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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR, 



once more the lesson to which we have referred, that our remarks 

 on the regulation of the voice, its pitch, quali ty, and strength, may 

 be fresh in the memory of our readers when they begin to sing 

 in concert the exercises that are now brought under their notice. 

 In the first of these exercises, some words by Martin Farquhar 

 Tapper are set to an old English tune which admirably suits 

 the rhythm of the poetry. In the second the learner will find 



another of Burns's heart-stirring lyrics, " Auld Lang Syne," or 

 " Old Long Ago, !> if there be any need to put the expression, 

 which must be familiar to all, in an English dress. It may, 

 however, be as well to say, for the benefit of those of our readers 

 to whom some of the Scotch words introduced into the poetiy 

 may be new, that braes means hill-sides ; gowans, daisies or any 

 wild flowers growing in hedge or meadow ; and lurn, a bro^k. 



EXERCISE 36. HONEST FELLOW, SORE BESET. KEY D. M. 80. 



(Tune, Old English. Words from the last Edition of " Ballads for the Times," by M. F. TUPFER, Esq.) 



OLD NOTATION. 



NEW NOTATION. 



KEY D 

 d 



d 

 d 



:m Im 

 :d Id 



:f .s 



:r .m 



:d Id :d 



1 :s 

 f :m 

 d :d 



s : m 

 m : d 

 d :d 



m :r .d 



d 



Hi 



.d 



Si 



DA CAPO, 



Id :- 



Id 



m 



It 

 Is 



d 1 :d a It 



m : m Is 

 d :d Id 



:Ls 

 :f.m 



d :d Id :d 



:Ls 



:f.m 



:d 



f :f 



f :fi 



1 :1 



f :f 



f :f 



s 



m 



d 



Is 



Im 



Id 1 



d 1 

 m 

 d 



ta, 



s 

 m 



f.s :1 

 d :d 

 l.s :f 



It-d 1 



Is 



is 



Is 

 Id 



Im 



1 :1 



s :fe 

 i .d i r : r 



r.m 

 ;,.d 



:r.d 



1. Honest fellow, sore beset, 



Vexed by troubles quick and keen, 

 Thankfully consider yet 



" HOW MUCH WORSE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN." 



Worthily thy faults deserve 



More than all thine eyes have seen ; 

 Think thou, then, with sterner nerve, 



" HOW MUCH WORSE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN." 



2. Though the night be darl: and long, 



Morning soon shall break serene ; 

 And the burden of thy song, 



" HOW MUCH WOESE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. 1 



God, the Good One, calls to us, 



On his providence to lean, 

 SHOUT, THEN, OUT, devoutly thus, 



" HOW MUCH WORSE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. 



We have here separated the established notation from 

 its accompanying interpreter, thus offering a better exercise for 

 the pupil. Da Capo means "return to the beginning." [The 

 dots between the lines of the staff mean the same thing. The 

 students of the old notation will notice the " bass clef," now 

 first introduced. But they must be guided by the place of 

 the key-note indicated by the square note, and neither clefs 



nor keys will be a difficulty to them.] This piece is arranged 

 for three voices two trebles and a bass or baritone. We should 

 not, however, omit to point out that, as compared with the 

 "air" and "second treble," the "bass" is written an octave 

 too high in the new notation ; but this creates no confusion in 

 practice, as the bass voice is naturally an octave lower than 

 the treble. * 



