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Author: Sir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Argyle is my name, -- and you may think it strange
J. Haydn, J. Haydn: Bannocks o' barleymeal

At Willie's wedding o' the green
J. Haydn: Jenny dang the weaver

Auld gudeman, ye're a drunken carle, drunken carle
J. Haydn: The east neuk o' Fife

Away, my herd, under the reen oak (Come every shepherd with his love) - J. Haydn
"Aye sure thou art dear Taffy Morgan,"
J. Haydn: The camp-palace (Y gadly's) -- or, Leader's tent oftener called, Of a noble race was Shenkin

Bannocks o' barleymeal (Argyle is my name, -- and you may think it strange) - J. Haydn
Come every shepherd with his love
J. Haydn: Hob y deri dando

Come, rest ye here, Johnie
J. Haydn: The soldier laddie

Come ye nice maidens, come hither to hur
J. Haydn: The poor pedlar (Y maelerwr)

Das Blut eines Iren (Das Blut eines Iren wird Feuriger wallen ) FRE
Das Blut eines Iren wird Feuriger wallen FRE
Dauntless sons of Celtic sires
J. Haydn: Gorhoffedd gwyr Harlech

Far in the glen, whence yonder light
J. Haydn: Scornfu' Nansy

Farewell mirth and hilarity GER
L. Beethoven: Norah of Balamagairy: Farewell mirth and hilarity

Good night and joy be wi' ye (Good night and joy be wi' ye a') - J. Haydn
Good night and joy be wi' ye a'
J. Haydn: Good night and joy be wi' ye

Gorhoffedd gwyr Harlech (Dauntless sons of Celtic sires) - J. Haydn
Hin fahrt Frohsinn und Freuden!
Hin fahrt Frohsinn und Freuden! (Hin fahrt Frohsinn und Freuden!)
Hob y deri dando (Come every shepherd with his love) - J. Haydn
I met four chaps yon birks amang
J. Haydn: Jenny's bawbee

I'll hae my coat o' gude snuff brown
J. Haydn: The auld gudeman

Irish Air. Pat & Kate ("Och! pretty Kate, my darling Kate) - J. Haydn
Jenny dang the weaver (At Willie's wedding o' the green) - J. Haydn
Jenny's bawbee (I met four chaps yon birks amang) - J. Haydn
Judy, lovely, matchless creature (Judy, lovely, matchless creature) - L. Beethoven GER
Judy, lovely, matchless creature GER
L. Beethoven: Judy, lovely, matchless creature

Laß brütende Schwärmer (Laß brütende Schwärmer, erhitzt und phantastisch)
Laß brütende Schwärmer, erhitzt und phantastisch
Let brain-spinning swains (Let brain-spinning swains, in effusions fantastic ) - L. Beethoven GER
Let brain-spinning swains, in effusions fantastic GER
L. Beethoven: Let brain-spinning swains

Morgen für Grillen ein Hüter ist (Morgen für Grillen ein Hüter ist)
Morgen für Grillen ein Hüter ist
Morning a cruel turmoiler is (Morning a cruel turmoiler is ) - L. Beethoven GER
Morning a cruel turmoiler is GER
L. Beethoven: Morning a cruel turmoiler is

Norah of Balamagairy: Farewell mirth and hilarity (Farewell mirth and hilarity) - L. Beethoven GER
"Och! pretty Kate, my darling Kate
J. Haydn: Irish Air. Pat & Kate

Oft, oft, I went to her, to sigh and to woo her
J. Haydn: Shelagh O'Neal

Paddy O'Rafferty (Paddy O'Rafferty, merry and vigorous) - L. Beethoven GER
Paddy O'Rafferty (Paddy O'Rafferty lustig und herzhaft)
Paddy O'Rafferty lustig und herzhaft
Paddy O'Rafferty, merry and vigorous GER
L. Beethoven: Paddy O'Rafferty

Reinste, herrlichste von allen (Reinste, herrlichste von allen)
Reinste, herrlichste von allen
Scornfu' Nansy (Far in the glen, whence yonder light ) - J. Haydn
Shelagh O'Neal (Oft, oft, I went to her, to sigh and to woo her) - J. Haydn
The auld gudeman (I'll hae my coat o' gude snuff brown) - J. Haydn
The camp-palace (Y gadly's) -- or, Leader's tent oftener called, Of a noble race was Shenkin ("Aye sure thou art dear Taffy Morgan," ) - J. Haydn
The Cornish May song (Ye maids of Helston, gather dew) - J. Haydn
The east neuk o' Fife (Auld gudeman, ye're a drunken carle, drunken carle) - J. Haydn
The march of the men of Harlech (Dauntless sons of Celtic sires) - J. Haydn
The parson boasts of mild ale (The parson boasts of mild ale) - J. Haydn
The parson boasts of mild ale
J. Haydn: The parson boasts of mild ale

The poor pedlar (Y maelerwr) (Come ye nice maidens, come hither to hur) - J. Haydn
The pulse of an Irishman (The pulse of an Irishman ) - L. Beethoven FRE GER
The pulse of an Irishman FRE GER
L. Beethoven: The pulse of an Irishman

The soldier laddie (Come, rest ye here, Johnie) - J. Haydn
Variations on Bannocks o' barleymeal (Argyle is my name, -- and you may think it strange) - J. Haydn
Ye maids of Helston, gather dew
J. Haydn: The Cornish May song

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