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'''BLINK O'ER THE BURN, BESSIE (AND I'LL FOLLOW THEE)'''. AKA - "Blink o're the Burn Sweet Betty." Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, compiled and printed c. 1800. Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1750-1819) fashioned a setting of the air. Robert Burns adapted the song for Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum''', from an older song by Joseph Mitchell (d. 1738), who was a "literary adventurer" patronized by Sir Robert Walpole. Mitchell's original begins: | '''BLINK O'ER THE BURN, BESSIE (AND I'LL FOLLOW THEE)'''. AKA - "Blink o're the Burn Sweet Betty." Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, compiled and printed c. 1800. Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1750-1819) fashioned a setting of the air. Robert Burns adapted the song for Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum''', from an older song by Joseph Mitchell (d. 1738), who was a "literary adventurer" patronized by Sir Robert Walpole. Mitchell's original begins: | ||
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''Leave kindred and friends sweet Betty,''<br> | ''Leave kindred and friends sweet Betty,''<br> | ||
''Leave kindred and friends for me;''<br> | ''Leave kindred and friends for me;''<br> | ||
''Assur'd thy servant is steady,''<br> | ''Assur'd thy servant is steady,''<br> | ||
''To love, to honour, to thee.''</blockquote> | ''To love, to honour, to thee.'' | ||
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''Printed source:'' McGibbon ('''Scots Tunes''', Book 1), c. 1762; p. 15. | ''Printed source:'' McGibbon ('''Scots Tunes''', Book 1), c. 1762; p. 15. | ||
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Revision as of 21:44, 25 December 2016
BLINK O'ER THE BURN, BESSIE (AND I'LL FOLLOW THEE). AKA - "Blink o're the Burn Sweet Betty." Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, compiled and printed c. 1800. Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1750-1819) fashioned a setting of the air. Robert Burns adapted the song for Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, from an older song by Joseph Mitchell (d. 1738), who was a "literary adventurer" patronized by Sir Robert Walpole. Mitchell's original begins:
Leave kindred and friends sweet Betty,
Leave kindred and friends for me;
Assur'd thy servant is steady,
To love, to honour, to thee.
Printed source: McGibbon (Scots Tunes, Book 1), c. 1762; p. 15.
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