Gude-nicht, and joy be wi’ you a’ (Henry A. Lambeth)

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• (Posted 2023-11-08)  CPDL #77079:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-08).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 448 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Gude-nicht, and joy be wi’ you a’
Composer: Henry A. Lambeth
Lyricist: Carolina Oliphant
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: Lowland Scots
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1891 Paterson & Sons
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Original text and translations

Lowland Scots text

The best o’ joys maun hae an end,
The best o’ friends maun part, I trow;
The langest day will wear away,
And I maun bid fareweel to you.
The tear will tell when hearts are fu’;
For words, gin they hae sense ava,
They’re broken, faltering, and few:
Gude-nicht, and joy be wi’ you a’.

Oh, we hae wandered far and wide,
O’er Scotia’s lands o’ firth and fell,
And mony a simple flower we’ve pu’d,
And twined it wi’ the heather bell.
We’ve ranged the dingle and the dell,
The cot-house and the baron’s ha’;
Now we maun tak’ a last fareweel:
Gude-nicht, and joy be wi’ you a’.

My harp, fareweel: thy strains are past,
Of gleefu’ mirth, and heart-felt wae;
The voice of song maun cease at last,
And minstrelsy itsel’ decay.
But, oh! whar sorrow canna win,
Nor parting tears are shed ava,
May we meet neighbor, kith and kin,
And joy for aye be wi’ us a’!