On the banks of Allan Water (Henry Knight)
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- (Posted 2023-11-06) CPDL #77004:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-06). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 400 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: On the banks of Allan Water
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: Henry Knight
Lyricist: Matthew Gregory Lewis
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1903 Edwin Ashdown, Ltd.
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Original text and translations
English text
On the banks of Allan Water,
When the sweet spring-time did fall,
Was the miller’s lovely daughter,
Fairest of them all.
For his bride a soldier sought her,
And a winning tongue had he!
On the banks of Allan Water,
None so gay as she.
On the banks of Allan Water,
When brown autumn spread his store,
There I saw the miller’s daughter,
But she smiled no more.
For the summer grief had brought her,
And the soldier, false was he;
On the banks of Allan Water,
None so sad as she.
On the banks of Allan Water,
When the winter snow fell fast,
Still was seen the miller’s daughter;
Chilling blew the blast.
But the miller’s lovely daughter,
Both from cold and care was free;
On the banks of Allan Water,
There a corpse lay she.