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THE MERRY MUSES

OF

CALEDONIA;

(ORIGINAL EDITION)

A COLLECTION OF

FAVOURITE SCOTS SONGS

ANCIENT AND MODERN; SELECTED FOR USE OF THE

CROCHALLAN FENCIBLES.

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Say, Puritan, can it be wrong, To dress plain truth in witty song? What honest Nature says, we should do; What every lady does... or would do.

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A VINDICATION

OF ROBERT BURNS

IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE PUBLICATION

AND

THE SPURIOUS EDITIONS WHICH SUCCEEDED IT.

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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
BURNS FEDERATION.

FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. NOT FOR SALE.

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1911.