Loudon's Bonnie Woods

Parts

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Audio

(MIDI) Loudon's Bonnie Woods

Source

(Sibelius) Loudon's Bonnie Woods - Scorch

Comments

From The Fiddler's Companion:

The title comes from Tannahill's work, however, the tune was originally "The Earl of Moira's Welcome to Scotland" by Duncan MacIntyre, a Scots dancing master in London at the end of the 18th century. Little is known of him, save that the later spent some years in India, presumably at the same time as Earl Moira (who was Governor-General there in 1816), to whom the tune is dedicated. Robert Tannahill's (1774-1810) words go:

O, resume thy wanted smile.
O, supress thy fears, lassie,
Glorious honour crowns the toil,
That the soldier shares lassie.
Heaven will shield thy faithful lover,
Till the vengeful strife is over;
Then we'll meet nae mair to sever,
Till the day we dee, lassie.
'Midst our bonnie woods and braes
We'll spend our peaceful, happy days,
As blythe yon lightsome lamb that plays
On Loudon's flow'ry lea, lassie.

"They are thought to commemorate the parting of the Earl of Moira from his young wife, the Countess of Loudon, on his departure on foreign service"

This tune is also listed at The Session.