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Connel and Flora

Alexander Wilson

“Connel and Flora” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Alexander Wilson: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1843 · historical text
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This text comes from The Book of Scottish Song, edited by Alexander Whitelaw, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Dark lowers the night o'er the wide stormy main,

Till mild rosy morning rise cheerful again;

Alas! morn returns to revisit the shore;

But Connel returns to his Flora no more.

For see, on yon mountain, the dark cloud of death,

O'er Connel's lone cottage, lies low on the heath;

While bloody and pale, on a far distant shore,

He lies to return to his Flora no more.

Ye light fleeting spirits that glide o'er the steep,

O would you but waft me across the wild deep!

There fearless I'd mix in the battle's loud roar,

I'd die with my Connel, and leave him no more.

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Written by Alexander Wilson

Words by Alexander Wilson. Historical text published in The Book of Scottish Song (1843); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Connel and Flora”

Every contribution in this 1843 anthology predates modern copyright terms by more than a century; any contributor died at least 130 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide (life+70 terms expired no later than 2020).

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