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THOU HAST LEFT ME EVER, JAMIE.
BURNS.
Tune — Fee him, Father.
Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever ;
Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever.
Aften hast thou vow'd that death
Only should us sever ;
Now thou'st left thy lass for aye —
I maun see thee never, Jamie,
I'll see thee never.
Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,
Thou hast me forsaken ;
Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,
Thou hast me forsaken.
Thou canst love another jo.
While my heart is breaking :
Soon my weary een I'll close.
Never more to waken, Jamie,
Never more to waken.*
* " I enclose you," says Bums to Mr Thomson, [Correspondence, No.
XLII.] " Frazer's set of « Fee him, father.' When he plays it slow, he makes
it, in fact, the language of despair. I shall here give you two stanzas in
that style, merely to try if it will be any improvement. Were it possible,
in singing, to give it half the pathos which Frazer gives it in playing, it
would make an admirable pathetic song. I do not give these verses for any
merit they have. I composed them at the time Patie Allan's mother died ;
that was about the back of midnight ; and by the lee-side of a bowl of punch,
which had overset every mortal in company, except the hautbois and the
muse."
The editor of this work had the pleasure of hearing Mr Frazer play " Fee
him; father," in the exquisite style above described, at his benefit in the
Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, 1822. After having for many years occupied
the station of hautbois-player, in the orchestra of that place of amusement,
he died in 1825, with the character of having been the very best performer
on this difficult, but beautiful instrument, of his time, in Scotland.
THOU HAST LEFT ME EVER, JAMIE.
BURNS.
Tune — Fee him, Father.
Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever ;
Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever.
Aften hast thou vow'd that death
Only should us sever ;
Now thou'st left thy lass for aye —
I maun see thee never, Jamie,
I'll see thee never.
Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,
Thou hast me forsaken ;
Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,
Thou hast me forsaken.
Thou canst love another jo.
While my heart is breaking :
Soon my weary een I'll close.
Never more to waken, Jamie,
Never more to waken.*
* " I enclose you," says Bums to Mr Thomson, [Correspondence, No.
XLII.] " Frazer's set of « Fee him, father.' When he plays it slow, he makes
it, in fact, the language of despair. I shall here give you two stanzas in
that style, merely to try if it will be any improvement. Were it possible,
in singing, to give it half the pathos which Frazer gives it in playing, it
would make an admirable pathetic song. I do not give these verses for any
merit they have. I composed them at the time Patie Allan's mother died ;
that was about the back of midnight ; and by the lee-side of a bowl of punch,
which had overset every mortal in company, except the hautbois and the
muse."
The editor of this work had the pleasure of hearing Mr Frazer play " Fee
him; father," in the exquisite style above described, at his benefit in the
Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, 1822. After having for many years occupied
the station of hautbois-player, in the orchestra of that place of amusement,
he died in 1825, with the character of having been the very best performer
on this difficult, but beautiful instrument, of his time, in Scotland.
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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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