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BANKS AND BRAES O' BONNY DOON

Found in 1811.abc from the John Chambers' music books abc collection

X: 6
T: BANKS AND BRAES O' BONNY DOON
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.76-78
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: There is a curious double-line spacer between verses 2 and 3 which isn't explained.  This might
N: indicate two unrelated sets of lyrics to this air.  The 1806 edition doesn't have this spacer.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
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A | d2d (ed) e | (fg) f (ed) e |
w: Ye banks and braes* o' bon-*ny Doon,* How
(fe) d (dB) A | (AB) d e2 A |
w: can* you bloom* sae fresh* and fair? How
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d2 d (ed) e | (fg) f (ed) e | {de}(fe) d
w: can ye sing,* ye lit-*tle birds,* While I'm* sae
(dB) A | (AB) d d2 :: f | a2 b
w: wea-*ry fu'* o' care? Ye'll break my
(af) d | a2 b (af) d | (af) d (af) d |
w: heart,* ye lit-tle birds,* That war-*ble on* the
{b}Ha2 "^Ad lib."(g/f/) {f}He2 A | d2 d (ed) e | {de}(fg) f
w: flow'-ry* thorn; Ye mind me o'* de-part-*ed
(ed) e | {de}(fe) d (dB) A | (AB) d d2 :|
w: joys,* De-part-*ed, ne-*ver to* re-turn.
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W:2.Aft hae I strayed by bonny Doon,
W:    To see the rose and woodbine twine,
W:  And hear ilk bird sing of its love,
W:    As fondly sae did I of mine:
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W:  Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose,
W:    Sae sweet upon its thorny tree;
W:  But my fause love has stown the rose.
W:    And left the sharpest thorn to me.
W:3.O blaw, ye flow'rs, your bonny bloom.
W:    And draw the wild birds to the burn!
W:  For Lumon promis'd me a ring,
W:    And ye maun aid me, should I mourn,
W:  O na, na, na, ye needna bloom!
W:    My een are dim and drowsy worn;
W:  Ye bonny birds, ye needna sing,
W:    For Lumon never will return.
W:
W:4.My Lumen's love, in broken sighs,
W:    At dawning day by Doon ye'se hear;
W:  At mid-day, by the willow green,
W:    For him I'll shed the silent tear.
W:  Sweet birds! I ken ye'll pity me,
W:    And join me wi' a plaintive sang,
W:  While echoe waked, to aid the mane
W:    I mak for him I lo'ed sae lang.
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