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Gae bring tae me a pint o' wine
Staff Notation • Secular, Folk songs
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Gae bring tae me a pint o' wine by Francis Melville — Lyrics
R.: Gae bring tae me a pint o wine, and fill it in a siller tassie
that I may drink afore I go, a service tae my bonnie lassie
The boat rocks at the pier o Leith, fu loud the wind blaws fae the ferry
The sip rides by the Berwick Law, and I maun leave my bonnie Mary.
R.
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About Gae bring tae me a pint o' wine
Francis Melville's arrangement of Gae bring tae me a pint o' wine is a setting of a traditional Scottish folk song. Scored for TTBB male voices, it is a secular work. The text tells a poignant story of a young man called to military service, torn between his duty and his love for his 'bonnie lassie', Mary. He expresses his deep reluctance to leave her, even in the face of battle. The song's narrative contrasts the imagery of war with the personal sorrow of parting, creating a powerful emotional arc that Melville captures in this male-voice arrangement.
