X: 1
T: TWEEDSIDE
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.24-26
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: G
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(B>A) | G2 D2 E2 | G3 A (Bc) | {B2}A4 (B>A) |
w: What* beau-ties does Flo-ra dis-*close! How*
G2 D2 E2 | G2 (dc) (BA) | G4 (B>A) |
w: sweet are her smiles up-*on* Tweed! Yet*
G2 D2 E2 | (GF) (GA) (Bc) | {B2}A4 (GA) | B2 (cB) (AG) |
w: Ma-ry's still sweet-*er* that* those, Both* na-ture* and*
A2 D2 F2 | G4 :: (Bc) | d2 (cB) (AG) | d2 (ed) (cB) |
w: fan-cy ex-ceed. No* dai-sey,* nor* sweet blush-*ing*
{B2}A4 (Bc) | {Bc}d2 (cB) (AG) | (GF) (GA) (Bc) | d4 (e/f/g) |
w: rose, not* all the* gay* flowers* of* the* field, Not**
{e}d2 (cB) (AG) | (dB) (ed) (cB) | {B2}A4 (GA) |
w: Tweed glid-*ing* gent-*ly* thro'* those, Such*
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B2 {cd}(cB) (AG) | (3(edc) B2 TA2 | G4 :|
w: beau-gy* and* plea-**sure does yield.
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W:2.The warblers are heard in the grove,
W:    The linnet, the lark, and the thrush.
W:  The blackbird, and sweet cooing dove.
W:    With music enchant ev'ry bush.
W:  Come, let us go forth to the mead,
W:    Let us see how the primroses spring;
W:  We'll lodge in some village on Tweed,
W:    And love while the feathered folks sing.
W:
W:3.How does my love pass the long day?
W:    Does Mary not tend a few sheep?
W:  Do they never carelessly stray,
W:    While happily she lies asleep?
W:  Tweed's murmurs should lull her to rest;
W:    Kind Nature indulging my bliss,
W:  To ease the soft pains of my breast,
W:    I'd steal an ambrosial kiss.
W:
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W:4.'Tis she does the virgins excel;
W:    No beauty with her may compare;
W:  Love's graces around her do dwell;
W:    She's fairest where thousands are fair.
W:  Say, charmer where do thy flocks stray?
W:    Oh! tell me at noon where they feed?
W:  Shall I seek them on sweet winding Tay,
W:    Or the pleasanter banks of the Tweed?
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