X: 1
T: the LAMMY
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.41-44
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: 1/8
K: Em
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E | E> F G> A (Bc) d2 |
w: O whare hae ye been a'* day,
(AB) (AG) (FD) D2 | E> F G> A (Bc) d2 |
w: My* boy* Tam-*my? Whare hae ye been a'* day,
(Bg) (f>e) B<e e ][ B | e> f g> e
w: My* boy* Tam-*my? I've been by burn and
d> c B2 | G> B d> B A> F D2 |
w: flow'-ry brae, Mea-dow green, and moun-tain grey,
e> g f> g e2 B2 | G> A B>
w: Cour-ing o' this young thing, just come frae
A G F2 |]
w: her mam-my.
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W:2.And whare gat ye that young thing,
W:    My boy Tammy?
W:  And whare gat ye that young thing*
W:    My boy Tammy?
W:  I gat her down on yonder howe,
W:  Smiling on a broomy knowe,
W:  Herding ae wee lamb and ewe,
W:    For her poor mammy.
W:
W:3.What said ye to the young thing,
W:    My boy Tammy?
W:  What said ye to the young thing,
W:    My boy Tammy?
W:  I prais'd her een sae bonny blue,
W:  Her dimpl'd cheek, and cherry mou;
W:  I prie'd it aft, as ye may trow;
W:    She said, she'd tell her mammy.
W:
W:4.I held her to my beating breast;
W:    "My young, my smiling lammy;"
W:  I held her to my beating breast;
W:    "My young, my smiling lammy,
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W:  "I hae a house, it cost me dear,
W:  "I've walth o' penishin and gear,
W:  "Ye'se get it a', war't ten times mair,
W:    "Gin ye will leave your mammy."
W:
W:5.The smile gade aff her bonny face;
W:    "I manna leave my mammy ;*"
W:  The smile gade aff her bonny face;
W:    "I manna leave my mammy;
W:  "She's gi'en me meat, she's gi'en me claise,
W:  "She's been my comfort a' my days;
W:  "My daddy's death brought mony waes;
W:    "I canna leave my mammy ."
W:
W:6."We'll tak her hame, and mak her fain,
W:    "My ain kind-hearted lammy;
W:  "We'll tak her hame, and mak her fain,
W:    "My ain kind-hearted lammy;
W:  "We'll gie her meat, we'll gie her claise,
W:  "We'll be her comfort a' her days ;"
W:  The wee thing gies her hand, and says,
W:    "There! gang and ask my mammy,"
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W:
W:7.Has she been to the kirk wi' thee,
W:    My boy Tammy?
W:  Has she been to the kirk wi' thee,
W:    My boy Tammy?
W:  She has been to the kirk wi' me,
W:  And the tear, was in her ee,--
W:  But oh! she's but a young thing,
W:    Just come frae her mammy.
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