the EWE-BUGHTS, MARION

X: 27
T: the EWE-BUGHTS, MARION
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.127-130
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Em
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E/ G/ | G2 A> B | g2 (f>g) | e2 E> F |
w: Will ye gae to the ewe-bughts,* Mar-ion, And
G2 A> B | g2 (f>g) | e3 z/g/ | (d<B) B2 |
w: wear in the sheep wi'* me? The sun* shines
c2 (B>c) | A2 B ^d | e2 E> c | (BA) (GF) |
w: sweet, my* Mar-ion, But nae hauf sae sweet* as*
G3 g | (d<B) B2 | c2 (B>c) | A2 B> ^d |
w: thee. The sun* shines sweet, my* Mar-ion, But
e2 E> c | (BA) (GF) | E3 |]
w: nae hauf sae sweet* as* thee.
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W:2.My Marion's a bonny lass,
W:    The blythe blinks ay in her ee;
W:  And fain wad I marry my Marion,
W:    Gin Marion wad marry me.
W:
W:3.There's gowd in your garters, Marion,
W:    And silk on your white hause-bane;
W:  Fu' fain wad I kiss my Marion,
W:    At e'en' when I come hame.
W:
W:4.I've nine milk ewes, my Marion,
W:    A cow, and a brawny quey;
W:  I'll gie them a' to my Marion,
W:    Just on her bridal day.
W:
W:5.And yese get a green-sey apron,
W:    And waistcoat o' Lon'on brown;
W:  Then vow but ye will be vap'rin,
W:    When ye gang to the town.
W:
W:6.I'm young and stout, my Marion;
W:    Nane dances like me on the green;
W:  And gin ye forsake me, Marion,
W:    I'll e'en draw up wi' Jean.
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W:
W:7.Sae put on your pearlings, Marion,
W:    Wi' kirtle of the cramasie;
W:  And sae soon's my chin has nae hair on,
W:    I shall come west, and see thee.
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T: HOW BLYTHE HAE I BEEN
T: to the same air
K:
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W:1.How blythe hae I been wi' my Sandy,
W:    As we sat in the howe o' the glen!
W:  But nae mair can I meet wi' my Sandy,
W:    To the banks o' the Rhine he is gane.
W:
W:2.Alas! that the trumpet's loud clarion
W:    Thus draws a' our shepherds afar;
W:  O cou'dna the ewe-bughts and Marion
W:    Please mair than the horrors o' war!
W:
W:3.Not a plough in our land has been ganging;
W:    The ousen hae stood in their sta';
W:  Nae flails in our barns hae been banging.
W:    For mair than a towmond or twa.
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W:
W:4.Waes me, that the trumpet's shrill clarion
W:    Thus draws a' our shepherds afar!
W:  O, I wish that the ewe-bughts and Marion
W:    Could charm frae the horrors o' war.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/1811/0027
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/Ewe-Bughts_Marion/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/Ewe-Bughts_Marion_1811/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0051

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