Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on February 1st 2009 by pcd.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
Also known as The Brown Haired Maiden, Ho Ro, Mo Nighean Dhonn Bhoidheach, Nighean Donn Bhoidheach, The Nut Brown Maiden.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Nut Brown Maiden
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
A|"D"d>c B A|d2 A d|"D"f>d "Bm"g f|"Em"f e "A"e g|
"D"f<a f<a|"D"A2 d e|"Em"f>f "A"g e|"D"d2 d ||
g|"D"f<a g B|"A"A2 d e|"D"f>d g f|"G"f e "A"e g|
"D"f<a g B|"D"A2 d e|"Em"f>f "A"g e|"D"d2 d |]
Nut Brown Maiden - Lyrics
This tune is is also the melody of a song of that name.
Here are the lyrics:
Horo, my nut brown maiden,
Hiri, my nut brown maiden;
Horo, ro, maiden,
For she's the maid for me.
Chorus
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Her eye so mildly beaming,
Her look so frank and free;
In waking and in dreaming,
Is evermore with me.
Oh Mary, mild-eyed Mary,
By land or on the sea;
Though time and tide may vary,
My heart beats true to thee.
With thy fair face before me,
How sweetly flew the hour;
When all thy beauty o'er me,
Came streaming in its power.
The face with kindness glowing,
The face that hides no guile;
The light grace of thy going,
The witchcraft of thy smile.
And when with blossoms laden,
Bright summer comes again;
I'll fetch my nut brown maiden,
Down from the bonny glen.
# Posted on February 1st 2009 by Mix O'Lydian
The Brown Haired Maiden
Known here in the Hebrides as The Brown Haired Maiden or (Ho Ro, Mo Nighean Dhonn Bhoideach. Here's the standard setting.
X: 1
T: The Brown Haired Maiden
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
A/B/|d>c BA|d2 A>B|d>e fg|fe eg|
fa fa|A2 d>e|f2 ge|d2 d:||
g|fa fa|A2 d>e|fd gf|fe eg|
[1fa fa|A2 d>e|f2 ge|d2 d:||
[2fa B<d|A>B d>e|f2 ge|d2 d||
# Posted on February 1st 2009 by bogman