Annotation:Colin Stole My Heart Away
X:1 T:He stole my tender heart away M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:James Johnson – Scots Musical Museum vol. 1 (1787, Song 28, p. 29) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87794149?mode=transcription Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb F|(Bc) (de) f2f2|{f}(ed) (ef) {e}d2 zf|e2c2 d3B|c2TA2 B2 zF|(Bc) (de) f2f2| {f}(ed) (ef) {e}d2 zf|e2c2 d3B|c2TA2B2 zF|F3F G2G2|A3A B2 zB| c2 zc d2d2|=e3 e {eg}f2 zf|f2d2d2 zf|e2c2 c2zB|c2B2 A2B2| e2d2 d2-c f|f2d2d2 zf|e2c2c2 ze|(dc) (ed) c2B2|(dc) (BA) B2 z||
COLIN STOLE MY HEART AWAY. AKA and see "Fields were Green (The)," "He Stole My Tender Heart Away," "Young Colin stole my heart away." English, Scottish; Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Poet wikipedia:Robert_Burns opined: "This is an Anglo-Scottish production, and by no means a bad one." The song also appears in the music manuscript collection of New York landowner Henry Livingston [1]. It begins:
The fields were green, the hills were gay
And birds were singing on each spray
When Colin met me in the grove,
And told me tender tales of love.
Was ever swain so blithe as he?
So kind, so faithful and so free?
In spite of all my friends could say,
Young Colin stole my heart away.
