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LEWIS GORDON

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LEWIS GORDON - staff notation
X: 1
T: LEWIS GORDON
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.84-85
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The first 3 staffs have the f# written as e#.
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
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G> A B> A G <E {B}A2 |
w: O! send Le-wis Gor-don hame,
G> A B> c d e Hg2 |
w: And the lad I dare-na name;
e> d g B ({Bd}c/B/) (A/G/) {GB}A2 |
w: Tho' his back be at* the* wa',
G> A B> A G <E G2 ][ {FA}G2 B> A
w: Here's to him that's far a-wa. Oh hon, my
G <E {B}A2 | G> A B> c d> e Hg2 |
w: High-land-man! Oh, my bon-ny High-land-man!
e> d {d}g B ({Bd}c/B/) (A/G/) {B}A> B |
w: Weel was I my true-*love* ken, A-
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G> A B> c d <D {G}G2 |]
w: mang ten thou-sand High-land-men.
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W:2.Oh! to see his tartan trews,
W:  Bonnet blue, and laigh-heel'd shoes,
W:  Philabeg aboon his knee!
W:  That's the lad that I'll gang wi'.
W:    Oh hon, &c.
W:
W:3.The princely youth of whom I sing.
W:  Is fitted for to be a king;
W:  On his breast he wears a star;
W:  You'd tak him for the god o' war.
W:    Oh hon, &c.
W:
W:4.O! to see this princely one
W:  Seated on a royal throne!
W:  Disasters a' wad disappear,
W:  Then begins the jub'lee year.
W:    Oh hon, &c,

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