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© by Christopher Murray Grieve (1892 - 1978), as Hugh MacDiarmid

The Love‑sick Lass
 (Sung text for setting by F. Scott)
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Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  ENG
As white’s the blossom on the rise
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Composition:

    Set to music by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "The Love-sick Lass", published 1939 [ low voice and piano ], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 5, no. 9, Bayley & Ferguson; confirmed with Songs of Francis George Scott, selected and edited by Neil Mackay, Roberton Publications, Aylesbury 1980, page 17.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christopher Murray Grieve (1892 - 1978), as Hugh MacDiarmid, "The Love-sick Lass", appears in Penny Wheep, no. 19, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, first published 1926, copyright ©

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , "The Love-sick Lass", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

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