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Concerto Caledonia, Mhairi Lawson - The Slaves Lament

from The Red Red Rose by Concerto Caledonia

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by Robert Burns, setting by Stephen Clarke

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It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral,
For the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O:
Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see it more;
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
Torn from that &c.

All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost,
Like the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O:
There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow,
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
There streams &c.

The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear,
In the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O;
And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear,
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
And I think &c.

written or collected by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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from The Red Red Rose, released March 1, 2004

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