The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . a housein the village of Waterloo, to die. P. 163, et seq. Cameron addresses the piper: Come near me, Macvurich; Iwould hear the blast of the pipe once more ere I die. Play the ancient Death-Song of the Skye-men ; my fore-fathers have often heard it without shrinking. Oran an Aoig ? said the piper, raising his drones. TheColonel moved his hand, and Macvurich began to screw the pipes and sound a prelude on the reeds, whose notes,even in this harsh and discordant way, caused the eyes of the Highlander to flash and glare, as it rouse
The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . a housein the village of Waterloo, to die. P. 163, et seq. Cameron addresses the piper: Come near me, Macvurich; Iwould hear the blast of the pipe once more ere I die. Play the ancient Death-Song of the Skye-men ; my fore-fathers have often heard it without shrinking. Oran an Aoig ? said the piper, raising his drones. TheColonel moved his hand, and Macvurich began to screw the pipes and sound a prelude on the reeds, whose notes,even in this harsh and discordant way, caused the eyes of the Highlander to flash and glare, as it roused the fiercenorthern spirit in his bosom. He ordered that strange old tune to be played from the first moment I declaredhis wound to be mortal, said the surgeon in a low voice. It is one of the saddest and wildest T ever heardAnd thus died the brave Cameron at Waterloo, the last earthly sounds he heard being those of the air Oran an Aoig <Aj 58 SCOTTISH SONGS. MY HEARTS IN THE HIGHLANDS. AIR, CllO CHALLIN. = 66 ARRANGED EI J. I. SUREHKK. Andante iiii^ii^rt -i -=»* ?3& SEgg isS My hearts in the High - lands, my heart is not here; My . a mm^m p^ r :r% aj pj_ i^^ f JX ifzraz Q: a fc=& -f—i—i- m -a—g- E5 hearts in the Highlands, a - chas - ing the deer. A - chas - ing the M m JLLLj *E£ ^P=i j__j_J_ a—«_i—B 1— wild deer, and follow - ing the roe, My hearts in the Highlands where - B . 1 rA . imm m3E -0 . ,3_ f 1 f :£=£t );; -<9- i i r t oj !j# MY HEARTS IN THE HIGHLANDS. 59
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