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the ABSENT LOVER

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the ABSENT LOVER - staff notation
X: 1
T: the ABSENT LOVER
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.187-189
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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(f/e/) | d A A> F A2 z(f/e/) |
w: What* ails this heart o' mine? What*
d B B> A B2 (B>d) | A B d d
w: ails this wa-t'ry ee? What* gars me ay turn
e f Ha> b | {b}a f {f}e d B3 :||:
w: cauld as death, When I tak leave o' thee?
(f/g/) | a>b a f a3 d' |
w: When* thou art far a-wa, Thou'lt
b> c' b a b3 Hy d' | a f e d
w: dear-er grow to me; But change o' fouk, and
d e f> b | {g}a f {f}e d B3 |:
w: change o' place, may gar thy fan-cy jee.
%page 188
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W:2.Then I'll sit down and moan,
W:    Just by yon spreading tree,
W:  And gin a leaf fa' in my lap,
W:    I'll ca't a word frae thee.
W:  Syne I'll gang to the bower,
W:    Which thou wi' roses tied,
W:  Twas ttiere by mony a blushing bud
W:    I strove my love to hide.
W:
W:3.I'll doat on ilka spot
W:    Whare I hae been wi' thee;
W:  I'll ca' to mind some fond love tale,
W:    By ev'ry burn and tree.
W:  'Tis hope that cheers the mind,
W:    Tho' lovers absent be,
W:  And when I think I see thee still,
W:    I'll think I'm still wi' thee.
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%page 189
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T: O, MARY, TURN AWA
T: To the same air
K:
W:1.O, Mary, turn awa
W:    That bonny face o' thine,
W:  And dinna, dinna shaw that breast,
W:    That never can be mine.
W:  Can aught o' warld's gear
W:    E'er cool my bosom's care?
W:  Na, na, for ilka look o' thine,
W:    It only feeds despair.
W:
W:2.Then, Mary, turn awa
W:    That bonny face o' thine;
W:  O dinna, dinna shaw that breast,
W:    That never can be mine!
W:  Wi' love's severest pangs
W:    My heart is laden sair,
W:  And o'er my breast the grass maun grow,
W:    Ere I am free frae care.
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