X: 1
T: O'ER THE MUIR AMANG THE HEATHER
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.44-47
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Added flag to first note to fix the rhythm of the measure by matching bar 2.
N: Added dot to last note, to fix the rhythm.
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
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D <G  G> A G> A G D |
w: Com-ing thro' the craigs o' Kyle, A-
E <A A> B c> B A <B |
w: mang the bon-ny bloom-ing hea-ther,
G> A B c d (e/f/) g d |
w: There I met a bon-ny* las-sie,
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e g d> B A> B A <G |][|
w: Keep-ing a' her ewes the-gi-ther.
G> g g> a g> a g <d |
w: O'er the muir a-mang the hea-ther,
e> a a b a> b a <g |
w: O'er the muir a-mang the hea-ther;
b> a g e d> e {ga}b> a |
w: There I met a bon-ny las-sie,
g> e (d//e//g) B <A B/ A/ G |]
w: Keep-ing a'** her ewes the-gi-ther.
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W:2.Says I, My dear, where is thy hame?
W:    In muir or dale, pray tell me whether?
W:  She says, I tent thae fleecy flocks
W:    That feed amang the blooming heather,
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W:  O'er the muir amang the heather,
W:    O'er the muir amang the heather;
W:  She says, I tent thae fleecy flocks
W:    That feed amang the blooming heather.
W:
W:3.We laid us down upon a bank,
W:    Sae warm and sunny was the weather;
W:  She left her flocks at large to rove
W:    Amang the bonny blooming heather.
W:  O'er the muir amang the heather,
W:    O'er the muir amang the heather ;
W:  She left her flocks at large to rove
W:    Amang the bonny blooming heather
W:
W:4.While thus we lay, she sang a sang,
W:    Till echo rang a mile and farther,
W:  And ay the burden o' her sang
W:    Was, o'er the muir amang the heather.
W:  O'er ihe muir amang the heather,
W:    O'er the muir amang the heather;
W:  And ay the burden o* her sang
W:    Was, o'er the muir amang the heather.
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W:
W:5.She charm'd my heart, and ay sinsyne,
W:    I cou'd na think on ony ither:
W:  By sea and sky, she shall be mine,
W:    The bonny lass amang the heather.
W:  O'er the muir amang the heather,
W:    O'er the muir amang the heather;
W:  By sea and sky, she shall be mine,
W:    The bonny lass amang the heather,
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