TULLOCHGORUM

X: 159
T: TULLOCHGORUM
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.264-268
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: In bar 1, the A hs a dotted 8th note; clearly wrong. Similarly bar 10, the first G.
N: The 2nd strain has initial repeat but no final repeat. Repeat it as you like.
N: "Tory" is spelled several ways in the lyrics.
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Gmix
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d | B> G d> G c> F A> c |
w: Come gie's a sang, the la-dy cried, And
B> G d> G B> c d> g |
w: lay your dis-putes all a-side; What
c> G d> G c F A> B |
w: non-sense is't for folks to chide For
G> g d> c B2 A :: B |
w: wha's been done be-fore them. Let
G> g d> f c> F A2 |
w: whig and tor-ry all a-gree,
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G> g d> g B> g d> g |
w: Whig and to-ry, Whig and to-ry,
G> g d> f c> F A> B |
w: Whig and to-ry all a-gree To
G> g d> c B2 A> B |
w: drop their whig-meg-mo-rum. Let
G> g d> f c> F A> B |
w: Whig and to-ry all a-gree To
G> g d> e f> g a> g |
w: spend the night wi' mirth and glee, And
f> e d> f c> F A> B |
w: cheer-fu' sing a-lang wi' me The
G> g d> c B2 A |]
w: Reel of Tul-loch-go-rum.
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W:2.Tullochgorum's my delight,
W:  It gars us a' in ane unite,
W:  And ony sumph that keeps up spite.
W:    In conscience I abhor him:
W:  Blithe and merry we's be a',
W:    Blithe and merry,
W:    Blithe and merry,
W:  Blithe and merry we's be a',
W:    To make a cheerfu' quorum;
W:  Blithe and merry we's be a',
W:  As lang as we hae breath to draw,
W:  And dance till we be like to fa',
W:    The Reel of Tulloehgorum.
W:
W:3.There needs na be sae great a phrase
W:  Wi' bringing dull Italian lays;
W:  I wadna gie our ain Strathspeys
W:    For hauf a hunder score o'm.
W:  They're dowff and dowie at the best,
W:    Dowff and dowie,
W:    Dowff and dowie,
W:  They're dowff and dowie at the best,
W:    Wi' a' their variorum:
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W:  They're dowff and dowie at the best,
W:  Their allegro's, and a' the rest,
W:  They canna please a Highland taste,
W:    Compar'd wi' Tullochgorum.
W:
W:4.Let wardly minds themselves oppress,
W:  Wi' fear o' want, and double cess,
W:  And silly sauls themselves distress,
W:    Wi' keeping up decorum.
W:  Shall we sae sour and silky sit,
W:    Sour and silky,
W:    Sour and silky,
W:  Shall we sae sour and silky sit.
W:  Like auld Philosophorum?
W:  Shall we sae sour and silky sit,
W:  Wi' neither sense, nor mirth, nor wit,
W:  And canna rise to shake a fit
W:    To the Reel of Tullochgorum?
W:
W:5.May choicest blessings still attend
W:  Each honest-hearted open friend.
W:  And calm and quiet be his end,
W:    Be a' that's gude before him!
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W:  May peace and plenty be his lot,
W:    Peace and plenty,
W:    Peace and plenty,
W:  May peace and plenty be his lot.
W:  And dainties a great store o'm:
W:  May peace and plenty be his lot,
W:  Unstain'd by any vicious blot!
W:  And may he never want a groat
W:    That's fond of Tullochgorum.
W:
W:6.But for the discontented fool,
W:    Wha wants to be oppression's tool,
W:  May envy gnaw his rotten soul,
W:  And blackest fiends devour him!
W:  May dole and sorrow be his chance,
W:    And honest souls abhor him:
W:  May dole and sorrow be his chance,
W:    Dole and sorrow,
W:    Dole and sorrow,
W:  May dole and sorrow be his chance,
W:  And a the ills that come frae France,
W:  Whae'er he be that winna dance
W:    The Reel of Tullochgorum.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/0086
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/1811/0086
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1811/Tullochgorum/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/Tullochgorum_1811/0000