X: 1
T: the LAST TIME I CAME O'ER THE MUIR
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.64-68
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
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(A>G) | F2 (ED) d3 e | {d e }f2 (ed) c2 (BA) |
w: The* last time* I came o'er the* muir, I*
B3 A (F>EF) A | (B3 c) d2 (A>G) | F2 (ED)
w: left my love** be-hind* me: Ye* pow'rs! what*
d3 e | f2 (ed) c2 (BA) | (B>c) (de) (fed) c |
w: pain do I en-*dure, When* soft* i-* de-**as
(B3 c) d2 :: (ed) | c2 (BA) A3 f | (ec) (B>c)
w: mind* me. Soon* as the* rud-dy morn* dis-*
A3 F | A3 d (A>BA) F | A4 d2 A2 | (B>AB) d
w: play'd The beam-ing day** en-su-ing, I met** be-
B2 (AF) | (A>FA) B d3 e | (fe) (dB) (AB/c/d) G |
w: times my* love-**ly maid, In fit* re-*treats*** for
(F2 TE3) D :|
w: woo-*ing.
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W:2.Beneath the cooling shade we lay,
W:    Gazing and chastely sporting;
W:  We kiss'd and promised time away,
W:    Till night spread her black curtain.
W:  I pitied all beneath the skies,
W:    Ev'n kings, when she was nigh me;
W:  In raptures I beheld her eyes,
W:    Which could but ill deny me.
W:
W:3.Should I be call'd where cannons roar,
W:    Where mortal steel may wound me,
W:  Or cast upon some foreign shore,
W:    Where dangers may surround me;
W:  Yet hopes again to see my love,
W:    To feast on glowing kisses,
W:  Shall make my care at distance move,
W:    In prospect of such blisses.
W:
W:4.In all my soul there's not one place
W:    To let a rival enter;
W:  Since she excels in ev'ry grace,
W:    In her my love shall center.
W:  Sooner the seas shall cease to flow,
W:    Their waves the Alps shall cover;
W:  On Greenland's ice shall roses grow,
W:    Before I cease to love her.
W:
W:5.The next time I gang o'er the muir,
W:    She shall a lover find me;
W:  And that my faith is firm and pure,
W:    Though I left her behind me.
W:  Then Hymen's sacred bonds shall chain
W:    My heart to her fair bosom;
W:  There, while my being does remain,
W:    My love more fresh shall blossom.
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T:  YOUNG PEGGY BLOOMS
T:  to the same air
K:
W:1.Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass,
W:    Her blush is like the morning;
W:  The Rosy dawn, the springing grass,
W:    With pearly gems adorning.
W:  Her eyes outshine the radiant beams
W:    That gild the passing shower,
W:  And glitter o'er the crystal streams,
W:    And cheer each fresh'ning flower.
W:
W:2.Her lips more than the cherry's bright,
W:    A richer dye has grac'd them;
W:  They charm th' admiring gazer's sight.
W:    And sweetly tempt to taste them.
W:  Her smile is like the ev'ning mild,
W:    When feather'd pairs are courting,
W:  And little lambkins wanton wild,
W:    In playful bands disporting.
W:
W:3.Were Fortune lovely Peggy's foe,
W:    Such sweetness would relent her;
W:  As blooming spring unbends the brow
W:    Of surly, savage winter.
W:  Detraction's eye no aim can gain
W:    Her winning pow'rs to lessen,
W:  And spiteful Envy grins in vain
W:    The poison'd tooth to fasten.
W:
W:4.Ye pow'rs of honour, love, and truth,
W:    From ev'ry ill defend her;
W:  Inspire the highly-favour'd youth
W:    The destinies intend her.
W:  Still fan the sweet connubial flame,
W:    Responsive in each bosom,
W:  And bless the dear parental name
W:    With many a filial blossom.
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