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The

Scots Nightingale:

Edinburgh Vocal Miscellany.

A New and Select Collection

of the best Scots and English

SONGS;

And a Great Number of 

Valuable Originals,

BY

Drs. Beattie, Goldsmith, Blacklock, Scrymgeour,
Webster, Innes; Sir Harry Erskine; Mess. Tait,
Boswell, Fergusson, and several other Gentlemen in
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumfries.

With Variety of Favourite

AIRS, CATCHES, AND GLEES,

Recommended, and Sung by 
Mess. Aiken, Gilson, Hamilton, Cranmer, Balfour,
Watt, Neil, Ding, Campbell, &c.

To Which is Added,
Toasts, Sentiments, and Hob-nobs.

THE SECOND EDITION:
With the Addition of One Hundred Modern Songs.

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EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Murray, Parliament-square.

M.DCC.LXXIX.

[page 359]

SENTIMENTS and TOASTS.

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SENTIMENTS.

A Cobweb pair of breeches, a porcupine saddle, a hard trotting horse, and a long journey, to the enemies of their country.

Confusion to those, who, wearing the mask of Patriotism, pull i off, and desert the cause of Liberty, in the day of trial.

Contempt to those who strut in foreign foppery, to the hurt of the trade and manufactures of Scotland.

Disappointment to those who barter the cause of their country for ostentation of sordid gain.

May authority be amiable, without debasing its dignity.

May fortune be always attendant on virtue.

May our Representative strenuously defend what they have wisely resolved.

May those who prefer the good of the City before their own private interest, always enjoy the honours of Edina.

May those who solicit honour for the sake of profit or pension meet with disappointment, and made glad to accept the office of Beadle, Sexton, or Bellman.

May freemen never more be consider'd as property to be led to market.

May he who has neither wife, mistress, or estate in Scotland, never have any share in the government of it.

May the enemies of Scotland never eat the bread thereof; of if they do, be choked with the first bite.

May prudence, moderation, and an invariable attention to the public good cement the members of parliament.

May the friends of Scotland ever have access to the throne.

May our Representatives, like Free Masons, be elected by ballot.

May we be always able to distinguish those, who, by a steady and uniform adherence to their duty, distinguish themselves.

May our conscience be sound, tho' our fortune be rotten.

May power be influenced only by justice.

May he who wants friendship, also want friends.

May we be slaves to nothing but our duty, and friends to nothing but merit.

May we never seek applause from party principles, but always deserve it from public spirit.

May we never set our friends to sale, or our conscience to hire.

May our distinguishing mark be merit rather than money.

May we never destroy any person's credit to establish our own.

May we be incorruptible by interest, and uninfluenced by power.

May all great men be good, and all good men great.

May no coward wear a red coat, nor no hypocrite a black.

May those who inherit the title of gentleman by birth, deserve it by their good behaviour.

May hemp bind him whom honour can't.

May we never speak to deceive, or listen to betray.

May we never know sorrow, but by the name.

May our endeavours be always successful when engaged under the banner of justice.

May we, as Christians, be zealous without uncharitableness:-- as subjects, loyal without servility;-- and, as citizens, free without faction.

May our virtues be rather the effects of religion than the gifts of nature.

May ability for doing good be equalled by inclination.

May our benevolence be bounded only by our fortune.

May religion never be a cloak for guilt.

May we never swear a tradesman out of his dues, or a credulous girl out of her virtue.

May honour and honesty always triumph over vanity and hypocrisy.

May our hearts have for tenants Truth, Candour, and Benevolence.

May temporal concerns never break in upon spiritual duty.

May we never taste the bitter apples of affliction.

May we be rich in friends rather than money.

May we always be able to resist the assaults of prosperity and adversity; that we may not be too much elated in the one, nor depressed in the other.

May the woman we love be honest, and the land we live in free.

May genius and merit never want a friend. 

May the wings of Extravagancy be clipp'd by the shears of Economy.

May the evening's diversion bear the morning's reflection.

May we always have a friend, and know his value.

May candour and honesty be our governing principles.

May temptation never conquer virtue.

May virtue always prove victorious.

May our life, spent in acts of virtue, be finished by death, seasoned with tranquility, and followed by a memory full of honour.

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TOASTS.

Aaron thus propos'd to Moses 
Come, let us fuddle, fuddle our noses:
Moses reply'd again to Aaron,
'Twill do us more harm than you're aware on;
Wine has a celestial charm in't,
Therefore there can be no harm in't;
If you wou'd be Aaron's brother,
Then whip off this bottle, and call for another.      [from a song?]

Absent friends.

A head to earn and a heart to spend.

A safe voyage to Marryland.

All we wish and all we want.

All true hearts and sound bottoms.

All that love can give, or sensibility enjoy.

All gentlemen who wear Scots cloth.

A speedy export to all the enemies of Scotland, without a drawback.

Comfort to those in distress.

Community, Unity, Navigation, and Trade.

Constancy in love, and sincerity in friendship.

Condescention to the Ladies, and standing honour to the Gentlemen.

Corn, Horn, Wool, and Yarn.

Days of ease and nights of pleasure.

Decent economy, and frugality without meanness.

Delicate pleasure to susceptible minds.

Every man his right, and every rogue a halter.

Friendship without interest, and lover without deceit.

Gaiety and innocence.

Good-luck till we are tired of it.

Health and competency.

Health and success to the Bucks of Edinburgh.

Health in freedom, and content in bondage.

Health, joy, and mutual Love.

Health of body, peace of mind, a clean shirt, and a guinea.

Healths, hearts, homes, and inclinations.

Health to the sick; honour to the brave;
Success to the lover; and freedom to the slave.

Health, love, and ready Rino,
To all those whom you and I know.

Here's a health to all them that love this *,    [footnote: * Holding a glass of punch-royal in the hand]
Here's a health to all them that love this;
Here's a health to all those that love them that love those that love this.

Horses strong, foxes plenty,
Men stout, and women healthy. 

Honour and influence to the public-spirited Patrons of Trade.

I Friend, drink to thee, Friend,
As this Friend drank to me, Friend;
And, as this Friend charged me, Friend,
That I should drink to thee, Friend;
I, Friend, charge thee, Friend,
That thou, Friend, drink to that Friend:
And the longer that we drink, Friends,
The merrier we shall be.

Liberty, Property, and no exise.

Liberty of the press, and a favourite volume in the sheets.

Life, love, and liberty.

Long corns and short shoes to all the enemies of Scotland.

Love without fear, and life without care.

Love in a cottage, and envy to none.

Love and friendship.

Love and opportunity.

May ev'ry day be happier than the past,
And ev'ry hour merrier than the last.

May Reason be the pilot, where Passion blows the gale,
And Prudence the cockswain when love fills the sail.

May we never want a friend, and a bottle to give him.

May he that made the devil take us all.

May we be loved by those whom we love.

May we always be blest with what we like best.

May the honest heart never feel distress.

May Providence unite the hearts that love.

May they never want who have a spirit to spend.

May all true hearts never want a shilling, and a good bedfellow.

May all honest souls find a friend in need.

May the single be married, and the married happy.

May each marry'd Lady preserve her goodman:
And young Ladies get husbands as soon as they can.

Money to him who has spirit to use it;
And life to him who has courage to lose it.

More friends and less need of them.

More industry, and less vanity, to the people of Scotland.

Patience in adversity.          Peace and plenty.

Pleasures here, and happiness hereafter.

Pleasures that please on reflection.

Perpetual disappointment to the enemies of their country.

Riches to the generous, and power to the merciful.

Sense to win a heart, and merit to keep it.

Success to the royal army.

Success to our hopes, and enjoyment to our wishes.

Success to the Ladies in all their undertakings.

Sunshine and good-humour all the world over.

Taste to our pleasure, and pleasure to our taste.

The man who dares be honest in the worst of times.

The honest North-country Smith, who refused to shoe for the man who voted against his country.

The honest patriot, and unbiassed Scotsman.

The steady friends of Scotland.

The love of liberty, and liberty in love.

The friend we love, and the woman we dare trust.

The three W', -- Women, Wit, and Wine.

The harvest of life, Love, Wit, and good Claret.

The union of two fond hearts.

The merry piper who dies at the end of his jig.

Those who love pleasure, and contribute to it.

Union, stability, and fidelity, among the sons of Liberty.

Yours, thine, and mine.

Your love and mine, and friends of the company.

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