The Rowan Tree (Andrew MacLean)

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(Posted 2024-11-02) CPDL #82564:

Editor: Andrew MacLean (submitted 2024-11-02). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 143 kB Copyright: Public Domain

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General Information

Title: The Rowan Tree
Composer: Andrew MacLean
Lyricist: Lady Nairne^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 2022
Description: The Rowan Tree is a traditional Scottish folk song by Carolina Nairne,

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Original text and translations

English text

The Rowan Tree By Carolina Oliphant, (Lady Nairne)

Oh! rowan tree, oh! rowan tree,
Thou'lt aye be dear to me,
En twin'd thou art wi' mony ties
O' hame and infancy.
Thy leaves were aye the first o' spring,
Thy flow'rs the simmer's pride;
There was na sic a bonnie tree
In a' the countrie side.
Oh! rowan tree.

How fair wert thou in simmer time,
Wi' a' thy clusters white,
How rich and gay thy autumn dress,
Wi' berries red and bright.
On thy fair stem were mony names,
Which now nae mair I see;
But thy're engraven on my heart,
Forgot they ne'er can be.
Oh! rowan tree.

Oh! there arose my father's prayer
In holy evening's calm;
How sweet was then my mother's voice
In the Martyr's psalm!
Now a'are gane! We meet nae mair
Aneath the rowan tree,
But hallowed thoughts around thee
Turn o'hame and infancy.
Oh! rowan tree.