My Ain Folk

My Ain Folk

First line of lyrics: Far frae my hame I wander

Lemon, Laura G.; music (Canadian composer and songwriter, 1866-1924)

Mills, Wilfrid; lyrics (English poet, aka William Alfred Braund, 1857-1938)

Boosey & Co.

Boosey & Co.

Publisher location: London, 295 Regent Street, W.

Publisher 2 location: New York, 9, East Seventeenth Street

1904 [copyright]; 1905 [new version copyright]

Genre on score: Ballad

ballad

song

piano

voice

Db Major, Common time, Simply and Pathetically

On cover: Dedicated to Mrs. Josef Conn. Price 2/ net.
Advertisement on last page, entitled "Vocal Duets etc., Standard and Popular" features a long list of titles divided by voice. On the same page at the bottom there are smaller ads for The Cavendish Music Books, The Royal Editions and The Musical Cabinet.

[PERFORMED BY] Madame Clara Butt

[INSCRIPTIONS] Page 4, top, pencil: faster; top and bottom of the word "ane" in lyrics: yen.
Page 4, other small markings in pencil. Page 5, top, pencil: quiet.
Page 5, pencil, on top of the word "puir" in lyrics: pear; word "wi'": way.
Page 5, top, pencil: More slow.
Page 7, top, pencil, under the word "auld" in lyrics: all; on top of the word "syne": sign.
Page 7, bottom, pencil: more slow.
Page 7, bottom, on top of the word "wi'" in lyrics: way.

English

sheet music

Print, 7 pages

Sheet Music Collection, Local History and Archives, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Data: Joshua Walton, School of Music, University of Ottawa