The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . m^ herd - cd sheep; Herd - ed sheep, or ga - therd slaes, Wi my dear lad on a^ * p wm $w—9\m -&- O r«- ^ :^ *r--r*? _f_>_i *—#- Lo - gan braes. But waes my heart! thae days are gane, And, fu o grief, I -4£>- i T_ * f f at—ic —*r _j. .,. «/P -s>- ^ LOGAN WATER. 117 fefe fcfe ± ^=^ lii^^J Lerd my lane, While my dear lad maun face his faes, Far, far frae me and i^E ^m v £££ Eg^d^ rr ig^ e?± ggEgg ^-^L/ e2~. Nae mail, at Logan kirk, will he,Atween the preachings, meet wi me—Meet wi me, or, when its mirk,Convoy me hame frae Lo
The Popular songs of Scotland with their appropriate melodies . m^ herd - cd sheep; Herd - ed sheep, or ga - therd slaes, Wi my dear lad on a^ * p wm $w—9\m -&- O r«- ^ :^ *r--r*? _f_>_i *—#- Lo - gan braes. But waes my heart! thae days are gane, And, fu o grief, I -4£>- i T_ * f f at—ic —*r _j. .,. «/P -s>- ^ LOGAN WATER. 117 fefe fcfe ± ^=^ lii^^J Lerd my lane, While my dear lad maun face his faes, Far, far frae me and i^E ^m v £££ Eg^d^ rr ig^ e?± ggEgg ^-^L/ e2~. Nae mail, at Logan kirk, will he,Atween the preachings, meet wi me—Meet wi me, or, when its mirk,Convoy me hame frae Logan weel may sing, thae days are gane;Frae kirk and fair I come alane,While my dear lad maun face his faes,Far, far frae me and Logan braes. 1 I wander melancholy and alone. At een, when hope amaist is gane,I daunder dowie an forlane,1Or sit beneath the trystin-tree,Where first he spak o love to ! could I see thae days again,My lover skaithless,5 an my ain;Keverd by friends, an far frae faes,Wed live in bliss on Logan braes ! 2 Unharmed. Logan Water. The melody is of considerable antiquity; pathetic, and very Scottish in its the second strain of some printed sets, we find F S twice introduced instead of F tj. The F4 is very clearly amodern interpolation; especially in the second measure of the second strain, where it occurs in the difficult andunvocal form of a leap from Ft) to the augmented octave above, Fit. In William Napiers Collection, 1
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