Blink o'er the Burn Bessie

 BLINK O'ER THE BURN, BESSIE (AND I'LL FOLLOW THEE). AKA - "Blink o're the Burn Sweet Betty." Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, compiled and printed c. 1800. Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1750-1819) fashioned a setting of the air. Robert Burns adapted the song for Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, from an older song by Joseph Mitchell (d. 1738), who was a "literary adventurer" patronized by Sir Robert Walpole. Mitchell's original begins: Leave kindred and friends sweet Betty, Leave kindred and friends for me; Assur'd thy servant is steady, To love, to honour, to thee. Printed source: McGibbon (Scots Tunes, Book 1), c. 1762; p. 15. X:33 T:Blink o'er the burn, my sweet laddie. CJF.033 T:No.1. CJF.033 R:Air C:J Smith S:C.J.Fox MS, 1829/33, Beverley,E.Yorks. N:The extra note at the start of section 3 is as in MS. - PJH. B:Kidson Coll.Mitchell Lib.M1805 O:England A:East Yorkshire Z:vmp.P J Headford 2000 & 2008 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=60 K:G "p"d|"$"\ d>ed dbg|e2cc2e|d>ed dbg|fg^ga2d|! d>ed dbg|ecB cde|dgb {b}aga|gdbHg2||! " ff"b|bag gfe|f2bb2b|bag c'af|^de^e fga|! bag gfe|=f2a c'af|gab ag^f|efg ">"fe" D.C."d||! K:C g|" dol."c'ba gfe|a2f dec|Bc^c def|ef^f gab|! c'ba gfe|dag fed|cBA GAB|(d3"$"c2)|]

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