Alister McAlpines lament (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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(Posted 2023-12-05) CPDL #77860:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-05). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 361 kB Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Alister McAlpines lament
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lyricist: Robert Allan
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: Lowland Scots
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1912 J. Curwen & Sons
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Original text and translations

Lowland Scots text

The lowlands o’ Scotland will ne’er be my hame,
Tho’ fresh and fair is the gowany lea,
The lowlands o’ Scotland will ne’er be my hame,
It will ne’er be like my ain countrie.

In the lowlands o’ Scotland nae hills are seen
Rising wi’ snaw-white taps sae hie,
And the heather is burnt, and the rose it is fa’en,
That bloomed sae sweet in my ain countrie.

The lowlands o’ Scotland will ne’er be my hame,
And there’s no a hame on earth for me,
The clans are a’ broken and I am alane,
Thinking upon my ain countrie.