MUCKING O' GEORDIE'S BYRE

X: 56
T: MUCKING O' GEORDIE'S BYRE
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.134-137
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The 2nd strain has an initial repeat, but no final repeat.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Bm
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(fe) | (d2 B2) B2 | B3 d (BA) | B2 d2 e2 |
w: As* I* went o-ver yon* mea-dow, And
f3 e d2 | d3 e (de/f/) | A4 (fe) | d2 B2 B2 |
w: care-less-ly passed* a-**long, I* list-en'd  with
B3 d (BA) | B2 d2 e2 | f3 e d2 |
w: plea-sure to* Jen-ny, While mourn-ful-ly
e3 d (ef) | B4 :: (ag) | f2 a2 b2 | (a2 f2) e2 |
w: sing-ing this* song: The* muck-ing of Geor-*die's
d3 e f2 | f3 g a2 | (f3 e) d2 | A4 (fe) |
w: byre, And the shool-ing the gruip* sae clean, Has*
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d2 B2 B2 | B3 d (BA) | B2 b2 (ag) |
w: aft gart me spend the night* sleep-less, And*
f3 e d2 | e3 d (ef) | B4 |]
w: brought the saut tears frae my* een.
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W:2.It was not my father's pleasure,
W:    Nor was it my mother's desire,
W:  That ever I should fyle my fingers
W:    Wi' the mucking o' Geordie's byre.
W:        The mucking, &c.
W:
W:3.Though the roads were ever sae filthy,
W:    Or the day sae scoury and foul,
W:  I wad ay be ganging wi' Geordie;
W:    I lik'd it far better than school.
W:        The mucking, &c.
W:
W:4.My brither abuses me daily,
W:    For being wi' Geordie sae free;
W:  My sister she ca's me hoodwinked,
W:    Because he's below my degree.
W:        The mucking, &c.
W:
W:5.But weel do I like my young Geordie,
W:    Although he was cunning and slee;
W:  He ca's me his dear and his honey,
W:    And I'm sure my Geordie loes me.
W:        The mucking, &c.
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%: 2
T: TAM GLEN
T: to the same air
K:
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W:1.My heart is a-breaking, dear tittle,
W:    Some counsel unto me come len';
W:  To anger them a' is a pity,
W:    But what maun I do wi' Tam Glen?
W:  I'm thinking, wi' sic a braw fallow,
W:    In poortith I might mak a fen';
W:  What care I riches to wallow,
W:    If I manna marry Tam Glen?
W:
W:2.There's Lowrie, the laird o' Drummiller,
W:    Gude day to you, brute, he comes ben;
W:  He brags and he blaws o' his siller,
W:    But when will he dance like Tam Glen?
W:  My minnie does constantly deave me,
W:    And bids me beware o' young men;
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W:  They flatter, she says, to deceive me,
W:    But wha can think sae o' Tam Glen?
W:
W:3.My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him,
W:    He'll gie me guid hunder marks ten:
W:  But if it's ordain'd I maun tak him,
W:    O wha will I get but Tam Glen?
W:  Yestreen at the valentines dealin,
W:    My heart to my mou' gied a sten,
W:  For thrice I drew ane without failin,
W:    And thrice it was written, Tam Glen.
W:
W:4.The last Hallowe'en I was wau'kin,
W:    My droukit sark-sleeve, as ye ken,
W:  His likeness cam up the house staukin,
W:    And the very grey breeks o' Tam Glen.
W:  Come counsel, dear tittie, don't tarry;
W:    I'll gie you my bonny black hen,
W:  Gin ye will advise me to marry
W:    The lad I loe dearly, Tam Glen,
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/1806/0056
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/Mucking_o_Geordies_Byre/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/Mucking_o_Geordies_Byre_1806/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0117

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