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T: the LASS IN YON TOWN
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.114-116
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: O wat ye wha's in yon town, Ye see the
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w: e'en-ing sun u-pon? The dear-est maid's in
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w: you town, His set-ting beams e'er shone u-pon.
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w: Now hap-ly down yon gay green shaw, She
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w: wan-ders by yon spread-ing tree; How blest ye
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w: flow'rs that round her blaw, Ye catch the glan-
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w: ces o' her ee. How blest ye birds that round
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w: her sing, And wan-ton in the bloom-ing
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w: year; But doub-ly wel-come be the spring, The
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w: sea-son to my Jea-nie dear.
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W:2.The sun blinks blythe on yon town,
W:    Amang the broomy braes sae green;
W:  But my delights in yon town,
W:    And dearest pleasure is my Jean.
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W:  Withthout my fair, not a' the charms
W:    Of paradise could yield me joy;
W:  But gie me Jeanie in my arms,
W:    And welcome Lapland's dreary sky.
W:  My cave wad be a lover's bower,
W:    Tho' raging winter rent the air;
W:  And she a lovely little flower,
W:    That I wad tent and shelter there.
W:
W:3.O sweet is she in yon town.
W:    The sinking sun's gaun down upon;
W:  The dearest maid's in yon town,
W:    His setting beams e'er shone upon.
W:  If angry fate be sworn my foe,
W:    And suff'ring I am doom'd to bear,
W:  I'd careless quit ought here below;
W:    But spare, oh! spare my Jeanie dear.
W:  For while life's dearest blood runs warm,
W:    My thoughts frae her shall ne'er depart:
W:  For as most lovely is her form,
W:    She has the truest, kindest heart.
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