BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND
(learned from Patricia Murphy and UC Hiking Club)(words by Annie McVicar Grant b. 1755)
(tune by Franz Joseph Haydn based on old Scottish folk tune)
Oh, where, and oh, where has your Highland laddie gone?
Oh, where, and oh, where has your Highland laddie gone?
He's gone to fight the foe for King George upon the throne,
And it's oh, in my heart, I wish my laddie home.
Oh, where, and oh, where does your Highland dwell?
Oh, where, and oh, where does your Highland dwell?
He dwells in merry Scotland 'neath the sign of the Blue Bell,
And it's oh, in my heart, I love my laddie well.
Suppose, and suppose your Highland lad should die?
Suppose, and suppose your Highland lad should die?
The bagpipes would play o'er him, and I'd lay me down and cry,
But it's oh, in my heart, I hope he may not die.
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)