X: 1
T: the BOATIE ROWS
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.154-157
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The word-to-note alignment in measures 12-13 is a bit awkward.
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: E
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E | G>B B E | A c c e |
w: O weel* may the boa-tie row, And
B <G G E | F3 E | G B B E |
w: bet-ter may she speed, And lie-some may the
A c c e | B> G (GE) | F2 zE |
w: boa-tie row, That wins the bairns'* bread, The
e> B B> c | e B B> B | c B c e |
w: boa-tie rows, the boa-tie rows, The boa-tie rows in-
f2 (ef) | (gf/e/) (gf) | (e/c/) (Bc/d/) | {f}He3 c |
w: deed; And* weel** may* the* Boa-tie* row, That
B> G G E | F3 :|
w: wins my bairns'* bread.
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W:2.I coost my line in Largo Bay,
W:    And fishes I catch'd nine,
W:  There was three to boil, and three to fry,
W:    And three to bait the line.
W:  The boatie rows, the boatie rows,
W:    The boatie rows indeed,
W:  And happy be the lot o' a',
W:    Who wishes her to speed.
W:
W:3.O weel may the boatie row.
W:    That fills a heavy creel,
W:  And cleads us a' frae tap to tae,
W:    And buys our parritch meal.
W:  The boatie rows, the boatie rows,
W:    The boatie rows indeed,
W:  And happy be the lot of a'
W:    That wish the boatie speed.
W:
W:4.When Jamie vow'd he wad be mine.
W:    And wan frae me my heart,
W:  O muckle lighter grew my creel;
W:    He swore we'd never part,
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W:  The boatie rows, the boatie rows.
W:    The boatie rows fu' weel,
W:  And muckle lighter is the load,
W:    When love bears up the creel.
W:
W:5.My kurtch I put upo' my head,
W:    And dress'd mysel' fu' braw;
W:  I trow my heart was douf and wae.
W:    When Jamie gaed awa'.
W:  But weel may the boatie row,
W:    And lucky be her part,
W:  And lightsome be the lassie's care,
W:    That yields an honest heart.
W:
W:6.When Sawney, Jock, and Janetie,
W:    Are up, and gotten lear,
W:  They'll help to gar the boatie row,
W:    And lighten a' our care.
W:  The boatie rows, the boatie rows,
W:    The boatie rows fu' weel,
W:  And lightsome be her heart that bears
W:    The murlain and the creel.
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W:
W:7.And when wi' age we're worn down,
W:    And hirpling round the door,
W:  They'll row to keep us dry and warm,
W:    As we did them before.
W:  Then weel may the boatie row,
W:    She wins the bairns' bread;
W:  And happy be the lot o' a',
W:    That wish the boatie speed.
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