I Love a Lassie

X: 1
T: I Love a Lassie
T: Ma Scotch bluebell
T: Hieland Lassie
C: Harry Lauder & Gerald Grafton (ca. 1906)
S: 1907 sheet-music editian by Allan and Co. Propy. Ltd., Collins Street, Melbourne.
N: with the notation: sung by Victor G. Loydall in J. C Williamson's Pantomime "MOTHER GOOSE."
F: http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-vn4270192 [photo image]
Z: 2012 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The lines here correspond to staffs in the printed music.  Modify for your own needs.
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: C
[| "C"E2 "F"F"G7"G | "C"(E/D/)C zD | EF GF | (E/D/)C EG |
w: 1.~I love a las-*sie, a bon-nie Hie-lan' las-*sie, If ye
"C"cc cc | "C"BA "A7"GA | "Dm"D2 "Gm"z2 | "Dm"z2 (FG) |
w: saw her you would fan-cy her as well; | I_
"Dm"AA "A7"AA | "Dm"AF DF | "Dm"AA "G7"AB | "C"AG "A7"GE |
w: met her in Sep-tem-ber, popped the ques-tion in No-vem-ber, So I'll
"D"DD "C"G>"Adim"A | "G"Bc "D7"AB | "G"G2 "Cm"z2 | "G"z2 zG |
w: soon be hav-in' her a' to ma-sel'. | Her
"C"cc "F"c"Fm"c | "C"cG EC | cc "F"c"Fm"c | "C"cG EC |
w: faith-er has con-sent-ed, so I'm feel-in' quite con tent-ed 'Cause I've
"C"cc c>c | "E7"dd "C"Bc | "Dm"Dz z2 | z2 zB |
w: been and sealed the bar-gain wi' a kiss. | I
"G7"BB BB | DD FG | "C"AA AA | GG "A7"GE |
w: sit and wear-y, wear-y, When I think a-boot ma dear-y, An' you'll
"G"D2 "Em7"G2 | "A7"AG "D7"AB | "G"G4- | Gz z2 |
w: al-ways hear me sing-ing this._
"Chorus"|:\
"C"E2 "G7"FG | "C"EC zD | E>F "G7"GF | "C"EC EG |
w: "I love a las-sie, a bon-nie, bonnie las-sie, She's as
"C"c2 c>d | "G"BA "D7"G^F | "G"G4- | Gz "D7"AB | "C"c2 "D#dim"c>B |
w: pure as the li-ly in the dell._  She's as sweet as the
"C"AG zA | cA GA | "G7"ED z2 | "C"E G2 "F"A |
w: heath-er, The bon-nie bloom-in' heath-er, Ma-ry, ma
"C"E2 "G7"D2 | "C"C4- | Cz z2 :|
w: Scotch Blue-bell."
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W:2. I love a lassie, a bonnie Hielan' lassie,
W:    She can warble like like a mavis in the dell.
W: She's an angel ev'ry Sunday, but a jolly lass on Monday,
W:    She's as modest as her namesake, the blue-bell.
W: She's nice and neat and tidy and I meet her ev'ry Friday,
W:    That's a very special nicht, I wouldn’t miss.
W: I'm enchanted, I'm enraptured, since my heart the darlin'captur'd,
W:    She's just intoxicated me with bliss.
W:--- CHORUS ---
W:3. I love a lassie, a bonnie Hielan' lassie,
W:    I could sit an' let her tease me for a week:
W: and the way she keeps behavin', well, I never pay for shavin',
W:    'Cause she rubs ma whiskers clean off with her cheek.
W: In the gloamin’ with my beauty, with my bonnie tutti frutti beauty,
W:    I like to wander by her side,
W: she’s my diamond, she’s my ruby, she’s my bonnie wee jujuby,
W:    And if she was here I’d revel in the pride.
W:--- CHORUS ---

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/I_Love_a_Lassie/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/song/I_Love_a_Lassie_C_wW/0000