SAE FLAXEN WERE HER RINGLETS

X: 1
T: SAE FLAXEN WERE HER RINGLETS
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.162-164
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Em
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G | G2 G G2 A | G3 F2 F |
w: Sae flax-en were her ring-lets, Her
E2 E F2 G | A2 G F2 B |
w: eye-brows of a dark-er hue, Be-
B2 A G2 F | E3 E2 ^d | e2 B B2 A |
w: witch-ing-ly o'er-arch-ing Twa laugh-ing een o'
G2 F E2 ^d | e3 B2 ^d | e3 B2 ^d |
w: bon-ny blue. Her smil-ing, sae wyl-ing, Wad
e2 g f2 e | =d2 ^c B2 c |
w: make a wretch for-get his woe; What
d3 A2 ^c | d3 A2 ^c | d2 =f e2 d |
w: plea-sure, what trea-sure, Un-to these ro-sy
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=c2 B A2 e | e2 ^d e2 ^c |
w: lips to grow! Such was my Chlo-ris'
e2 ^c d2 B | e2 g f2 e |
w: bon-ny face, When first her bon-ny
d2 c B2 A | G2 G (G>A) G |
w: face I saw; And ay my Chlo-*ris'
F2 F F2 ^d | e2 B B2 A |
w: dear-est charm, She says she loes me
G2 F E2 |]
w: best of a'.
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W:2.Like harmony her motion.
W:    Her pretty ancle is a spy,
W:  Betraying fair proportion,
W:    Wad make a saint forget the sky,
W:  Sae warming, sae charming,
W:    Her fau'tless form and gracefu' air,
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W:  Ilk feature--auld Nature
W:    Declar'd that she could do nae mair:
W:  Her's are the willing chains o' love,
W:    By conqu'ring Beauty's sov'reign law;
W:  And ay my Chloris' dearest charm.
W:    She says she loes me best of a'.
W:
W:3.Let others love the city.
W:    And gaudy show at sunny noon;
W:  Gie me the lonely valley,
W:    The dewy eve, and rising moon,
W:  Fair beaming, and streaming,
W:    Her silver light the boughs amang,
W:  While falling, recalling,
W:    The am'rous thrush concludes his sang.
W:  There, dearest Chloris, wilt thou rove.
W:    By wimpling burn and leafy shaw,
W:  And hear my vows o' truth and love.
W:    And say thou loes me best of a'.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/0072
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/1811/0072
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/Sae_Flaxen_Were_Her_Ringlets_1811/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0139