The Ballad of Yarrow (Hugh S. Roberton)

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• (Posted 2023-12-04)  CPDL #77804:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-04).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 372 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Ballad of Yarrow
Composer: Hugh S. Roberton
Lyricist: William Thompson
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: Lowland Scots
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1916 J. Curwen & Sons
Description: Traditional Air

Original text and translations

Lowland Scots text

Willy’s rare, and Willy’s fair,
And Willy’s wond’rous bonny,
And Willy hecht to marry me,
Gin e’er he marry’d ony.

O came you by yon Water-side,
Pu’d you the Rose or Lily;
Or came you by yon Meadow green,
Or saw you my sweet Willy?

She sought him East, she sought him West,
She sought him braid and narrow;
Syne in the clifting o’ a Craig,
She found him drown’d in Yarrow.

attr. William Thompson (1695–1753)