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Voice.
PlANOo
Come unber mi? plaibie.^
Verses by Hectoe Macneill.
Con anima.
Air : " Johnnie M'GiU."
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1. Come un - der my plaid - is, the night's gaun to fa',
2. Gae wa' wi' your plaid - ie, auld Don - aid, gae 'wa,
3. Dear Ma - rian, let that flea stick fast to the wa',
4. My fa - ther aye tell'd me, my mi - ther and a',
5. She crap in a - yont him be - side the stane wa',
Come t in frae the cauld blast, the
I fear na the cauld blast, the
Tour Jock's but a gouk and has
Ye'd mak a gude hus- band and
Whar John - nie was list' - ning and
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1. drift an' the snaw ;
2. drift, nor the snaw !
3. nae - thing a - va ;
4. keep me ay braw,
5. heard her tell a',
Come un - der my plaid - ie an'
Gae 'wa wi' your plaid -ie! I'll
The ham o'
It's true I
his pack he has
sit down be - side me, There's
no sit be - si'le ye! Te
now on his back. He's
lo'e John-nie, he's sude and he's bon - nie. But
The day was ap - point - ed, his jiroud heart it dunt - ed. And
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* Of this song Mr. Patrick Buchan writes ; " Tliis is tiie best song Macneill ever wrote, and early gained tliat popularity to which it is
justly entitled. It is somewhat strange that in most of Macneill's songs we find the lovers unequally matched, either by a young lassie and
an old man, or vice versa. The air, ' Johnny MacGill,' is by a Dumfries fiddler of tlie same na:ne, and is truly a spirited and lively pro-
duction" (Garland of Scotia, 1841). John MacGill, oi Girvan, Dumfries, flourished about the beginning of last century. The au- was first
published in Joshua'Campbell'a A CoXUciion of the Newest and best Seels. Glasgow, 1778.