MY MARY, DEAR DEPARTED SHADE

X: 59
T: MY MARY, DEAR DEPARTED SHADE
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.284-286
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/16
K: Bb
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(d2e2) | f4 (g3f) f4 b2g2 | f4 (d2B2) c4 (d2e2) |
w: Thou* ling'-ring* star, with* less'-ning* ray, That*
f4 (g3f) f4 (bf3) | (fd3) (c3d) B4 (d2e2) |
w: lov'st to* greet the* ear-*ly* morn, A-*
f4 (g2f2) f4 (b2g2) | f4 (d2B2) c4 (d3e) |
w: gain thou* ush-er'st* in the* day, My*
f4 (g3f) f4 (bf3) | (fd3) (c3d) B4 ][ (f3g/a/) |
w: Ma-ry* from my* soul* was* torn. O**
(b2a2) (g2f2) f4 (eg) | f4 (d2B2) c4 (f3g/a/) |
w: Ma-*ry,* dear de-*part-ed* shade! Where**
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(b2a2) (g2f2) f4 (e2g2) | fd3) (c3d) B4 (f3g/a/) |
w: is* thy* place of* bliss-*ful* rest? Seest**
b2a2 (g2f2) f2 (e3g) | f4 (d2B2) {B}c4 (d2e2) |
w: thou* thy* lo-ver* low-ly* laid? Hear'st*
(f2g2) (f2e2) (3(d2f2Hb2) g2 | (fd3) (c3d) B4 |]
w: thou* the* groans** that rend* his* breast.
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W:2.That sacred hour can I forget?
W:    Can I forget the hallow'd grove,
W:  Where by the winding Ayr we met,
W:    To live one day of parting love?
W:  Eternity cannot efface
W:    Those records dear of transports past;
W:  Thy image at our last embrace;
W:    Ah! little thought we 'twas our last!
W:
W:3.Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore,
W:    O'erhung with wild woods thick 'ning green;
W:  The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar
W:    Twin'd am'rous round the raptur'd scene;
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W:  The flow'rs sprang, wanton to be prest,
W:    The birds sang love on ev'ry spray,
W:  Till too, too soon, the glowing west
W:    ' Proclaim'd the speed of winged day.
W:
W:4.Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes,
W:    And fondly broods with miser care;
W:  Time but th' impression stronger makes,
W:    As streams their channels deeper wear.
W:  My Mary, dear departed shade!
W:    Where is thy place of blissful rest?
W:  Seest thou thy lover lowly laid?
W:    Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/1806/0059
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/My_Mary_Dear_Departed_Shade/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/My_Mary_Dear_Departed_Shade_1806/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0122

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