My love was once a bonny lad (The flowers of Edinburgh) - Haydn, Joseph

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"Hob. XXXIa.90. Fakesong from the Celtic tweelight"

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre / Form → Folksongs ♬ Voicing → Solo high ¶ Language → English

Parts 1

Instruments Keyboard, violin''

Pages 2

CPDL # 57310

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2020-03-01

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¶Lyrics / Text

My love was once a bonny lad, He was the flower of a' his kin; The absence of his bonny face Has rent my tender heart in twain; I day nor night find no delight, In silent tears I still complain; And exclaim 'gainst those my rival foes, That hae ta'en from me my darling swain. Despair and anguish fill my breast Since I have lost my blooming rose; I sigh and moan, while others rest, His absence yields me no repose. To seek my love I'll range and rove Thro' ev'ry grove and distant plain: Thus I'll ne'er cease, but spend my days To hear tidings from my darling swain.