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Thread #16388 Message #1445290
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
27-Mar-05 - 11:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Mother's Ay Glouring O'er Me
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Mother's Ay Glouring O'er Me
Quite a few misprints in that broadside! "Goffer", though, is an error of transcription for "coffer" made by the library's people. This song, and the one to which it is an answer, are in Scots Musical Museum, II, 1788, nos 171 and 172 (see Bruce's post earlier) with their tunes. The SMM texts are more accurate.
You usually modernise spelling when you transcribe from broadsides; why not this time? Not that I'm complaining. I think it's always best to transcribe faithfully and leave second-guessing to others.