X: 1
T: the LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.138-141
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Added dot to last note in 1st strain to fix the rhythm of the measure.
M: C
L: 1/8
K: Em
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(A>B) | c3 c (B>AB) d | (e>dc) B A2 (EF) |
w: Twas* ev'n', the dew-**y fields** were green, On*
G2 (ge) (dB) (A>B) | (G2 E2) E2 (AB) | c2 c2
w: ev'-ry* blade* the* | pearls* hang; The* ze-phyr
(BA) (cd) | (ed) (cB) A2 (EF) | G2 (ge) (dB) (AB) |
w: wan-*ton'd* round* the* bean, And* bore its* fra-*grant*
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G2 (EF) E3 ][ b | (de) (ga) {g a}b2 (ag) |
w: sweets a-*lang: In ev'-*ry* glen the*
(a>gf) e d3 B | (e>fg) a (b>g) (a>b) |
w: ma-**vis sang, All na-**ture list'-*ning*
(g>e) (f>g) e2 (ga) | (b>a) (gb) (a>g) (e>a) |
w: seem'd* the* while, Ex-*cept* where* green-*wood*
(g<e) (dB) {B}Hg3 {a g f}e | (dB) (AG) (Ac) (BA) |
w: e-*choes* rang, A-mang* the* braes* o'*
G2 E2 {F}E2 |]
w: Bal-loch-myle.
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W:2.With careless step I onward stray'd,
W:    My heart rejoic'd in Nature's joy,
W:  When musing in a lanely glade,
W:    A maiden fair I chanc'd to spy:
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W:  Her look was like the morning's eye,
W:    Her air like Nature's vernal smile;
W:  The lily's hue, and rose's dye,
W:    Bespake the lass o' Ballochmyle.
W:
W:3.Fair is the morn in flow'ry May,
W:    And sweet is night in Autumn mild,
W:  When roving through the garden gay,
W:    Or wand'ring in the lonely wild:
W:  But woman, Nature's darling child!
W:    There all her charms she does compile:
W:  Ev'n there her other works are foil'd
W:    By the bonny lass o' Ballochmyle.
W:
W:4.O had she been a country maid,
W:    And I the happy country swain.
W:  Though shelter'd in the lowest shed
W:    That ever rose on Scotland's plain!
W:  Through weary winter's wind and rain,
W:    With joy, with rapture, I would toil,
W:  And nightly to my bosom strain
W:    The bonny lass o" Ballochmyle.
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W:
W:5.Then pride might climb the slippery steep,
W:    Where fame and honour lofty shine;
W:  And thrist of gold might tempt the deep.
W:    Or downward sink the Indian mine.
W:  Give me the cot below the pine,
W:    To tend the flocks, or till the soil,
W:  And ev'ry day has joys divine
W:    Wi' the bonny lass o' Ballochmyle.
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