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Here is the glen

Traditional

“Here is the glen” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 155 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

Here is the glen, and here the bower,

All underneath the birchen shade;

The village bell has told the hour,—

O what can stay my lovely maid?

'Tis not Maria's whispering call;

'Tis but the balmy-breathing gale,

Mix'd with some warbler's dying fall,

The dewy star of eve to hail.

It is Maria's voice I hear!

So calls the woodlark in the grove,

His little faithful mate to cheer,

At once 'tis music—and 'tis love.

And art thou come! and art thou true!

O welcome dear to love and me!

And let us all our vows renew,

Along the flowery banks of Cree.

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Traditional words. 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, “Here is the glen”

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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