. The national Burns, including the airs of all the songs in the staff and tonic sol-fa notations. Brucellas af ? ten m&^t^m i ii i, «.. m ? ilny. aii-1Sec &pl»n i lie hour ;/TV See the frmit <•* t-Htllt luur; Edirerda i»wer. Chains and Wha will be a traitor-knave ?Wha can till a cowards grave I Wha sac base as be a slave !Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotlands king and lawFreedoms Bword will strongly draw,Freeman stand, or freeman him on wi me ! * Sec Life. WITH By Oppressions woe-; and pains !By your sons in servile chains .We will drain our dearest veins,But t
. The national Burns, including the airs of all the songs in the staff and tonic sol-fa notations. Brucellas af ? ten m&^t^m i ii i, «.. m ? ilny. aii-1Sec &pl»n i lie hour ;/TV See the frmit <•* t-Htllt luur; Edirerda i»wer. Chains and Wha will be a traitor-knave ?Wha can till a cowards grave I Wha sac base as be a slave !Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotlands king and lawFreedoms Bword will strongly draw,Freeman stand, or freeman him on wi me ! * Sec Life. WITH By Oppressions woe-; and pains !By your sons in servile chains .We will drain our dearest veins,But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low !Tyrants fall in every foe 1Liberty s in every blow !Let ns do, or die ! So may God ever defend the cause of truth and liberty, as he did that day ! Amen. P. S.—I showed the air to Urbani, who was highlypleased with it, and begged me to make soft verses tor it;but I had no idea of giving myself any trouble on thesubject, till the accidental recollection of that gloriousstruggle for freedom, associated with the glowing ideas of some other struggles of the same nature, not quite soancient, roused my rhyming mania. Clarkes set of thetune, with his bass, you will find in the Museum; thoughI am afraid that the air is not what will entitle it to aplace in your elegant selection. No. TO MR. THOMSON. September, 1793. I dare say, my dear Sir, that you will begin to think mycorrespondence is persecutioa No matter, I cant help it; 56 BURNS
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