The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . E: ur »/! 3i ?=?= I^a=^^l^ ggg; p E S35 f*=fc ^ ^=F a wait - ed my wan - dring At eve - uing, the wild woods a - m m ti r g^ -*• mm ?j WHERE ARE THE JOYS? 255. S3; The last stanza may be omitted. No more a-winding the course of yon river,And marking sweet flowrets so fair ; No more I trace the light footsteps of pleasure,But sorrow and sad sighing care. Is it that summers forsaken our vallies, And grim surly winter is near ?No, no; the bees humming round the gay roses, Proclaim it the pride of the year. Fain would I hide what I fe
The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . E: ur »/! 3i ?=?= I^a=^^l^ ggg; p E S35 f*=fc ^ ^=F a wait - ed my wan - dring At eve - uing, the wild woods a - m m ti r g^ -*• mm ?j WHERE ARE THE JOYS? 255. S3; The last stanza may be omitted. No more a-winding the course of yon river,And marking sweet flowrets so fair ; No more I trace the light footsteps of pleasure,But sorrow and sad sighing care. Is it that summers forsaken our vallies, And grim surly winter is near ?No, no; the bees humming round the gay roses, Proclaim it the pride of the year. Fain would I hide what I fear to discover,Yet long, long too well have I known All that has caused this wreck in my bosom,Is Jenny, fair Jenny, alone. [Time cannot aid me, my griefs are immortal, Nor hope dare a comfort bestow;Come then, enamourd, and fond of my anguish, Enjoyment Ill seek in my woe.] Where are the jots I have met in the morning V The air, Saw ye my father ? does not appear in anyvery early musical publication. The old words first appeared in Herds Collection, 1769. In a letter written inSeptember 1793, to Mr. George Thomson, Burns expresses himself thus:—Saw ye my father is one of mygreatest favourites. The evening before
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