Ca' the yowes (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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  • (Posted 2023-12-05)  CPDL #77848:     
Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-05).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 458 kB   Copyright: Personal
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  • (Posted 2021-10-31)  CPDL #66480:     
Editor: Bradley Parese (submitted 2021-10-31).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 144 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Ca' the Yowes
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lyricist: Robert Burns
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, AB divisi
Genre: SecularPartsongFolksong

Language: Lowland Scots
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1922 J. Curwen
    2nd published: 1922 G. Schirmer
Description: Scottish folksong

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

Ca' the yowes tae the knowes,
  Ca' them whar the heather grows,
Ca' them whar the burnie rows,
  My bonnie dearie.

Hark, the mavis' e'enin' sang,
Soundin' Cluden's woods amang;
Then a fauldin' let us gang,
  My bonnie dearie.

Fair and lovely as thou art,
Thou hast stol'n my very heart;
I can die, but canna part,
  My bonnie Dearie.

While waters wimple to the sea,
While day blinks in the lift sae hie
Till death shall blin' my e'e
  Ye shall be my dearie.