====== #265 - We'd Better Bide a Wee ======
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  *Composer:
    *++Charlotte Barnard (pseudonym Claribel)|{{search>"Charlotte Barnard (pseudonym Claribel)" @cobs}}++ (1830-1869), 1885
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  *[[:incipit]]: 1334765535442313347655354421
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 1347653542313476535421
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
The puir auld folk at home, ye mind,\\
Are frail and failing sair;\\
And weel I ken they'd miss me, lad,\\
Gin I come hame nae mair.\\
The grist is out, the times are hard,\\
The kine are only three;\\
I canna leave the auld folk now.\\
We'd better bide a wee,\\
I canna leave the auld folk now.\\
We'd better bide a wee.\\
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When first we told our story, lad,\\
Their blessing fell sae free,\\
They gave no thought to self at all,\\
They did but think of me.\\
But, laddie, that's a time awa,\\
And mither's like to dee,\\
I canna leave the auld folk now.\\
We'd better bide a wee,\\
I canna leave the auld folk now.\\
We'd better bide a wee.\\
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I fear me, sair, they're failing baith;\\
For when I sit apart,\\
They talk o' Heaven sae earnestly,\\
It well nigh breaks my heart!\\
So, laddie, dinna urge me mair,\\
It surely winna be;\\
I canna leave the auld folk now.\\
We'd better bide a wee,\\
I canna leave the auld folk now.\\
We'd better bide a wee.\\
\\
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    *++Charlotte Barnard (pseudonym Claribel)|{{search>"Charlotte Barnard (pseudonym Claribel)" @cobs}}++ (1830-1869), 1885