DONALD AND FLORA

X: 22
T: DONALD AND FLORA
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.19-__
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
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D2 D2 (EF) | A2 {A}F2 B2 | A2 F2 (EF) |
w:1.~When mer-ry* hearts were gay, Care-less of*
A2 {A}F2 d2 | D2 D2 (DE/F/) | A2 F2 d2 |
w: ought but play, Poor Flo-ra** slipt a-way,
A2 F2 (GF) | {F2}E4 D2 | d2 A2 B2 | A2 F2 (ED) |
w: Sad'n-ing to* Mor-ra: Loose flow'd her yel-low hair,*
d2 A2 B2 | d3 e f> e | {e/}d2 A2 (B>A) |
w: Quick heav'd her bo-som bare, And thus to the*
A3 F d> B | A2 D2 (GF) | {F2} E4 D2 |]
w: troubl-ed air, She vent-ed her* sor-row:
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W:2.
W: " Loud howls the northern blast,
W: " Bleak is the dreary wast ;-—
W: " Haste then, O Donald, haste,
W:   " Haste to thy Flora.
W: " Twice twelve long months are o'er,
W: " Since on a foreign shore
W: " You promis'd to fight no more,
W:   " But meet me in Mora."
W:
W:3.
W: ' Where now is Donald dear?'
W: (Maids cry with taunting sneer);
W: ' Say, is he still sincere
W: ' To his lov'd Flora?'-—
W: " Parents upbraid my moan;
W: " Each heart is turn'd to stone;
W: " Ah, Flora! thou'rt now alone,
W:   " And friendless in Mora!
W:
W:4.
W: " Come then, O come away!
W: " Donald! no longer stay!
W: " Where can my rover stray
W:   " From his lov'd Flora ?
W: " Ah! sure he ne'er could be
W: " False to his vows and me!
W: " Heavens! is't not yonder he,
W:   " Comes bounding o'er Mora? "
W:
W:5.
W: ' Never, O wretched fair!'
W: (Sigh'd the sad messenger,)
W: ' Never shall Donald mair
W:   ' Meet his lov'd Flora!
W: ' Cold as yon mountain's snow,
W: ' Donald, thy love, lies low!
W: ' He sent me to soothe thy woe,
W:   ' While weeping in Mora.
W:
W:6.
W: ' Well fought our valiant men
W: ' On Saratoga's plain;
W: ' Thrice fled the hostile train
W:   ' From British glory.
W: ' But, though our foes did flee,
W: ' Sad was each victory!
W: ' For youth, love, and loyalty,
W:   ' Fell far, far from Mora!
W:
W:7.
W: ' Here, take this love- wrought plaid,
W: ' Donald, expiring, said;
W: ' Give it to yon dear maid,
W:   ' Drooping in Mora:
W: ' Tell her, O Allan, tell!
W: ' Donald thus bravely fell,
W: ' And that in his last farewel
W:   ' He thought on his Flora!'
W:
W:8.
W: Mute stood the trembling fair,
W: Speechless with wild despair!
W: Striking her bosom bare,
W:   She sigh'd, " Poor Flora!
W: " Oh Donald !—- well-a-day!"--
W: Flora no more could say;
W: At length the sound died away
W:   For ever in Mora!
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/1806/0022
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0046

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