Annotation:Had Away Frae Me Donald

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HAD AWAY FRAE ME, DONALD. AKA - "Had Awa' Frae Me, Donald," "Haud Awa' Frae Me Donald." Scottish, Air (whole time). The song, anciently contained in the Roxburghe Collection of ballads, is ascribed to Daniel Grant in the McLean Collection (1772, p. 1), and was published in the late 18th century by James Johnson in Edinburgh. The tune, however, was first published by Henry Playford in his Dancing Master (eighth edition, 1690) under the title "Welcome Home Old Rowley," and also appeared, with considerable embellishments, in Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius (1725). A version of the melody was printed by Johnson in the Scots Musical Museum (No. 338) where it is the vehicle for another song called "Thou art gane awa," with words 'modernized' from the older 'Had away' song.

The first verse (given in Joseph Ritson's Scottish Songs, 1714) goes:

O Will you hae ta tartan plaid,
Or will you hae ta ring, mattam?
Or will you hae ta kiss o' me?
And dats ta pretty ting, mattam.
Had awa', bide awa',
Had awa' frae me, Donald,
I'll neither kiss nor hae a ring,
Nae tartan plaids for me, Donald.

The song was also printed in Allan Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany (1750, p. 152).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 3), 1760; p. 17.

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