the BLYTHESOME BRIDAL

X: 7
T: the BLYTHESOME BRIDAL
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.184-187
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 9/4
L: 1/4
K: G
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G | G> A G B d e d B G |
w: Come, fy let us a' to the bri-dal, For
(A> B) G (A> B) d e2 g | G> A G g
w: there'll* be lilt-*ing there, For Jock's to be mar-
f e d B G | A B d (B> A) (G/F/) E2 |]
w: ried to Mag-gie, The lass wi' the gow-*den* hair.
g | g d g g> a g f e d |
w: And there will be lang-kail and cas-tocks, And
e d B (g> a) b {b}a2 f | g> a g
w: ban-nocks o' bar-*ley meal, And there will be
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(b a ) g f e d | (e/f/) g e d
w: gude* saut her-ring, To re-*lish a cog
B G A2 |]
w: o' gude ale.
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W:2.And there will be Sandy the sutor.
W:    And Will wi' the meikle mou',
W:  And there will be Tam the blutter,
W:    Wi' Andrew the tinkler, I trow:
W:  And there will be bow'd-legged Robie,
W:    Wi' thum'less Katie's gudeman;
W:  And there will be blue-cheeked Dobie,
W:    And Lowrie the laird o' the Ian',
W:
W:3.And there will be sow-libber Patie,
W:    And plucky-fac'd Wat i' the mill,
W:  Capper-nos'd Francie, and Gibbie
W:    That wins in the howe o' the hill;
W:  And there will be Alaster Sibbie,
W:    Wha in wi' black Bessy did mooI,
W:  Wi' snivelling Lilly, and Tibbie,
W:    The lass that stands aft on the stool.
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W:
W:4.And Madge that was buckled to Steenie,
W:    And coft him grey breeks to his a--,
W:  Wha after was hangit for stealing,
W:    Great mercy it happen'd nae warse.
W:  And there will be gleed Geordy Janners,
W:    And Kirsh wi' the lily-white leg,
W:  Wha gade the south for manners,
W:    and play'd the fool in Mons-Meg.
W:
W:5.And there will be Judan Maclawrie,
W:    And blinkin daft Barbara Macleg,
W:  Wi' flea-lugged sharny-fac'd Lawrie,
W:    And shangy-mou'd halucket Meg;
W:  And there will be happer-a--'d Nancy,
W:    And fairy-fac'd Flowrie by name;
W:  Muck Maddie, and fat-hipped Girsy,
W:    The lass wi' the gowden wame.
W:
W:6.And there will be girn-again Gibby,
W:    Wi' his glaikit wife Jeany Bell,
W:  And mizzled-shinn'd Mungo Macapie,
W:    The lad that was skipper himsel.
W:  There lads and lasses in pearlings,
W:    Will feast in the heart o' the ha',
W:  On sybows, and rifarts, and cartings,
W:    That are baith sodden and raw.
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W:
W:7.And there will be fadges and brochan,
W:    Wi' fouth o' good gabbocks o' skate;
W:  Powsowdie, and drammock, and crowdie,
W:    And cauler nowt feet in a plate.
W:  And there will be partans and buckies,
W:    And whitens and speldings enew,
W:  Wi' singit sheep-heads and a haggis,
W:    And scadlips to sup till ye spew.
W:
W:8.And there will be lapper'd-milk kebbucks.
W:    And sowens, and farls, and baps,
W:  Wi' swats and weel-scraped painches,
W:    And brandy in stoups and in caups;
W:  And there will be meal-kail and porrage,
W:    Wi' skink to sup till ye rive,
W:  And roasts to roast on a brander,
W:    O' fleuks that were taken alive.
W:
W:9.Scrap'd haddocks, wilks, dulse and tangle.
W:    And a mill o' gude snishin to prie;
W:  When weary wi' eating and drinking,
W:    We'll rise up and dance till we die.
W:  Then fy let us a' to the bridal,
W:    For there will be lilting there,
W:  For Jock's to be married to Maggie.
W:    The lass wi' the gowden hair.
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• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/1806/0007
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/Blythesome_Bridal/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/Blythesome_Bridal_1806/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0017

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