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FAMOUS SONGS
Nairne, with the express intention of making the ballad agree rather better with modern notions. The air has all the simplicity of the olden time, and may be coeval with the ballad ; but it is not known to have been written out till within the last half-century. There is, how-ever, a tune in Durfey's " Pills," v. 42 (reprinted 1719), which bears so strong a resemblance to it, as to suggest the idea that it may ha^e been the form of the melody at that time. The song there adapted to it is an Anglo-Scottish version of " Hey, Jenny, come down to Jock," and is styled the " Scottish Wedding." Aytoun says the original song was called " Richie Storie," and was re-cast and re-set. It was sometimes known as the " Duke of AthoPs Courtship," though modern singers are acquainted with it as "When ye gang awa', Jamie." To Lady Nairne we are indebted for that beautifully pathetic melody known as " Will ye no come back again," which she preserved to us by reason of her lyric to " Royal Charlie." The name of the composer is not known, but one can well imagine that the original work was a love song of deep passion and sweet-ness. It is to be found in only a few collec-tions.
Of Lady Carolina Nairne, nee Carolina Oil-105 |
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