X: 1
T: WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.90-92
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: C
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(c/d/) | e c A (G>F) E | D d d d2 (c/d/) |
w: O* whis-tle and I'll* come to you, my lad, O*
e c A (G>E) G | A c c c2 (c/d/) |
w: whis-tle and I'll* come to you, my lad; Tho'*
e c A G> F E | D f e {e}d2 (g/f/) |
w: fa-ther and mo-ther and a'. should gae mad, O*
e c A (G>E) G | A c c c2 ][ (e/d/) |
w: whis-tle and I'll* come to you, my lad. Come *
c e g c e g | c e g
w: down the back stairs when ye come to court
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(gf) (e/d/) | c e g c e g |
w: me,* Come* down the back stairs when ye
a d d Hd2 (e/d/) | ceg
w: come to court me; Come* down the back
c e g | c c' a Hg2 (g/f/) | e c A
w: stairs, and let nae-bo-dy see, And* come as ye
(G>F) E | D d d d2 (g/f/) | e c A (GE) G |
w: were* na com-ing to me, And* come as ye were* na
A c c c2 |]
w: com-ing to me.
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W:2.O whistle and I'll come to you, my lad,
W:  O whistle and I'll come to you, my lad;
W:  Though father and mother and a' should gae mad,
W:  O whistle and I'll come to you, my lad.
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W:  At kirk or at market, whene'er ye meet me,
W:  Gang by me as though that he car'd na a flee;
W:  But steal me a look o' your bonny black ee,
W:  Yet look as ye were na looking at me.
W:
W:3.O whistle and I'll come to you, my lad,
W:  O whistle and I'll come to you, my lad;
W:  Though father and mother and a' should gae mad,
W:  O whistle and I'll come to you, my lad.
W:  Ay vow and protest that ye carena for me,
W:  And whyles ye may lightly my beauty a wee;
W:  But court na anither, though joking ye be,
W:  For fear that she wyle your fancy frae me.
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