Annotation:Craigieburn Wood

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CRAIGIEBURN WOOD. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Craigieburn Wood", named for the woods of Craigie-burn near Moffat, is the name of a song by poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), first published in 1791. It was a favorite haunt of Burns, who composed this song to help his friend, a certain Mr. Gillespie, win the affections of the fair Miss Jean Lorimer, whose suit ultimately proved unsuccessful (as she afterwards became Mrs. Whelpdale). She was born at Cragieburn Wood, and was also Burns's "Chloris." "Craigieburn Wood" begins:

Sweet closes the ev'ning on Craigieburn Wood,
And blythely awaukens the morrow;
But the pride o' the spring in the Craigieburn Wood
Can yield to me nothing but sorrow.

Chorus:
Beyond thee, dearie, beyond thee, dearie,
And O to be lying beyond thee!
O sweetly, soundly, weel may he sleep
That's laid in the bed beyond thee!

It was one of the Scottish songs that received a setting from Classical composer Franz Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXXIa:193).