X: 1
T: the BLATH'RIE O'T
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.92-93
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: D
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(D>E) | F2 (d<B) (A<F) (E>F) | D2 (A>B)
w: When* I think* on* this* war-ld's*
A2 D E | F2 d B (AF) E D | F2 B> c
w: pelf, And the lit-tle wee share* I hae o't to my-
B2 zd | A> B d> e f2 e d |
w: self, And how the lass that wants it is
e d e f A2 d> e | {de}f2 e d
w: by the lads for-got, May the shame fa' the
B2 {AB}d D | F2 (B>c) B2 |]
w: gear and the blath-'rie* o't.
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W:2.Jockie was the laddie that held the pleugh,
W:  But now he's got gowd and gear enough;
W:  He thinks nae mair o' me that wears the plaiden coat:
W:      May the shame, &c.
W:
W:3.Jenny was the lassie that mucked the byre,
W:  But now she is clad in her silken attire;
W:  And Jockie says he loes her, and swears he's me forgot:
W:      May the shame, &c.
W:
W:4.But a' this shall never daunton me,
W:  Sae lang as I keep my fancy free;
W:  For the lad that's sae inconstant, he is nae worth a groat:
W:      May the shame, &c.
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