Scottish folksong/J. Haydn - The Waefu' Heart

Franz Joseph Haydn
Scottish Songs for William Whyte I
The Waefu' Heart (Hob XXXIa:9/bis)
Lorna Anderson
Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
Artwork: "Summertime Sadness" by Nitesh Kumar
The Waefu' Heart
Gin living worth could win my heart,
You wou'd na speak in vain;
But in the darksome grave it's laid,
Ne'er ne'er to rise again.
My waefu' heart lies low wi' his,
Whose heart was only mine;
And oh! what a heart was that to lose
But I maun no repine.
Yet oh! gin heav'n in mercy soon,
Would grant the boon I crave,
And tak' this life, now naething worth,
Sin' Jamie's in his grave.
And see his gentle spirit comes
To shew me on my way,
Surpris'd, nae doubt, I still am here,
Sair wond'ring at my stay!
I come, I come, my Jamie dear,
And oh! wi' what gude will!
I follow, wheresoe'er ye lead,
Ye canna lead to ill.
She said, and soon a deadlie pale
Her faded cheek possest;
Her waefu' heart forgot to beat,
Her sorrows sunk to rest!

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Hob.XXXIa:9

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his last composition maybe?