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DAVIDSON'S UNIVERSAL MELODIST.
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ON THE SEAS AND FAR AWAY.
Old Scottish Melody ; the Poetry by Robert Burns.
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O I how can my poor heart be glad, When ab - sent from my sai - lor lad ? Or
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how can I the thought fore-go, — He's on the seas to meet the foe! Where'er I wan - der,
stay, or rove, Still, still my heart is with my love ; My night - ly dreams and
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thoughts by day Are with him that's far a-way.
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On the seas and far a - way, On
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stormy seas and far a-way. Nightly dreams and thoughts by day Are with him that's far away.
At the starless midnight hour,
When winter rules with boundless pow'r.
As the storms the forest tear,
And thunders rend the howling air,
Listening to the doubling roar
Surging on the rocky shore —
All I can — I weep and pray
For his weal that's far away,
Oa the seas, &c.
Peace, thy olive wand extend.
And bid wild War his ravage end —
Man with brother man to meet.
And as a brother kindly greet :
Then may Heav'n with prosperous gales
Fill my sailor's welcome sails, —
To my arms their charge convey
My dear lad that's far away.
On the seas, &c.
THE BIRKS OF INVERMAY.
Old Scottish Melody ; the Poetry by David Mallet.
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The smi-ling moru, the breath-ing spring. In - vite the tune-fu' birds to
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And, while they war - ble from the spray. Love melts the u - ni-
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that flies. And in soft rap-tures waste the day A - mong the birks of In-ver-may '
For soon the winter of the year.
And age, life's winter, will appear; —
As this thy living bloom will fade,
As that will strip the verdant shade.
Our taste of pleasure then is o'er,
The feather'd songsters are no more;
And wheii they drop, and we decay,
Adieu the birks of Iifvermay!