Braw, braw lads (Henry A. Lambeth)

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• (Posted 2023-11-08)  CPDL #77073:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-08).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 396 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Braw, braw lads
Composer: Henry A. Lambeth
Lyricist: Robert Burns
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: Lowland Scots
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 Paterson & Sons
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Original text and translations

Lowland Scots text

Braw, braw lads on Yarrow-braes,
They rove amang the blooming heather;
But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws
Can match the lads o’ Galla Water.

But there is ane, a secret ane,
Aboon them a’ I lo’e him better;
And I’ll be his, and he’ll be mine,
The bonnie lad o’ Galla Water.

Altho’ his daddie was nae laird,
And tho’ I hae nae meikle tocher,
Yet rich in kindest, truest love,
We’ll tent our flocks by Galla Water.

It ne’er was wealth, it ne’er was wealth,
That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure;
The bands and bliss o’ mutual love,
O that’s the chiefest warld’s treasure.