by Allan Ramsay (1686 - 1758)
In April when primroses paint the sweet...
Language: English
In April when primroses paint the sweet plain, And summer approaching rejoiceth the swain. The yellow-hair'd laddie would often times go To the wilds and deep glens, where the hawthorn trees grow. The shepherd thus sung: Tho' young Madie be fair, Her beauty is dash'd with a scornful proud air; But Susie is handsome and sweetly can sing, Her breath's like the breezes perfum'd in the spring. That mamma's fine daughter, with all her great dow'r Was awkwardly airy, and frequently sour; Then, sighing he wished, would parents agree, The witty sweet Susie his mistress might be.
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Authorship:
- by Allan Ramsay (1686 - 1758), "The yellow-hair'd laddie" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "The yellow haired laddie", JHW. XXXII/5 no. 376, Hob. XXXIa no. 211 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "The yellow-hair'd laddie", 1839, from Six Scottish Folksongs (Sechs schottische Nationallieder), no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-28
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