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Verses by Allan Ramsay.
Moderato e molto tranquillo.
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Air : Miss Forbes' Farewell."
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2. fair - est, ohoic - est flow'rs I'll crop, To deck my love - ly Ma - ry's hair. And
1. whis-per saft the ten - der tale. By Forth, sweet Forth's me -an-d'ring tide.
2. while I live, I vow and swear, Bhe'U he my chief, my on - ly care.
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* This air appears in Gows Repository, pt. iv., entitled " Miss Forbes' Farewell, by Mr. Isaac Couper, of Banff." It is another vereion of
the old tune, " Twine weel the plaideu " ; see p. 154.