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THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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THE YEAK THAT'S AW A'.
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Here's to the sodger who bled,
And the sailor who bravely did fa' ;
Their fame is alive, though their spirits are fled
On the wings of the year that's ana'.
Their fame is alive, &c.
Here's to the friends we can trust,
When the storms of adversity blaw,
May they live in our song, and be nearest our hearts,
Nor depart like the year that's awa'.
May they live, &o.
" The Year that's awa." This song was written by " Mr. Dunlop, late Collector at the Custom-House of Port-
Glasgow, and father of Mr. Dunlop, author of 'The History of Fiction.'" So says Mr. Robert Chambers in his
Scottish Songs, vol. ii. p. 437. We republish the words given by Mr. Chambers, seeing that in two or three editions
of them set to music, several of the lines have been altered. A misprint of " friend" for " friends," in the first line of
the last stanza, is here corrected. The history of the air, so far as we can learn, is as follows : — " Mr. Robert
Donaldson, printer in Greenock, now in Glasgow, having been reading Dunlop's poems, thought the song so good as
to be worthy of an air ; and calling upon Mr. W. H. Moore, then organist there, (now in Glasgow,) hummed over to
him what he considered might be a melody suited for it. This Mr. Moore remodelled considerably, and published,
probably about the year 1820. It was afterwards taken up by some of the public singers, and became very popular.
Indeed it is still sung about New-year time."
There is another version of the air, which we subjoin on account of its being of less extensive compass than the
original.
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THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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MODERATO.
THE YEAK THAT'S AW A'.
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ga^^s
5=^
Here's to the year that's a - wa' ! We'll drink it in strong ar.d in
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^^^EfcEgEEgEE^^
£F=^
££±$
=*=?=
sma ;
And here's to ilk bon - nie young las - sie we lo'ed, While
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:iz*
zfe
swift flew the year that's a
And here's to ilk bon - nie young
£e
SEi^S
53E
5S&
las - sie we
lo'ed, N\ hile swift flew the year that's a
Here's to the sodger who bled,
And the sailor who bravely did fa' ;
Their fame is alive, though their spirits are fled
On the wings of the year that's ana'.
Their fame is alive, &c.
Here's to the friends we can trust,
When the storms of adversity blaw,
May they live in our song, and be nearest our hearts,
Nor depart like the year that's awa'.
May they live, &o.
" The Year that's awa." This song was written by " Mr. Dunlop, late Collector at the Custom-House of Port-
Glasgow, and father of Mr. Dunlop, author of 'The History of Fiction.'" So says Mr. Robert Chambers in his
Scottish Songs, vol. ii. p. 437. We republish the words given by Mr. Chambers, seeing that in two or three editions
of them set to music, several of the lines have been altered. A misprint of " friend" for " friends," in the first line of
the last stanza, is here corrected. The history of the air, so far as we can learn, is as follows : — " Mr. Robert
Donaldson, printer in Greenock, now in Glasgow, having been reading Dunlop's poems, thought the song so good as
to be worthy of an air ; and calling upon Mr. W. H. Moore, then organist there, (now in Glasgow,) hummed over to
him what he considered might be a melody suited for it. This Mr. Moore remodelled considerably, and published,
probably about the year 1820. It was afterwards taken up by some of the public singers, and became very popular.
Indeed it is still sung about New-year time."
There is another version of the air, which we subjoin on account of its being of less extensive compass than the
original.
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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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