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Verses by Burns.
. Allegretto vivo,
Xast flDa^ a braw wooer.'
Air : " The Lothian Lassie."
1. May a braw woo - er cam' doun the lang glen, And sair wi' his love he did deave me ; I
3. weel stook-it mail - in', him -sel' o't the laird, And marriage aff- hand,was his prof - fer ; I
5. a' the next week, as I fret - ted wi' care, I gaed to the tryst o' Dal - gar - knock, And
7. spier'd for my cou - sin, fu' cou-thie and sweet. Grin she had re - cov - er'd he r hear - in', And
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on that I kennt it, or cared. But thocht I mioht hae a waur
braw fie - kle woo - er was there! — Wha glow - er'd as he'd seen a
shoon fit - ted her shauch-1'd feet, — Gude sauf us ! how he fell a -
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1. lieve me, be - lieve me, The deuce gae wi' him
3. of - fer, waur of - fer, But thocht I micht hae
5. war - lock, a war - lock, Wha glow- er'd as he'd
7. swear - in', a- swear - in', Gude sauf us! how he
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* " This humorous song was written hy Burns in 1787, for the second volume of the Museum; but Johnson, the pubhsher who was a
religious and well-meaning man, appeare<l fastidious about its insertion, as one or two expressions in it seemed somewhat irreverent. 3!urns
afterwards made several alterations upon the song and sent it to Mr. George Thomson for his collection, who re;idily admitted it into his
second volume, and the song soon became very popular. Jolmson, however, did not consider it at all improved by the later alterations of our
bard He therefore published thesongas originally written by Burns for his work." — {Mu&euDi Illus'tratums. p. 460.) The song
and air appear in the sixth volume of the lUuseum, p. 538. Stenhouse gives the original name of this tune as " The Queen of the Loatliians."
A copy of the old verses is given after Burns' song in the Museum. We have adopted the version of "Last May a braw wooer," sent by
Burns 'to George Thomson.