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'''COLIN STOLE MY HEART AWAY.''' AKA and see "[[Fields were Green (The)]]," "[[He Stole My Tender Heart Away]]," "Young Colin stole my heart away." English, Scottish; Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. | |f_annotation='''COLIN STOLE MY HEART AWAY.''' AKA and see "[[Fields were Green (The)]]," "[[He Stole My Tender Heart Away]]," "Young Colin stole my heart away." English, Scottish; Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Poet [[wikipedia:Robert_Burns]] opined: "This is an Anglo-Scottish production, and by no means a bad one." The song also appears in the music manuscript collection of New York landowner Henry Livingston [http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/music/p200.htm]. It begins: | ||
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The fields were green, the hills were gay | ''The fields were green, the hills were gay''<br> | ||
And birds were singing on each spray | ''And birds were singing on each spray''<br> | ||
When Colin met me in the grove, | ''When Colin met me in the grove,''<br> | ||
And told me tender tales of love. | ''And told me tender tales of love.''<br> | ||
Was ever swain so blithe as he? | ''Was ever swain so blithe as he?''<br> | ||
So kind, so faithful and so free? | ''So kind, so faithful and so free?''<br> | ||
In spite of all my friends could say, | ''In spite of all my friends could say,''<br> | ||
Young Colin stole my heart away. | ''Young Colin stole my heart away.''<br> | ||
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Glasgow, 1797; No. 75, p. 30. Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 1''') [http://www.burnsscotland.com/items/v/volume-i,-song-028,-page-29-he-stole-my-tender-heart-away.aspx], 1787; No. 28, p. 29. Edward Riley ('''Riley's Flute Melodies vol. 1'''), New York, 1814; No. 278, p. 76. Thompson ('''Compleat Coll. of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol. IV.'''), 1780; No. 128. | |||
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Glasgow, 1797; No. 75, p. 30. | |||
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COLIN STOLE MY HEART AWAY. AKA and see "Fields were Green (The)," "He Stole My Tender Heart Away," "Young Colin stole my heart away." English, Scottish; Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Poet wikipedia:Robert_Burns opined: "This is an Anglo-Scottish production, and by no means a bad one." The song also appears in the music manuscript collection of New York landowner Henry Livingston [1]. It begins:
The fields were green, the hills were gay
And birds were singing on each spray
When Colin met me in the grove,
And told me tender tales of love.
Was ever swain so blithe as he?
So kind, so faithful and so free?
In spite of all my friends could say,
Young Colin stole my heart away.
