The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #174511   Message #4231976
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
23-Nov-25 - 01:28 PM
Thread Name: Silver Tassie original melody
Subject: RE: Silver Tassie original melody
And here they are, the original tune and the one most currently in use.

Mick



X:1
T:My Bonny Mary
T The Silver Tassie
T Gae Bring To Me A Pint O' Wine
C:Robert Burns / James Oswald
B: Johnson: Scots Musical Museum, v3, 1771
L:1/8
M:C
I:linebreak $
K:C
C| C2 E>F G2 (AB)|cB AG ({G}E3) E| D2 E>G ({G}c3) d| ed cB TA2 HG E|$   
w: Go fetch to_ me a_ pint_ o'_ wine, And fill it_ in a sil--ver_ tas-sie, That
C2 E>F G2 (AB)| cB AG E3 G| e3 d c<A G<E| D2 E>G A2 G .|| G|
w: I may_ drink, be--fore_ I_ go, A ser-vice to_ my_ bon-nie_ las-sie. The
c2 (c/d/e/d/) ({d}c3) A| GA cG ({F}E3) E| D2 E>G c3 d|ed cB TA2 HG G|$
w: boat rocks___ at the Pier_ o'_ Leith, Fu' loud the_ wind blaws frae_ the_ Fer-ry, The
c2 (cd/e/) A2 (AB/c/)|G2 f>e ({e}d3) B| c3 B (TA3/G//A// c) E| D2 E>G TA2 G|]
w: ship rides__ by the__ Ber-wick_ Law, And I maun leave___ my bon-nie_ Ma-ry.

X:2
T:Gae Bring To Me A Pint O' Wine
C:Robert Burns Arranged T.S. Gleadhill
B: Kyle's Scottish Lyric Gems, Glasgow, 1880
N: Lyrics Robert Burns
L:1/8
M:3/4
I:linebreak $
K:C
C C> E|:G3 A G> A| c3 d e> f| (e>dc) A G C| E D2 C C> E|$   
w:1.Gae bring to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in__ a sil-ver tas-sie, That I may
w:* * * sounds, the ban-ners fly, The glitt-'ring spears__ are rank-ed rea-dy; The shouts o'
G3 A G> A| c2 z d e c| (fed) c A> G| A c2
w: drink, be-fore I go, A ser-vice to__ my bon-nie las-sie.
w: war are heard a-far, The bat-tle clo---ses deep and bloo-dy.
c e> d| (c>dc) A G E| D2 z E C> E| G3 c d> G|e d2 c e> d|
w: The boat rocks at__ the pier o' Leith, For loud the wind blaws frae the fer-ry, The ship rides
w: It's not the roar--ing o' sea or shore Wad mak me lan-ger wish to tar-ry, Nor shouts o'
(c>dc) A G E| G2 z d e c| (fed) c A> G| A c2 .|| C C> E:||$
w: by__ the Ber-wick Law, And I maun leave__ my bon-nie Ma-ry. 2.The trum-pet
w: war__ that's heard a-far, It's leav-ing thee,__ my bon-nie Ma-ry. 3.Gae bring to
G3 A G> A| c3 d e> f| (e>dc) A G> C| E D2 C C> E|$
w: me a pint o' wine, And fill it in__ a sil-ver tas-sie, That I may
G3 A G> A| c2 z d e c| (fed) c A> G| A c2 |]
w: drink, be-fore I go, A ser-vice to__ my bon-nie las-sie.