The lyrics and tune for this are courtesy of Barry Taylor's excellent but soon to be defunct web site. I first came across the sheet music for this song at the UNC Chapel Hill music library, started work on it - and had temporarily forgotten about until I visited Lesley's link to her new home for the Barry Taylor tunes. When I find it again I will post the details. From what I can remember it was written by an American lady last century, published as sheet music in the US, and had an annotation such as "in the Scotch style". I had examined only a small portion of the UNC collection - Mary of Argyle was the only song that jumped out at me at that time.

Regards
John

Mary of Argyle

I have heard the mavis singing
His love song to the morn
I have seen the dew drop clinging
To the rose just newly born
But a sweeter song has cheered me
At the evening's gentle close
And I've seen an eye still brighter
Than the dew drop on the rose
'Twas thy voice my gentle Mary
And thine artless, winning smile
That made this world an Eden
Bonnie Mary of Argyle.

Tho' thy voice may lose its sweetness
And thine eye its brightness too
Tho' thy step may lack its fleetness
And thy hair its sunny hue
Still to me wilt thou be dearer
Than all the world shall own
I have loved thee for thy beauty
But not for that alone
I have sought thy heart, dear Mary
And its goodness was the wile
That has made thee mine forever
Bonnie Mary of Argyle.

Repeat first verse

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