The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . ^i»*» e^^; e±g UI m/.-/t g§§3 r ^p^fgig#^ J ? r. I ^7L g^^B^p^^ fT1^ /--N Hear me, ye nymphs, and ev - ry swain, Ill tell how Peg - gy ±—g ?S S i ^fffff1 $F=^ -f 4 * T ± *uui Pffi «-—? r • -p—*- =3-= r tI—0 X ^S^sp^g^ s ^^3 grieves me; Tho thus I Ian - guish and com - plain, A - las ! she neer be W^^^^m m W ff • lr~i: S ?• ^ S~ : * f—r r » ^-T-*-g^ _^ i -*—*- FT =3=* S ^Si£^^a^^^ gig ^F 1 r a n :U *±g: Iieves me. My vows and sighs, like si - lent air, Un - heed - ed, ne - ver w- TjT^a* gzabg=g-3 *^ b- r E—!-^- a^*— » -= F~ S=5


The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . ^i»*» e^^; e±g UI m/.-/t g§§3 r ^p^fgig#^ J ? r. I ^7L g^^B^p^^ fT1^ /--N Hear me, ye nymphs, and ev - ry swain, Ill tell how Peg - gy ±—g ?S S i ^fffff1 $F=^ -f 4 * T ± *uui Pffi «-—? r • -p—*- =3-= r tI—0 X ^S^sp^g^ s ^^3 grieves me; Tho thus I Ian - guish and com - plain, A - las ! she neer be W^^^^m m W ff • lr~i: S ?• ^ S~ : * f—r r » ^-T-*-g^ _^ i -*—*- FT =3=* S ^Si£^^a^^^ gig ^F 1 r a n :U *±g: Iieves me. My vows and sighs, like si - lent air, Un - heed - ed, ne - ver w- TjT^a* gzabg=g-3 *^ b- r E—!-^- a^*— » -= F~ S=5E^ J J—j=H=J=i=£ p~~* * #~^r -»—-j—#- ~cr THE BUSH ABOON TBAQUAIR. 45 a piacere. ___ ia,—| ^-i—^ -^ a tempo. Si move her: The bon - nie bush a - boon Traquair, Was where I first did ^^^ttiS. That day she smiled and made me glad, No maid seemd ever kinder;I thought myself the luckiest lad, So sweetly there to find tried to soothe my amorous flame, In words that I thought tender;If more there passd, Im not to blame, I meant not to offend her. Yet now she scornful flies the plain, The fields we then frequented;If eer we meet, she shows disdain, And looks as neer bonnie bush bloomd fair in May, Its sweets Ill aye remember;But now her frowns make it decay, It fades as in December. Ye rural powers, who hear my strains, Why thus should Peggy grieve me ?Oh ! make her partner in my pains, Then let her smiles relieve not, my love will turn despair, My passion no more tender ;Ill leave the bush aboon Traquair, To lonely wilds Ill wander. ? The Bosh aboon Traquair. Mr. Stenhouse says:— This charming pastoral melody is ancient. It wasformerly called The bonnie bush aboon Traquhair. It appears in the Orpheus Caledonius, 1725, adapted to thesame beautiful


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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectsongsen, bookyear1887