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OP 1 k — ---— y-^p-
- ta - racts foam 'stead of smooth-flow-ing
/Z\ -^Adagio.
A^r
E^=
foun-tains,
sigh
dark Loch- na-
Ah ! there my young footsteps in infancy wander'd,
My cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid ;
On chieftains departed my memory pondered,
As daily I stray'd through the pine-cover' d glade.
I sought not my home till the day's dying glory
Gave place to the rays of the bright polar star,
For fancy was cheer'd by traditional story,
Disclos'd by the natives of dark Loch-na-garr.
Shades of the dead, have I not heard your voices
Rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale ?
Surely the soul of the hero rejoices,
And rides on the wind o'er his own Highland vale.
Round Loch-na-garr while the stormy mist gathers,
Winter presides in his cold icy car ;
Clouds there encircle the forms of my fathers !
They dwell 'mid the tempests of dark Loch-na-garr.
Ill starr'd, though brave, did no vision foreboding,
Tell you that fate had forsaken your cause?
Ah ! were ye then destined to die at Culloden,
Though victory crown'd not your fall with applause?
Still were ye happy in death's earthy slumbers ;
You rest with your clan in the caves of Braemar ;
The pibroch resounds to the piper's loud numbers,
Your deeds to the echoes of wild Loch-na-garr.
Years have roll'd on, Loch-na-garr, since I left you !
Years must elapse ere I see you again ;
Though nature of verdure and flowers has bereft you,
Yet still thou art dearer than Albion's plain.
England, thy beauties are tame and domestic
To one who has rov'd on the mountains afar !
Oh ! for the crags that are wild and majestic,
The steep frowning glories of dark Loch-na-garr !
^rtgmg^n
OP 1 k — ---— y-^p-
- ta - racts foam 'stead of smooth-flow-ing
/Z\ -^Adagio.
A^r
E^=
foun-tains,
sigh
dark Loch- na-
Ah ! there my young footsteps in infancy wander'd,
My cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid ;
On chieftains departed my memory pondered,
As daily I stray'd through the pine-cover' d glade.
I sought not my home till the day's dying glory
Gave place to the rays of the bright polar star,
For fancy was cheer'd by traditional story,
Disclos'd by the natives of dark Loch-na-garr.
Shades of the dead, have I not heard your voices
Rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale ?
Surely the soul of the hero rejoices,
And rides on the wind o'er his own Highland vale.
Round Loch-na-garr while the stormy mist gathers,
Winter presides in his cold icy car ;
Clouds there encircle the forms of my fathers !
They dwell 'mid the tempests of dark Loch-na-garr.
Ill starr'd, though brave, did no vision foreboding,
Tell you that fate had forsaken your cause?
Ah ! were ye then destined to die at Culloden,
Though victory crown'd not your fall with applause?
Still were ye happy in death's earthy slumbers ;
You rest with your clan in the caves of Braemar ;
The pibroch resounds to the piper's loud numbers,
Your deeds to the echoes of wild Loch-na-garr.
Years have roll'd on, Loch-na-garr, since I left you !
Years must elapse ere I see you again ;
Though nature of verdure and flowers has bereft you,
Yet still thou art dearer than Albion's plain.
England, thy beauties are tame and domestic
To one who has rov'd on the mountains afar !
Oh ! for the crags that are wild and majestic,
The steep frowning glories of dark Loch-na-garr !
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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