Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Wood's edition of the songs of Scotland

24
THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
IT WAS UPON A LAMMAS NIGHT.
' = 112
ALLEGRETTO.
I— *-
AIR " CORN RIOS.
ife
^
1FT-
=tf
It
was up - on
Lam - mas night, When corn
rigs are
££
m—. a-*—
m
si
iztd
bon - nie, O, Be - neath the moon's un - cloud - ed light, I
held
to
zt ^-4 , \-^=^i
— £. n 1 ^BL
nt
ziifzzzzMz
fcEg
An - nie, O : The time flew by wi J
tent - less heed, Till 'tween the late and
s
^P— 0-
tt=T
33
s
TtH 5 *!-!^
^S
tii*
-Jzti
-*-•-*-*
-i*j — -=
ear - ly, O, Wi' sma' per - sua - sion she a - greed To see me through the
l^ffl^^^^p
is
s^
bar - ley, O.
tt
Corn rigs, and
a piacere.
bar - ley rigs,
a tempo.
Corn ri
gs are
bon -nie, O: I'll ne'er for - get that hap - py night, A - mang the rigs wi' An - nie, O.
The sky was blue, the wind was still,
The moon was shining clearly, :
I set her down wi' right good will.
A mang the rigs o' barley, :
I ken't her heart was a' my ain ;
I loved her most sincerely, O ;
I kiss'd her ower and ower again,
Amang the rigs o' barley, 0.
Corn rigs, &c.
I lock'd her in my fond embrace !
Her heart was beating rarely, :
My blessings on that happy place,
Amang the rigs o' barley, !
But by the moon and stars so bright,
That shone that hour so clearly, !
She aye shall bless that happy night,
Amang the rigs o' barley, !
Corn rigs, &c.
I hae been blithe wi' comrades dear;
I hae been merry drinkin', ;
I hae been joyfu' gath'rin' gear ;
1 hae been happy thinkin', :
But a' the pleasures e'er I saw,
Tho' three times doubled fairly, 0,
That happy night was worth them a',
Amang the rigs o' barley, 0.
Corn rigs, &c.
" Corn Rigs." The above verses were written by Burns, in his earlier years, to the old tune of" Corn Rigs." It
is said that Annie Ronald, afterwards Mrs. Paterson of Aikenbrae, was the inspirer of the song. See Allan Cunning-
ham's Works of Robert Burns, p. 841. In Ramsay's " Gentle Shepherd," the song, " My Patie is a lover gay," is to
the tune of" Corn Rigs." " There was a much older Scottish song, however, than that of Ramsay, adapted to this
tune, of which the following lines are the chorus : —
' Corn rigs, and rye rigs,
And corn rigs are bonnie,' &c.
The tune appears in Craig's Collection, in 1730. Craig was a very old man when he published his Collection, for lie
was one of the principal violin-players at the Edinburgh concerts in 1B95. Mr. Gay selected this tune for one of
his songs in the musical opera of ' Polly,' beginning ' Should I not be bold when honour calls,' printed, but not acted,
in 1729." See Museum Illustrations, vol. i. p. 96.