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TWINE WEEL THE PLAIDEN

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TWINE WEEL THE PLAIDEN - staff notation
X: 1
T: TWINE WEEL THE PLAIDEN
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.109-110
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Added flag to last note in first measure to fix the rhythm, to match measure 3.
M: C
L: 1/16
K: D
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(DE) | F2 A2 {G}F2 (ED) E2 (FA) B3  B |
w: O* I hae lost my* sil-ken* snood, That
A3 B {B}A2 (GF) {F}A4 D2 (DE) | F2 (FA) {G}F2 E D
w: tied my hair sae* yel-low; I've* gien my* heart to the
E2 (FA) B3 B | A3 B (ABd) F {F}A4 D2 |][|
w: lad I* lo'ed, He was a gal-**lant fel-low.
(AB/c/) | d3 e d2 (cB) {d}c2 (BA) A2 (Bc) |
w: And** twine it weel, my* bon-ny* dow, And*
d3 e {e}d2 (cB) {B}e4 A2 (Bc) | d2 (de) {e}d2 (cB)
w: twine it weel, the* plaid-en; The* las-sie* lost her
{c}B2 A2 HF2 (fe) | d3 B (BA) (dF) TE4 {DE}D2 |]
w: silk-en snood, In* pu'ing o'* the* brack-en.
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W:2.He prais'd my een sae bonny blue,
W:    Sae lily-white my skin, O,
W:  And syne he pried my bonny mou',
W:    And swore it was nae sin, O.
W:      And twine, &c.
W:
W:3.But he has left the lass he lo'ed,
W:    His ain true-love forsaken;
W:  Which gars me sair to greet the snood
W:    I lost amang the bracken.
W:      And twine, &c.
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