the DAYS O' LANGSYNE

X: 23
T: the DAYS O' LANGSYNE
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.250-252
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
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(d/e/) | f> e d d3/ B A/ | A> B d
w: When* war had broke in on the peace o' auld
e2 d/ e/ | f> e d d> B A |
w: men, And frae Chel-sea to arms they were
A> B d d2 (d/e/) | f> e d
w: sum-mon'd a-gain, Twa* vet'-rans grown
d> B A | A> B d e2 d/ e/ |
w: grey, wi' their mus-kets sair foil'd, Wi' a
f> e d d> B A | A> B d d2 |][|
w: sigh, were re-lat-ing how hard they had toil'd.
(f/e/) | d f a d f a | b> a f
w: The* drum it was beat-ing to fight they in-
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e2 (a/g/) | f> e d d> B A |
w: cline, But* ay they look'd back on the
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w: days o' lang-syne.
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W:2.Hech, Davie, man, weel thou remembers the time,
W:  When twa brisk young callans, and just in our prime.
W:  The prince led us, conquer'd, and shaw'd us the way,
W:  And mony a braw chield we turn'd cauld on that day.
W:  Still again I wad venture this auld trunk o' mine,
W:  Could our gen'ral but lead, or we fight like langsyne.
W:
W:3.But garrison duty is a' we can do;
W:  Tho' our arms are worn weak, yet our hearts are still true:
W:  We car'd na for dangers by land or by sea,
W:  For time is turn'd coward, and no you and me.
W:  And though at our fate we may sadly repine,
W:  Youth winna return, nor the strength o' langsyne.
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W:4.When after our conquests, it joys me to mind,
W:  How thy Jean caress'd thee, and my Meg was kind;
W:  They shar'd o' our danger, though ever sae hard,
W:  Nor car'd we for plunder, when sic our reward.
W:  Ev'n now they're resolv'd baith their hames to resign,
W:  And to share the hard fate they were us'd to langsyne.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/1811/0023
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/Days_o_Langsyne/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/Days_o_Langsyne_1811/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0044

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