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Jeanie Graham 1

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“Jeanie Graham 1” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 201 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

Oh! Jeanie Graham, oh! Jeanie Graham, thou'rt dearer far to me

Than summer to a weary soul upon a wintry sea;

Thy walk is like a silver clud abune the deep green hills,

Thy voice is sweeter than the sang o' bonnie leesome rills,

The melody o' life an' love dwalls in that heart o' thine;

Oh! what a prince of joy were I, if, Jeanie, thou wert mine!

Oh! Jeanie Graham, thy very name is music to my ear,

Thy lightsome step, thy merry laugh, thine e'e sae bright and clear,

As dew drops on the hawthorn tree, around my heart still hang,

An', like the haly pillar cloud, they float where'er I gang:

Oh! joy dwell in your bonnie briest wharever you may be!

The very Kebla of my soul thou wert and art to me.

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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.

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The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Jeanie Graham 1”

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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