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A selection of the most favourite Scots-songs, chiefly pastoral, adapted for the harpsichord, with an accompaniment for a violin by eminent masters (William Napier, London [1790]).

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This collection contains 79 Scottish popular songs originally arranged for voice, violin and continuo. They fit very well a recorder in C and a harpsichord.
1. William Shield (1748 -1829):   The Bush aboon Traquair
scoring: V or C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  13
2. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Lochaber
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  11
3. William Shield (1748 -1829):   Peggy, I must love thee
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
4. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   For lack of Gold
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
6
5. William Shield (1748 -1829):   Lady Anne Bothwell’s Lament
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
6. William Shield (1748 -1829):   I’ll never leave thee
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
7. William Shield (1748 -1829):   Tweed Side
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
8. William Shield (1748 -1829):   Gilderoy
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
9. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The Broom of Cowden knows
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
10. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Auld lang Syne
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
11. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The Boatman
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
12. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Johnny Fa’
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
13. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The Banks of Forth
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
14. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   I wish my Love were in a Myre
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
15. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Gil Morice
scoring: (Voice, Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
15. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Gil Morice
scoring: C or SAB (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?   14
16. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Gala Shiells
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
17. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Logan Water
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
18. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Lass of Paties Mill
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
19. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Auld Rob Morris
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
20. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The Braes of Yarrow
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
21. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Oh! Open the Door, Lord Gregory
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?   22
22. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Bonny Dundee
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
23. William Shield (1748 -1829):   Down the Burn Davie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
24. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Nancy’s to the Green wood gane
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
25. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Twine weel the Plaiden
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
26. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Here awa’, Willie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
27. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   My Apron Dearie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
28. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Tak’ your auld Cloak about ye
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
29. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Bonny Jean
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
30. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Pinkie House
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
31. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Tarry Woo’
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
32. William Shield (1748 -1829):   Roslin Castle
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
33. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   An’ thou were my ain thing
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
34. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   She rose and let me in
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  9
35. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Bonny Bessy
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
36. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Allan Water
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
37. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   There’s my Thumb, I’ll ne’er beguile Thee
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
38. William Shield (1748 -1829):   Thro’ the Wood, Laddie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
39. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Siller Crown
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
40. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Gaberlunzie Man
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
41. William Shield (1748 -1829):   The Braes of Ballendine
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
42. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Johnny’s Gray Breeks
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
43. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Woe’s my Heart
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?   12
44. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Mc Pherson’s Farewell
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
45. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Polwart on the Green
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
46. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The Birsk of Invermay
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
47. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Mary Scott
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
48. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The Blaith’rie o’ it
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
49. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Cromlet’s Lilt
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
50. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   John Hay’s Bonny Lassie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
51. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Hap me with thy Petticoat
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
52. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Kath’rine Ogie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
53. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Alloa House
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
54. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Lewie Gordon
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
55. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The last time I came o’er the moor
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
56. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Flowers of the Forest
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  8
57. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Love is the cause of my Mourning
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
58. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Sae merry as we ha’e been
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
59. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   When absent from the Nymph I Love
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
2
60. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   O Waly, Waly
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
61. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Ewe Bughts
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
62. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Ay waking ho!
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
63. William Shield (1748 -1829):   De’il tak’ the Wars
scoring: SAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  9
64. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Auld Robin Gray
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
65. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Low down in the Broom
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
66. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Fair Helen
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
67. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Yellow-Hair’d Laddie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
68. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   My Deary, if thou die
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
69. Samuel Arnold (1740 - 1802):   Bess the Gawkie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
70. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   Leander on the Bay
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
71. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Dumbarton’s Drums
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
72. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Collier’s Bonny Lassie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
73. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Corn-Riggs are Bonny
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
4
74. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Oh Laddie, I maun lo’e thee
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
75. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   The Bonny Earl of Moray
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
76. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   Etrick Banks
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
77. François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808):   The Highland Laddie
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
78. William Shield (1748 -1829):   O Dear Mother, what shall I do?
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
3
79. Thomas Carter (c. 1735 - 1804):   There came a Ghaist to Marg’ret’s Door
scoring: C (Harpsichord)
2