Mary Morison (George J. Bennett)

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• (Posted 2023-09-22)  CPDL #75599:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-22).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 420 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Mary Morison
Composer: George John Bennett
Lyricist: Robert Burns
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

O Mary, at thy window be,
It is the wished, the trysted hour!
Those smiles and glances let me see,
That make the miser’s treasure poor:
How blythely wad I bide the stoure,
A weary slave frae sun to sun;
Could I the rich reward secure,
The lovely Mary Morison.
To thee my fancy took its wing—
I sat, but neither heard nor saw:
Though this was fair, and that was braw,
And yon the toast of a’ the town,
I sighed, and said, amang them a’,
“Ye are na Mary Morison.”
O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace,
Wha for thy sake wad gladly die?
Or canst thou break that heart of his,
Whose only faut is loving thee?
If love for love thou wilt na gie,
At least be pity to me shown;
A thought ungentle canna be
The thought o’ Mary Morison.