Album Summary: William Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius (1725) was a landmark publication; the first ever large-scale collection of "Scotch Songs" in print — 50 songs arranged with un-figured bass, most with lyrics from Allan Ramsay's Scots Songs and Tea-Table Miscellany, plus an appendix of melodic reductions. It was an instant hit and in 1733, expanded into 2 volumes with 100 songs. Indeed, Thomson's Orpheus set the standard format for Scots Song settings for the rest of the eighteenth century, including those of Robert Burns in The Scots Musical Museum. This ScotMus.com album is a faithful reprint of the song arrangements from the historic 1st edition of 1725.
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If I can get but her Consent,
I dinna care a Strae, Tho' ilka ane be discontent, Awa' wi' her I'll gae. I'll o'er Boggie &c. |
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For now she's Mistress of my Heart,
And wordy of my Hand, And well I wat we shanna' part, For Siller or for Land. I'll o'er Boggie &c. |
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Let Rakes delyte to swear and drink,
And Beaus admire fine Lace, But my chief Pleasure is to blink, On Betty's bonny Face. I'll o'er Boggie &c. |
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There a' the Beauties do combine,
Of Colour, Treats and Air, The Saul that sparkles in her Een Makes her a Jewel rare; I'll o'er Boggie &c. |
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Her flowing wit gives shining Life
To a' her other Charms, How blest I'll be when she's my wife, And lockt up in my Arms. I'll o'er Boggie &c. |
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There blythly will I rant and sing,
While o'er her Sweets I range, I'll cry, Your humble Servant, King, Shamefa' them that wa'd change. I'll o'er Boggie &c. |
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A Kiss of Betty and a Smile,
Abeet ye wad lay down, The Right ye ha'e to Britains Isle, And offer me ye'r Crown. I'll o'er Boggie, o'er Scroggie, O'er Boggie wi'er, Tho' a my Kin had Sworn and said, I will awa' wi'er. |