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T: WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE?
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.68-69
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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w: Wilt thou be my dear-ie, When sor-row wrings
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w: thy gen-tle heart, O wilt though let me cheer thee?
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w: By the trea-sure of my soul, And that's the love I
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w: bear thee, I swear and vow that* on-ly thou Shalt
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w: e-ver be my dear-ie: I swear and vow that*
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w: on-ly thou Shalt e-ver be my dear-ie.
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W:2.Lassie, say thou loes me;
W:    And if thou winna be my aim,
W:  O say na thou'lt refuse me.
W:    If it manna, canna be,
W:      That thou for thine may choose me,
W:    Then let me, Jeanie, quickly die,
W:      Ay trusting that thou loes me.
W:
W:3.Flower of beauties, hear me,
W:    And dinna treat me wi' disdain;
W:  A' ither ills I fear na,
W:    Gin thou wad only smile on him
W:      Could part wi' life to please thee;
W:    Of joys on earth I'll ask nae mair,
W:      Gin thou wilt be my dearie.
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