X: 1
T: LEWIS GORDON
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.214-216
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/16
K: G
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G3 A B3 A G E3 {B}A4 |
w: O! send Lew-is Gor-don hame,
G3 A B3 c d2 e2 Hg4 |
w: And the lad I dare-na name;
e3 d g2 B2 {Bd}(cB) (AG) {GB}A4 |
w: Tho' his back be at* the* wa',
G3 A B3 A G E3 G4 |][| {FA}G4 B3 A
w: Here's to him that's far a-wa. Oh hon, my
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G E3 {B}A4 | G3 A B3 c d3 e Hg4 |
w: High-land-man! Oh, my bon-ny High-land-man!
e3 d {d}g2 B2 {Bd}(cB) (AG) {B}A3 B |
w: Weel wad I my true-*love* ken, A-
G3 A B3 c d D3 {G}G4 |]
w: mang ten thou-sand High-land-men.
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W:2.Oh, to see his tartan trews,
W:  Bonnet blue, and laigh-heel'd shoes,
W:  Philabeg aboon his knee,
W:  That's the lad that I'll gang wi'.
W:      Oh hon, &c.
W:
W:3.The princely youth of whom I sing
W:  Is fitted for to be a king;
W:  On his breast he wears a star;
W:  You'd tak him for the god o' war.
W:      Oh hon, See.
W:
W:4.O, to see this princely one
W:  Seated on a royal throne!
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W:  Disasters a' wad disappear,
W:  Then begins the jub'lee year.
W:      Oh hon, &c.
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