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WHEN THE KYE COME HAME.*
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Verses by James Hoog.
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1. Come, all ye jol -ly sliep-herds.that Tvhis-tle thro' the glen, I'll tell ye o' a se - creTThat
2. There the black-bird biggs his nest for the mate he loves to see, And up up-on the topmost bough,oh,
3. See yon - der paw-ky shep - herd that lin-gers on the hill. His yowes are in ^the fauld, and his
4. A - wa' wi' fame and for -tune, what com-fort can they gi'e? And a' the arts that prey on man's
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2. woo his bon - nie lass - ie when the kye come hams. I -nri, i-u i \. . i ,-,
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3. meet his bon - me lass-ie when the kye come hame. -^ ' ^" "'"'^
4. bon - nie, bon - nie lass - ie, when the kye come hamej
kye come hame, 'Tween the gloam - in' and the mirk, when the kye come hame.
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This air is a considerably altered version of the one known'as, "Shame fa' the gear and the blethrie o't.'