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(28) Page 8 - Ae fond kiss, and then we sever
Voice.
Piano.
He fonb \\\55, anb then we scocV
Verses by Burns.
Andantiiio.
Air : " Eory Dall's Port."
con Ped,
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1. As fond kiss and
2. I'll ne'er blame my .
3. Fare thee -weel, thou
then we sev - - er ; Ae fare - weel and
par - tial fan - - cy, Nae thing could re -
first and fair - - est! Tare thee weel, thou
sempre ped.
* Burns wrote these verses in 1J90 to the tune of" Kory Ball's Port." This he mentions on his JIS. sent to Johnson for The Scots' SlusicaX
Musmm. In Captain Fraser's CoUection of Airs and "elodies Peculiar to the Highlands, a version of tllis tune is found under the name of
The Cow-Boy. The composer of the air was Roderick Morrison, usually called Ball, or the blind. He was one of the last native Highland
harpers, and died circa 1670.

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