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ROY'S WIFE OF ALDIVALLOCH

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ROY'S WIFE OF ALDIVALLOCH - staff notation
X: 136
T: ROY'S WIFE OF ALDIVALLOCH
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.152-153
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: 1/16
K: D
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AF3 F3 E F3 E F B3 |
w: Roy's* wife of Al-di-val-loch,
AF3 F3 E F3 E F B3 |
w: Roy's* wife of Al-di-val-loch,
A3 F {F}E3 D | d3 e {e}Hf3 e |
w: Wat ye how she cheat-ed me, As
{e}d3 B A3 {Bd} F E3 D E HF2 |]
w: I came o'er the braes o' Bal-loch.
A | A3 (B/c/) d3 f (ed) (ef) d3 A |
w: She vow'd, she* swore, she wad* be* mine; She
A2 B d3 F {F}E3 D E HF3 A |
w: said she lo'ed me best of o-ny; But
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A3 (B/c/) d3 f (ed) (gf) {f}He3 d |
w: oh! the* fic-kle faith-*less* quean, She's
{d}f3 e d3 F | F3 E F2 {A}(d"_Da Capo"B) |]
w: ta'en the carle, and left her John-nie.*
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W:2.O she was a canty quean,
W:    Weel could she dance the Highland walloch;
W:  How happy I, had she been mine,
W:    Or I'd been Roy of Aldivalloch.
W:        Roy's wife, &c.
W:
W:3.Her hair sae fair, her een sae clear,
W:    Her wee bit mou' sae sweet and bonny:
W:  To me she ever will be dear,
W:    Though she's for ever left her Johnnie.
W:        Roy's wife, &c
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