X: 1
T: TARRY WOO
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.188-190
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: G
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G3 A B2 (AG) | (ED) (EG) {G2}A4 | G3 A
w: Tar-ry woo, O* tar-*ry* woo, Tar-ry
B2 (AB) | (cB) (AG) (B>c d2) | G3 A {c}B2 (AG) |
w: woo is* ill* to* spin;** Card it weel, O*
(ED) (EG) {G2}A4 | G3 A B2 (AB) | (cB) (AG)
w: card* it* weel, Card it weel ere* ye* be-*
(B>c d2) |][| e2 (ge) d2 (ed) | B2 (gB) {B2}A4 |
w: gin.** When it's* card-ed,* row'd, and* spun,
e2 (ge) d3 e | (g>a) (ba) g4 | e2 (ge)
w: Then the* work is haf-*lens* done; But when*
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d2 (ed) | (cB) (gB) A3 B | (G>AB) c (d>ed) c |
w: wo-ven,* drest,* and* clean, It may** be clead-**ing
{c}B2 (AG) (B>c d2) |]
w: for a* queen.**
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W:2.Sing, my bonny harmless sheep,
W:  That feed upon the mountains steep,
W:  Bleating sweetly as ye go,
W:  Through the winter's frost and snow;
W:  Hart, and hind, and fallow deer,
W:  No by hauf sae usefu' are:
W:  Frae kings to him that hauds the plough,
W:  A' are oblig'd to tarry woo.
W:
W:3.Up, ye shepherds! dance and skip,
W:  O'er the hills and valleys trip;
W:  Sing in praise of tarry woo,
W:  Sing the flocks that bear it too;
W:  Harmless creatures, without blame,
W:  That clead the back and cram the wame,
W:  Keep us warm and hearty fu';
W:  Leeze me on the tarry woo.
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W:
W:4.How happy is the shepherd's life,
W:  Far frae courts, and free of strife,
W:  While the gimmers bleat and bae,
W:  And the lambkins answer mae.
W:  No such music to his ear;
W:  Of thief or fox he has no fear;
W:  Sturdy kent, and colly true,
W:  Weel defend the tarry woo.
W:
W:5.He lives content, and envies none;
W:  Not ev'n a monarch on his throne,
W:  Though he the royal sceptre sways,
W:  Has not sweeter holidays.
W:  Who'd be a king? can ony tell,
W:  When a shepherd sings sae well,
W:  Sings sae well, and pays his due,
W:  Wi' honest heart and tarry woo?
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