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Both Sides the Tweed
Found in MrsParkers.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection

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. W: 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