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Concerto Caledonia, Mhairi Lawson - Now Westlin Winds

from The Red Red Rose by Concerto Caledonia

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words by Robert Burns, music by Pietro Urbani

lyrics

Now westling winds, and slaught'ring guns
Bring Autumn's pleasant weather;
The gorcock springs, on whirring wings
Amang the blooming heather.
Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain,
Delights the weary Farmer;
The moon shines bright as I rove by night
To muse upon my charmer.

The Pairtrick lo'es the fruitfu' fells;
The Plover lo'es the mountains;
The Woodcock haunts the lanely dells,
The soaring Hern the fountains;
Thro' lofty groves the Cushat roves,
The path o' Man to shun it;
The hazel bush o'erhangs the Thrush,
The spreading thorn the Linnet.

Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find,
The savage and the tender;
Some, social join, and leagues combine,
Some solitary wander;
Avaunt, away! the cruel sway,
Tyrannic Man's dominion;
The Sportsman's joy, the murdering cry,
The flutt'ring, gory pinion.

[But Peggy dear the ev’ning's clear,
Thick flies the skimming swallow;
The sky is blue the fields in view
All fading-green and yellow;
Come let us stray our gladsome way,
And view the charms o’ Nature;
The rustling corn, the fruited thorn,
And ilka happy creature.]

We'll gently walk, and sweetly talk,
While the silent moon shines clearly;
Ye'll clasp my waist, and, fondly prest,
Swear how ye lo'e me dearly!
Not vernal show'rs to budding flow'rs,
Not Autumn to the farmer,
So dear can be as thou to me,
My fair, my lovely charmer.

Robert Burns

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from The Red Red Rose, released March 1, 2004

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