Annotation:Glancing of her Apron (The)

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GLANCING OF HER APRON, THE. Scottish, Air (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. "The Glancing of the Apron" was one of the Scottish songs set by classical composer Franz Joseph Haydn, Hob. XXXIa:88. The lyric goes:

In lovely August last,
On Munanday at morn,
As thro' the fields I past,
To view the yellow corn:
I looked me behind,
And saw come o'er the know,
Ane glancing in her apron,
With a bonny brent brow.

I said, good morrow, fair maid,
And she, right courteouslie,
Return'd a beck, and kindly said,
"Good day, sweet sir, to thee."
I speir'd, my dear, how far awa'
Do ye intend to gae?
Quoth she, I mean a mile or twa,
And o'er yon bonny brae.

Fair maid, I'm thankfu' to my fate,
To have sic company,
For I am ganging straight that gate,
Where ye intend to be.
When we had gane a mile or twain,
I said to hir, my dow,
May wee not lean us on this plain,
And kiss your bonny mou'.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: James Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11), c. 1760; p. 133.

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