Album Summary: William Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius (1725) was a landmark publication; the first ever large-scale collection of "Scotch Songs" in print — 50 songs arranged with un-figured bass, most with lyrics from Allan Ramsay's Scots Songs and Tea-Table Miscellany, plus an appendix of melodic reductions. It was an instant hit and in 1733, expanded into 2 volumes with 100 songs. Indeed, Thomson's Orpheus set the standard format for Scots Song settings for the rest of the eighteenth century, including those of Robert Burns in The Scots Musical Museum. This ScotMus.com album is a faithful reprint of the song arrangements from the historic 1st edition of 1725.
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He ga'e to me a pair of Shoon,
And his Beard new Shav'n, He bade me dance till they ware doon, The Carle trows that I'll ha'e him. Howt awa' &c. |
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He ga'e to me a pair of Gloves,
And his Beard new Shav'n, He bade me stretch them on my Loofs, The Carle trows that I'll ha'e him. Howt awa' &c. |
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He ga'e to me an Ell of Lace,
And his Beard new Shav'n, He bade me wear the Hi'land dress, The Carle trows that I'll ha'e him. Howt awa' &c. |
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He ga'e to me a Harn Sark,
And his Beard new Shav'n, He said he'd kiss me in the Dark, For that he trows that I'll ha'e him, Howt awa' I maun ha'e him, I forsooth I'll e'en ha'e him, New Hose and his new Shoon, And his Beard new Shav'n. |