X: 1
T: WOO'D AND MARRIED AND A'
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.68-78
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: G
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g | d2 c B> c A G2 G |
w: The bride came out o' the byre, And
B> c d d g B d2 e |
w: O! as she dight-ed her cheeks! Sirs,
d> e c B> c A G> A B |
w: I'm to be mar-ried the night, And hae
E2 e e> f ^d e2 g | (d>e) f
w: nei-ther blan-kets nor sheets; Hae nei-*ther
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g> a g (fe) d | (B>c) d d g B d2 g |
w: blan-kets nor sheets,* Nor scarce* a co-ver-let too; The
d> e c B> c A G> A B |
w: bride that has a' thing to bor-row Has
E2 e e> f ^d e3 | d2 c B> c
w: e'en right mei-kle a-do. Woo'd and mar-ried
A G3 | (B>c) d d g B d2 e |
w: and a', Woo'd* and mar-ried and a', And
d> e c B> c A G> A B |
w: was na she ve-ry weel aff, That was
E2 e e> f ^d e2 |]
w: woo'd and mar-ried and a'.
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W:2.Out then spak the bride's father,
W:    As he cam in frae the pleugh,
W:  O haud your tongue, my doughter,
W:    And ye's get gear eneugh;
W:  The stirk that stands i' the tether,
W:    And our braw baws'nt yad,
W:  Will carry ye hame your corn;
W:    What wad ye be at, ye jad?
W:      Woo'd and married, &c.
W:
W:3.Neist out spak the bride's mither,
W:    What de'il needs a' this pride!
W:  I hae nae a plack in my pouch
W:    That night I was a bride;
W:  My gown was linsy-woolsy,
W:    And ne'er a sark ava;
W:  And ye hae ribbons and buskings,
W:    Far mae than ane or twa.
W:      Woo'd and married, &c.
W:
W:4.What's the matter, quo' Willie,
W:    Though we be scant o' claise?
W:  We'll creep the closer thegither,
W:    And we'll smoor a' the fleas:
W:  Simmer is soon coming on,
W:    And we'll get teats o' woo,
W:  And we'll get a lass o' our ain,
W:    And she'll spin claise anew.
W:      Woo'd and married, &c.
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W:
W:5.Out spak the bride's brither,
W:    As he cam in wi' the kye,
W:  Poor Willie had ne'er a ta'en ye,
W:    Had he kent ye as weel as I;
W:  For ye're baith proud and saucy,
W:    And no for a poor man's wife;
W:  Gin I canna get a better,
W:    Ise ne'er tak ane i' my life.
W:      Woo'd and married, &.c,
W:
W:6.Out spak the bride's sister,
W:    As she cam in frae the byre,
W:  O gin I were but married,
W:    It's a' that I desire.
W:  But we poor fouk maun live single,
W:    And do the best we can;
W:  I dinna care what I should want,
W:    If I could get but a man.
W:    Woo'd and married, &c.
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Tune-43672-Wood_and_Married_and_A.abc 2678 ABC music file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-43672-Wood_and_Married_and_A.txt 2678 Plain-text file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-43672-get.log 3330 Log file, useful mostly for debugging
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