Proud Maisie (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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• (Posted 2017-01-13)  CPDL #42629:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-01-13).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #16757, with corrections.

• (Posted 2008-04-29)  CPDL #16757:        (Sibelius 4)

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2008-04-29).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 50 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: Proud Maisie
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: Walter Scott

Number of voices: 1v   Voicings: Tenor solo or Soprano solo, or Mezzo
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1902 in English Lyrics, Set 5, no. 2
Description: Lyrics from The Heart of Midlothian.

Original text and translations

English text

Proud Maisie is in the wood,
Walking so early,
Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
Singing so rarely.
"Tell me, thou bonny bird,
When shall I marry me?"
"When six braw gentlemen
Kirkward shall carry ye."

"Who makes the bridal bed,
Birdie, say truly?"
"The grey-headed sexton
That delves the grave duly.
The glow-worm o'er grave and stone
Shall light thee steady";
The owl from the steeple sing,
"Welcome, proud lady."