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T: the YELLOW-HAIR'D LADDIE
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.131-133
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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(DE) | F2 A2 (Bc) | d2 e2 {de}f2 | A2 (BA) (GF) |
w: In* Ap-ril when* prim-ro-ses paint the* sweet*
{F}E4 (DE) | F2 A2 (Bc) | (dc) (de) {de}f2 |
w: plain, And* sum-mer ap-*proach-*ing* re-
A2 (gf) (ed) | d4 ][ (de) | f2 (gf) (ed) |
w: joic-eth* the* swain, The* yel-low*hair'd*
c2 (ec) (BA) | (Bc) (dB) (AG) | {F}E4 (DE) | F2 A2 (Bc) |
w: lad-die* would* of-*ten-*times* go To* wilds and deep*
(dc) (de) f2 | (AB) (AF) (ED) | D4 |]
w: glens* where* the haw-*thorn* trees* grow.
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W:2.There, under the shade of an old sacred thorn,
W:  With freedom he sung his loves, ev'ning and morn:
W:  He sang with so soft and enchanting a sound,
W:  That sylvans and fairies, unseen, danc'd around.
W:
W:3.The shepherd thus sung: Tho' young Maddie befair,
W:  Her beauty is dash'd with a scornful proud air:
W:  But Susie was handsome, and sweetly could sing;
W:  Her breath like the breezes perfum'd in the spring.
W:
W:4.That Maddie, in all the gay bloom of her youth,
W:  Like the moon was inconstant, and never spoke truth;
W:  But Susie was handsome, good-humour'd, and free,
W:  And fair as the goddess that sprung from the sea.
W:
W:5.That mamma's fine daughter, with all her great dow'r,
W:  Was awkwardly airy, and frequently sour:
W:  Then sighing, he wish'd, would but parents agree,
W:  The witty sweet Susie his mistress might be.
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T: the ORIGINAL WORDS
T: to the same air
K:
W:1.The yellow-hair'd laddie sat down on yon brae,
W:  Cries, Milk the ewes, lassie, let nane o' them gae;
W:  And ay as she milked, and ay as she sang,
W:  The yellow-hair'd laddie shall be my gudeman.
W:    And ay as she milked, &c.
W:
W:2.The weather is cauld, and my claithing is thin,
W:  The ewes are new clipped, they winna bught in;
W:  They winna bught in, although I should die;
W:  O yellow-hair'd laddie, be kind unto me.
W:    They winna bught in, &c.
W:
W:3.The gudewife cries butt the house, Jenny, come ben,
W:  The cheese is to mak, and the butter's to kirn;
W:  Though butter and cheese, and a' should e'en sour,
W:  I'll crack and kiss wi' my love ae lang hauf hour:
W:  It's ae lang hauf hour, and we*se e'en mak it three,
W:  For the yellow-hair'd laddie my gudeman shall be.
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