Good Night, and Joy.
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This song was written for, and published as the concluding
song of, Smith's “Scottish Minstrel;” a work the music of which
is singular for its sweetness and true Scottish simplicity. The
song, with a little variation, forms an appropriate conclusion
to these simple lyrical effusions.
The year is wearing to the wane,
An' day is fading west awa';
Loud raves the torrent an' the rain,
And dark the cloud comes down the shaw;
But let the tempest tout an' blaw
Upon his loudest winter horn,
Good night, an' joy be wi' you a';
We'll maybe meet again the morn!
Oh, we hae wander'd far an' wide
O'er Scotia's hills, o'er firth an' fell,
An' mony a simple flower we've cull'd,
An' trimm'd them wi' the heather bell!
We've ranged the dingle an' the dell,
The hamlet an' the baron's ha';
Now let us take a kind farewell,—
Good night, an' joy be wi' you a'!
Though I was wayward, you were kind,
And sorrow'd when I went astray;
For oh, my strains were often wild
As winds upon a winter day.
If e'er I led you from the way,
Forgie your Minstrel aince for a';
A tear fa's wi' his parting lay,—
Good night, and joy be wi' you a'!
