laird, hae
Declared for Scotland's king and law,
And speir ye, wha but Charlie.
Come through the heather, fyc.
There's no a lass in a' the land,
But vows baith late and early,
To man she'll ne'er gie heart or hand,
Wha will na feght for Charlie.
Come through the heather, fyc. -
Then here's success to Charlie's arms,
And be it complete and early,
The very name our heart's blood warms,
To arms, to arms for Charlie !
Come through the heather,
Around him gather,
Ye' re d the welcomer early ;
Around him cling wi' a' your kin,
For whdll be king but Cfmrlie ?

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Volume 2 - Select melodies of Scotland, interspersed with those of Ireland and Wales
DescriptionUnited to the songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott and other distinguished; poets / with symphonies & accompaniments for the piano forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven & c. the whole composed for & collected by George Thomson … in five volumes. Vol. 2
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Volumes 1-2
ShelfmarkIng.100(1-2)
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Volumes 1-6 - Composite music volumes containing different issues of Thomson's octavo collection of the songs of Burns and Sir Walter Scott
DescriptionUnited to the select melodies of Scotland, and of Ireland & Wales With symphonies & accompaniments for the piano forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven & c. the whole composed for & collected by George Thomson.
ShelfmarkIng.100-101
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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.