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The Swiss Mountaineer.
"Fain would I see other places."
Swiss 3folfc<=5ong.
Translated.
Molto andante.
V-
Tune— Traditional (1818).
^^
^
^r
1. Fain
gjEb fi
would
I
see
ther
±
^fc
iT
=t
I
*
5£
=«==*=
^i
^SE
^r
Where the sun shines not
so cold,
And
-* ^-
where kind
5±
fa
-fl f U p.
t^
"3T
p
sis
/
ft- PS
2>
ttF
mil
i*
iar fa
I
Smile
Si
as in the
days
of
^E
old.
S
2. Heart, my heart, oh ! why so sad,
While in foreign lands I roam T
Here I sea no mountains snow-clad.
Such as soar in my Swiss home.
The national song of the Swiss is sung to the same tune as the British "God save the Queen," and as this is already given as the second
song in this book, it is not necessary to repeat it.
"Fain would I see other places."
Swiss 3folfc<=5ong.
Translated.
Molto andante.
V-
Tune— Traditional (1818).
^^
^
^r
1. Fain
gjEb fi
would
I
see
ther
±
^fc
iT
=t
I
*
5£
=«==*=
^i
^SE
^r
Where the sun shines not
so cold,
And
-* ^-
where kind
5±
fa
-fl f U p.
t^
"3T
p
sis
/
ft- PS
2>
ttF
mil
i*
iar fa
I
Smile
Si
as in the
days
of
^E
old.
S
2. Heart, my heart, oh ! why so sad,
While in foreign lands I roam T
Here I sea no mountains snow-clad.
Such as soar in my Swiss home.
The national song of the Swiss is sung to the same tune as the British "God save the Queen," and as this is already given as the second
song in this book, it is not necessary to repeat it.
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| Description | Edited, with historical notes and a bibliography, by James Duff Brown ; the music arranged for the pianoforte by Alfred Moffat. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.208 |
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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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