set to music by Frances Cockburn
for soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus

SATB performance time approx 1m 15s

Music

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Words

I heard my name at gloamin' late,	[half-light, dusk]
I heard it cried sae clear and sma',	[so clear and small]
But ere my fit was at the yett	[before my foot was at the gate]
The wind had blawn the soond awa'.	[blown the sound away]
A rose o' love grew at my door,
I happit it frae frost and snaw;	[covered it]
A sough o' wind cam' ower the moor,	[sigh]
The wind has blawn the rose awa;.
Nae cry to hear, nae floo'er to fa' ;	[flower]
Noo blaw the wind frae ony airt	[now blow the wind from any direction]
The thocht o' them it ne'er can blaw	[thought]
Frae the warm shielin' o' my hairt.	[shelter]

Marion Angus

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