SG1001
Ae fond kiss
tune traditional, arranged for chorus with quartet verse and optional soli
SATBperformance time approx 3m 00s
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Ae fond kiss
This is a simply gorgeous and heartbreaking love song, based on a real parting between Burns and an unhappily married woman called Nancy Maclehose. Burns and Maclehose were never lovers, but corresponded, until she left Scotland to join her husband in the West Indies.
I have not marked many dynamics but the piece should be sung with great expression. A recording by Rudsambee company of singers is available on their album bottled at source (RUBEECD003).
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Words
Ae fond kiss
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
[one]
Ae fareweel, and then for ever!
[farewell]
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee!
Who shall say that fortune grieves him
While the star of hope she leaves him?
Me, nae chearfu' twinkle lights me;
[no cheerful]
Dark despair around benights me.
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
[so]
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met - or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest!
[well]
Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest!
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
[every]
Peace, Enjoyment, Love, and Pleasure!
Robert Burns
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