WHAT CAN A YOUNG LASSIE

X: 89
T: WHAT CAN A YOUNG LASSIE
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.158-159
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Missing flag added to the B in bar 2.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bm
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F | B> c B d> e f |
w: What can a young las-sie, what
e> f d c> B A | B> c B
w: shall a young las-sie, What shall a young
d> e f | A F F F2 F | B> c B
w: las-sie do wi' an auld man? Bad luck on the
d> e f | e> f d c> B A |
w: pen-ny that tempt-ed my min-nie, To
f> e d c> B A | F B B B2 |]
w: sell her poor Jen-ny for houses and land.
d | F <D D F <E E | A F F
w: He's al-ways com-plain-in', frae morn-in' to
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F <G d | F D D F <E E |
w: e'en-in'; He hosts and he hir-ples the
A <F A B2 d | F> D D
w: wea-ry day lang; He's doy'lt and he's
F <E E | A F A B d e |
w: do-zen, his blude it is fro-zen, O
f> e d c3/ B A/ | F B B B2 |]
w: drea-ry's my life wi' a cra-zy auld man!
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W:2.He hums and he hankers, he frets and he cankers;
W:    I never can please him, do a' that I can;
W:  He's peevish, and jealous o' a' the young fellows;
W:    O dool on the day I met wi' an auld man!
W:  My auld auntie Katie upon me taks pity,
W:    I'll do my endeavour to follow her plan;
W:  I'll cross him, and wrack him, until I heart break him.
W:    And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/1811/0091
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/What_Can_a_Young_Lassie/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/What_Can_a_Young_Lassie_1811/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0170

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