Adieu Ye Banks and Braes of Clyde

DESCRIPTION: "Adieu ye banks and braes of Clyde, Adieu to her who's young and fair, I grieve to leave my own dear bride" and his home, but "the wind blows fair, I must away." All nature rests as the sun sets in the west, but he cannot; the drums and pipes call
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: sea farewell wife sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, p. 9, "Adieu Ye Banks and Braes of Clyde" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Farewell to Nova Scotia" (lyrics, tune)
NOTES [55 words]: This is basically the same as "Farewell to Nova Scotia," but relocated. Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors claim both go back to "The Soldier's Adieu," which they find in print from 1803 and think older. I am sure that the songs are related, but because the differences appear clearly deliberate, I have tentatively split them. - RBW
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File: LaGo009

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