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THERE'LL NEVER BE PEACE TILL JAMIE
COMES HAME.
Mournfully.
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as he was sing - ing, the tears down came, There'll
ne - ver be peace till Ja - mie comes hame.
The church is in ruins, the state is in jars,
Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars ;
We darena weel say't, but we ken wha's to blame ;
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,
And now I greet round their green beds in the yird ;
It brak the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld dame ;
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
Now life is a burden that bows me sair down,
Sin' I tint my bairns, and he tint his crown ;
But till my last moments my words arc the same,
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
This plaintive song refers to King James, the abdicated monarch, and has long been
popular amongst the Jacobites. Quaintly, yet powerfully, does- it detail the convulsions
which then so fearfully racked our native land. The air to which it is sung is enchanting.
THERE'LL NEVER BE PEACE TILL JAMIE
COMES HAME.
Mournfully.
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heard a man sine, ' tho' his head it was grey ; And
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as he was sing - ing, the tears down came, There'll
ne - ver be peace till Ja - mie comes hame.
The church is in ruins, the state is in jars,
Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars ;
We darena weel say't, but we ken wha's to blame ;
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword,
And now I greet round their green beds in the yird ;
It brak the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld dame ;
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
Now life is a burden that bows me sair down,
Sin' I tint my bairns, and he tint his crown ;
But till my last moments my words arc the same,
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
This plaintive song refers to King James, the abdicated monarch, and has long been
popular amongst the Jacobites. Quaintly, yet powerfully, does- it detail the convulsions
which then so fearfully racked our native land. The air to which it is sung is enchanting.
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| Description | With music, and descriptive and historical notes. Edited by William Mitchison. To which is added, A biographical sketch of the life of the late John Wilson, the celebrated Scottish vocalist. London: Richard Griffin and Co., [1850]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.166 |
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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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