I probably should have done this in the other thread...
According to Vocal Melodies of Scotland (circa 1830-40) an unnamed lady presented this song to Sir Walter Scott. Scott gave it to Finlay Dun who created this arrangement. Finlay Dun was a music teacher in Edinburgh.
splent=armour for the legs
spauld=shoulder
Oh! a' ye gallant Borders!
Ilk water, moss and fell,
To a' your weel kent nooks and crooks,
Forever, Oh! Farewell!
For we'll go no more a roving,
A roving in the night,
We'll go no more a roving,
Though the moon shine e'er so bright.
O we'll go no more a roving!
Oh when the Har'est moon shone
What blithe times did we see!
On wanton naigs, wi splent on spauld,
We rade sae merrilie!
But we'll go no more a roving,
A roving in the night,
We'll go no more a roving,
Though the moon shine e'er so bright.
O we'll go no more a roving!
Our King's gane o'er the Border
In London for to dwell;
And friends we maun wi' England be,
Sin' he reigns there himsel:
And go no more a roving,
A roving in the night,
We'll go no more a roving,
Though the moon shine e'er so bright.
O we'll go no more a roving!
O how shall I, tether'd,
On Yarrow banks abide!
That far as Trent and Humber
Hae scour'd the Southrons wide.
Oh! to go no more a roving,
A roving in the night,
We'll go no more a roving,
Though the moon shine e'er so bright.
O we'll go no more a roving!
And how shall I follow
A droning plough's tail,
And how now break my bonnie Brown
To harl't like a snail!
And go no more a roving,
A roving in the night,
We'll go no more a roving,
Though the moon shine e'er so bright.
O we'll go no more a roving!
But when the blithsome Borders
Hae lost their riders gay,
The Scots will miss their hardy men,
And cry, Alack the day!
That they go no more a roving,
A roving in the night,
They go no more a roving,
Though the moon shine e'er so bright.
O they'll go no more a roving!
MIDI file: mostroop.mid
Timebase: 120
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Key: Eb
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Name: The Moss Trooper's Lament
Start
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EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:The Moss Trooper's Lament
M:4/4
Q:1/4=100
K:Eb
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