This lovely melody was made famous by Robert Burns when he used it for his poem, Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon in 1791. The original tune is called The Caledonian Hunt's Delight. This beautiful and sympathetic arrangement for clarinet quartet is ideal for concerts, weddings, and many other types of performance.

Instrumental arrangement of Sir Arthur Sullivan's famous choral piece. The pdf file contains score and parts. The sound sample is an electronic preview. The original words (by Henry Chorley) are: No star is o'er the lake, Its pale watch keeping, The moon is half awake, Through gray mist creeping, The last red leaves fall round The porch of roses, The clock hath ceased to sound, The long day closes. Sit by the silent hearth In calm endeavour, To count the sounds of mirth, Now dumb for ever. Heed not how hope believes And fate disposes: Shadow is round the eaves, The long day closes. The lighted windows dim Are fading slowly. The fire that was so trim Now quivers lowly. Go to the dreamless bed Where grief reposes; Thy book of toil is read, The long day closes.?