X: 1
T: the YELLOW HAIR'D LADDIE
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.242-245
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: In the 1806 edition, the harmony line isn't present, and the strains aren't repeated.
N: In bar 9, the A pickup in V:2 has a flag; corrected to a quarter note.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: D
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[V:1] (DE) | F2 A2 (Bc) | d2 e2 ({de}f2) |
w: In* A-pril when* prim-ro-ses
[V:2]  D2  | D2 F2  G2  | F2 E2      D2  |
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[V:1] A2 (BA) (GF) | {F}E4 DE | F2 A2 (Bc) |
w: paint the* sweet* plain, And* sum-mer ap-*
[V:2] F2 (GF)  ED |     A4 FE | D2 F2  G2  |
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[V:1] (dc) (de) {de}f2 |[1 (AB) (AF) (ED) | D4 :|
w: proach-*ing* re-joic-*eth* the* swain.
[V:2]  F2   E2      D2 |1 (FG)   A2   G2  | F4 :|
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[V:1] [2  A2 (gf) ed | d4 |: (de) | f2 (gf) (ed) |
w: joi-ceth* the* swain, The* yel-low* hair'd*
[V:2] [2 (FG) A2  G2 | F4 |:  A2  | d2 (ed) (cB) |
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[V:1] c2 (ec) (BA) | (B>cd) B (AG) | ({F}E4) (DE) |
w: lad-die* would* of-**ten-times* go, To*
[V:2] A2  A2   F2 |   G2   G2 (FD) |     A4  (FE) |
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[V:1] F2 A2 (Bc) | (dc) (de) f2 |
w: wilds and deep* glens* where* the
[V:2] D2 F2  G2  |  F2   E2  D2 |
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[V:1] [1  A2 (gf) (ed) | d4 :|[2 (AB) (AF) (ED) | D4 |]
w: haw-thorn* trees* grow. haw-*thorn* trees* grow.
[V:2] [1 (FG) A2   G2  | F4 :|[2 (FG)  A2   G2  | F4 |]
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W:2.There, under the shade of an old sacred thorn,
W:  With freedom, he sung his loves, evening and morn:
W:  He sung with so soft and inchanting a sound,
W:  That sylvans and Fairies, unseen, danc'd around.
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W:3.The shepherd thus sung: Tho' young Maddie be fair,
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.
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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 faithful, good-humour'd, and free,
W:  And fair as the goddess that sprung from the sea.
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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.
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-haired 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 iang 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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