DUNCAN GRAY

X: 25
T: DUNCAN GRAY
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.198-201
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
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A d c d e f c2 |
w: Dun-can Gray cam here to woo,
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d2 e> g f d d> A |
w: Ha, ha, the woo-ing o't, On
A d c d e f c2 |
w: blythe Yule night, when we were fu',
d2 e> g f d d2 |][| fa (b/a/) g/f/
w: Ha, ha, the woo-ing o't.  Mag-gie coost* her*
g g g2 | f> f (g/f/) (e/d/)
w: head fu' heigh, Look'd a-sklent* and*
(c/d/) (e/c/) A2 | a (b/a/) g (a/g/)
w: un-*co* skeigh, Gart poor* Dun-can*
(f/a/) (g/f/) e2 | d2 e> g f d d2 |]
w: stand* a-*beigh, Ha, ha, the woo-ing o't.
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W:2.Duncan fleech'd, and Duncan pray'd,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't;
W:  Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
W:  Duncan sigh'd baith out and in,
W:  Grat his een baith bleer't and blin;
W:  Spak o' lowpin o'er a lin,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
W:
W:3.Time and chance are but a tide,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't;
W:  Slighted love is sair to bide,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
W:  Shall I, like a fool, quoth he,
W:  For a haughty hizzie die?
W:  She may gae to France for me!
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
W:
W:4.How it comes let doctors tell,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't;
W:  Meg grew sick — as he grew heal
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
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W:  Something in her bosom wrings;
W:  For relief a sigh she brings;
W:  And O, her een they spak sic things!
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
W:
W:5.Duncan was a lad o' grace,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't;
W:  Maggie's was a piteous case,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
W:  Duncan cou'd na be her death,
W:  Swelling pity smoor'd his wrath;
W:  Now they're crouse and canty baith,
W:    Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/1811/0025
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0047

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