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Murray on Saltspring	Origin: Scottish Emigrant's Farewell (A Hume) (12)	RE: Scottish Emigrant's Farewell - A Hume?	18 Nov 99
Composer & author was Alexander Hume, born at Edinburgh 7 Feb 1811, died in Glasgow, 4 Feb. 1859. His tune for "Afton Water" vies for popularity with the original one, and he also did a good job on "A Guid New Year", which is traditionally sung in Scotland (and at my parties) at the stroke of Hogmanay.There's a whole page on him in D. Baptie, "Musical Scotland"(1894, reprinted by Olms, 1972). Correction to text above: penultimate line of first stanza should be "I seek a hame far o'er the deep" -- which, you'll notice, rhymes with "steep". Last bit should be punctuated The toast be "Scotland's broomy knowes, Her mountains, rocks, and glens forever!" Cheers Murray

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