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LOVELY JEAN.
BURNS.
Tune — Miss Admiral Goi'don's Strathspey.
Of a' the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west ;
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lass that I lo'e best :
Though wild woods grow, and rivers row,
Wi' monie a hill between,
Baith day and night my fancy's flight
Is ever wi' my Jean.
I see her in the dewy flow'rs,
Sae lovely, sweet, and fair ;
I hear her voice in ilka bird
Wi' music charms the air:
There's not a bonnie flow'r that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green.
Nor yet a bonnie bird that sings,
But minds me o' my Jean.
O blaw, ye westlin winds, blaw saft,
Amang the leafy trees !
Wi' gentle gale, frae muir and dale,
Bring hame the laden bees I
And bring the lassie back to me.
That's aye sae neat and clean :
Ae blink o' her wad banish care ;
Sae lovely is my Jean.
W^hat sighs and vows, araang the knowes,
Hae past atween us twa !
How fain to meet, how wae to part.
That day she gaed awa !
LOVELY JEAN.
BURNS.
Tune — Miss Admiral Goi'don's Strathspey.
Of a' the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west ;
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lass that I lo'e best :
Though wild woods grow, and rivers row,
Wi' monie a hill between,
Baith day and night my fancy's flight
Is ever wi' my Jean.
I see her in the dewy flow'rs,
Sae lovely, sweet, and fair ;
I hear her voice in ilka bird
Wi' music charms the air:
There's not a bonnie flow'r that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green.
Nor yet a bonnie bird that sings,
But minds me o' my Jean.
O blaw, ye westlin winds, blaw saft,
Amang the leafy trees !
Wi' gentle gale, frae muir and dale,
Bring hame the laden bees I
And bring the lassie back to me.
That's aye sae neat and clean :
Ae blink o' her wad banish care ;
Sae lovely is my Jean.
W^hat sighs and vows, araang the knowes,
Hae past atween us twa !
How fain to meet, how wae to part.
That day she gaed awa !
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Scottish songs > Volume 2 > (32) Page 332 - Lovely Jean |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90426320 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105a |
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| Description | Collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Co., for W. Tait, 1829. 2 volumes (627 pages). Paged continuously. Without music; tunes indicated by title. Partial contents: A weary lot is thine -- Donald Caird -- From the brown crest of Newark -- Nora's vow -- O, hush thee, my baby -- The cyprus wreath -- Young Lochinvar -- Where shall the lover rest -- Blue bonnets over the border -- Jock o' Hazeldean -- Pibroch of Donuil Dhu -- Hunting song -- The foray -- MacGregor's gathering. The bonnets of Bonnie Dundee is listed among the Contents but is not included. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.105-105a |
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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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