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Mbere are tbe jo^s 3 bave met in tbe morninG?*
Verses by Buens^ Air : " Saw ye my father ? "
Piano,
1. Where are the joys I have met in the morn - ing, That danc'd
2. Is it that sura - mer's for - sak - en our val - leys, And grim
3. Fain would I hide what I fear to dis - cov - er, Yet long.
to the
sur - ly
long too
_ p molto rit. e dim.
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1. wait - ed my wand - 'ring At ev' - ning the wild woods a - mong?
2. round the gay ros - es, Pro - claim it the pride of the year.
3. wreck in my bo - som Is Jen - nie, fair Jen - nie, a - lone.
* The old verses seem to have been first published in Herd's Collection of Scottish Songs, Ancient Ralla'ls, etc. (1st ed. 1V69), under the title
of "The Grey Cock," and, with the air, in Vocal Music; or. The Songster's Companion, VI12. 'ihe air is also to be found in Straiqht
<l- Skillern's Coiintnj Dances for 17!3, a work issued about October, 111% and in The Universal Magazine for January, 1113. In the latter
volume it is entitled, " A favourite Scotch Song." Chappell's sug/?estion that Hook composed the inelody is extremely improbable. Burns
wrote the soDfj, " W here are the joys," in September, i "93, for George Thomson's Collection. In a letter to Thomson lie refers to the tune as
" one of my greatest favourites " (see letter jSo. 42 of Dr. Currie's Complete Works of Robert Burns, 1800).