Proud Maisie (Henry Balfour Gardiner)

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• (Posted 2023-10-17)  CPDL #76434:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-17).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 426 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Proud Maisie
Composer: Henry Balfour Gardiner
Lyricist: Walter Scott
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1912 Novello and Co.
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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!’”