I wouldna walk in silk attire, Nor braid wi' gems my hair. Gin he whose faith is pledge wi' mine. Were wrang'd and grieving sair. Frae infancy he lo'ed me still. And still my heart shall prove. How weel it can those vows fulfill, Which first repaid is love. I wouldna walk in silk attire, Nor braid wi' gems my hair. Gin he whose faith is pledge wi' mine. Were wrang'd and grieving sair.
[The clear, if not quite steady, tenor rides a ritardando to a halt at the end.]
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Nor braid wi' gems my hair.
Gin he whose faith is pledge wi' mine.
Were wrang'd and grieving sair.
Frae infancy he lo'ed me still.
And still my heart shall prove.
How weel it can those vows fulfill,
Which first repaid is love.
I wouldna walk in silk attire,
Nor braid wi' gems my hair.
Gin he whose faith is pledge wi' mine.
Were wrang'd and grieving sair.
[The clear, if not quite steady, tenor rides a ritardando to a halt at the end.]