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'''AULD ROB THE LAIRD.''' Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. | '''AULD ROB THE LAIRD.''' Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The song "Auld Rob the Laird" is printed in the '''Scots Musical Museum''', vol. 4 (1797, p, 420). It begins: | ||
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<br> | '' 'Auld Rob the laird o' muckle land,''<br> | ||
''to woo me was nae very blate,''<br> | |||
''But spite o' a' his gear he fand,''<br> | |||
''he came to woo, a day o'er late.''<br> | |||
''A lad sae blyth, sae full o' glee,''<br> | |||
''My heart did never never ken,''<br> | |||
''And nane can gie sic joy to me,''<br> | |||
''as Jamie o' the glen.' ''<br> | |||
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AULD ROB THE LAIRD. Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The song "Auld Rob the Laird" is printed in the Scots Musical Museum, vol. 4 (1797, p, 420). It begins:
'Auld Rob the laird o' muckle land,
to woo me was nae very blate,
But spite o' a' his gear he fand,
he came to woo, a day o'er late.
A lad sae blyth, sae full o' glee,
My heart did never never ken,
And nane can gie sic joy to me,
as Jamie o' the glen.'
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 11, p. 4.
Recorded sources:
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