Ca' the yowes (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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(Posted 2023-12-05) CPDL #77848:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-05). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 458 kB Copyright: Personal

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(Posted 2021-10-31) CPDL #66480:

Editor: Bradley Parese (submitted 2021-10-31). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 144 kB Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Ca' the Yowes
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lyricist: Robert Burns
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, AB divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: Lowland Scots
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1922 J. Curwen
2nd published: 1922 G. Schirmer
Description: Scottish folksong

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Ca' the yowes tae the knowes,
  Ca' them whar the heather grows,
Ca' them whar the burnie rows,
  My bonnie dearie.

Hark, the mavis' e'enin' sang,
Soundin' Cluden's woods amang;
Then a fauldin' let us gang,
  My bonnie dearie.

Fair and lovely as thou art,
Thou hast stol'n my very heart;
I can die, but canna part,
  My bonnie Dearie.

While waters wimple to the sea,
While day blinks in the lift sae hie
Till death shall blin' my e'e
  Ye shall be my dearie.

Ca' the yowes (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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