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Both Sides the Tweed

Found in MrsParkers.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
Both Sides the Tweed - staff notation
X:151
T:Both Sides the Tweed
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:Am
"Am"z2 A,/B,/,|C B,> A,|C D E|"F"A3-|A2 A/E/|"C"G/D|C D E|"G"G,3-|!
w:What's the spring brea-thing jas-mine and rose,*What's the sum-mer *with all its gay train?
"Em"G,2 A,/B,/,|"Am"C B,> A,|C D E|"F"A3-|A2 B/A/|"C"G E C|"G"D
w:*Or the splend-our of aut-umn to those*Who have bar-tered their free-dom for gain?
A,2 E/G/|"F"A B A|A G E|"C"G3-|G2 A/G/|"Am"E>D C/B,/|C
w:*Let the love of our land's sa-cred rights*To the love of our* peo-ple suc-ceed,
"Em"G,2 A,/B,/,|"Am"C B,> A,|C D E|"F"A3-|A2 B/A/|"C"G E C|"G"D B, G,|"Am"A,3|]
w:*Let *friends *and ho-nour u-nite,*And *flou-rish on both sides the Tweed.
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W:
W:No sweetness the senses can cheer Which corruption and bribery bind
W:___No brightness that gloom can e'er clear For honour's the sum of the mind
W:
W:Let virtue distinguish the brave Place riches in lowest degree
W:___Think them poorest who can be a slave Them richest who dare to be free