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THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. 25
Pi^ ^m^mm ^
flow - ers of the fair - est, most plea - sant and gay ; Sat
bon-nywas their bloom-ing! their scent the air per-fu-ming! But
-sJ— :
now they are wi-ther-ed and weed-ed a - way.
I 've felt all its favours and found its decay ;
Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing,
But now it is fled — fled far away !
I 've seen the forest adorned the foremost
With flowers of the fairest, most pleasant and gay ;
Sae bonnie was their blooming ! their scent the air per-
fuming !
But now they are withered and weeded away.
I 've seen the morning with gold the hills adorning,
And loud tempest storming before the mid-day.
I 've seen Tweed's silver streams, shining in the sunny beams,
Grow drumly and dark as he rowed on his way.
Oh, fickle Fortune, why this cruel sporting ?
Oh, why still perplex us, poor sons of a day ?
Nae mair your smiles can cheer me, nae mair your frowns
can fear me ;
For the Flowers of the Forest are withered away.
Pi^ ^m^mm ^
flow - ers of the fair - est, most plea - sant and gay ; Sat
bon-nywas their bloom-ing! their scent the air per-fu-ming! But
-sJ— :
now they are wi-ther-ed and weed-ed a - way.
I 've felt all its favours and found its decay ;
Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing,
But now it is fled — fled far away !
I 've seen the forest adorned the foremost
With flowers of the fairest, most pleasant and gay ;
Sae bonnie was their blooming ! their scent the air per-
fuming !
But now they are withered and weeded away.
I 've seen the morning with gold the hills adorning,
And loud tempest storming before the mid-day.
I 've seen Tweed's silver streams, shining in the sunny beams,
Grow drumly and dark as he rowed on his way.
Oh, fickle Fortune, why this cruel sporting ?
Oh, why still perplex us, poor sons of a day ?
Nae mair your smiles can cheer me, nae mair your frowns
can fear me ;
For the Flowers of the Forest are withered away.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Songs of Scotland prior to Burns > (29) Page 25 |
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| Description | With the tunes. Edited by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh ; London : W. & R. Chambers, 1890. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.118 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | Over 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson. |
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