X: 1
T: the BRAES OF YARROW
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.260-262
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/16
K: G
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D4 (EF) G2 D6 B2 | (c2B2A2) G2 E4 z4 |
w: Busk ye,* busk ye, my bon-**ny bride;
D4 (EF) G2 D4 (B2c2) | (d2cBA2) G2 (G3A) B4 |
w: Busk ye,* busk ye, my* win-***some mar-*row;
D4 (EF) G2 D6 B2 | (c2B2A2) G2 {F}E4 (B3A) |
w: Busk ye,* busk ye, my bon-**ny bride, And*
(G2F2) (E2D2) (c2B2A2) G2 | TE6 D2 E4 G4 ::
w: let* us* to** the braes of Yar-row.
(B3A) B2 c2 d6 B2 | (c2B2A2) G2 E4 z2 |
w: There* will we sport and ga-**ther dew,
(B3A) B2 c2 d6 c2 | (BcAB) G2 A2 (TB3c) d4 |
w: Danc-*ing while lav'-rocks sing*** in the morn-*ing,
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(B3A) B2 c2 (d2cBe2) d2 | (c2B2A2) G2 E4 (TB3A) |
w: There* learn frae tur-***tles to** prove true: O*
G2F2 (E2D2) (Bcd2) (BAG2) | E6 D2 (E3F) G4 :|
w: Bell,* ne'er* vex** me** with thy scorn-*ing.
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W:2.To westlin breezes Flora yields,
W:    And when the beams are kindly warming,
W:  Blytheness appears o'er all the fields,
W:    And Nature looks mair fair and charming.
W:  Learn frae the burns, that trace the mead,
W:    Though on their banks the roses blossom,
W:  Yet hastily they flow to Tweed,
W:    And pour their sweetness in his bosom.
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W:3.Haste ye, haste ye, my bonny Bell,
W:    Haste to my arms, and there I'll guard thee;
W:  With free consent my fears repel,
W:    I'll with my love and care reward thee.
W:  Thus sang I saftly to my fair,
W:    Wha rais'd my hopes wi' kind relenting:
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W:  O, queen of smiles! I ask nae mair,
W:    Since now my bonny Bell's consenting.
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