The Stuttering Lovers
Language: English
A wee bit over the Lee, me lads A wee bit over the green The birds went into the poor man's corn I fear they'll never be suh, suh, suh, suh, seen me lads I fear they'll never be seen Then out comes the bonny wee lass And she was one so fair And she went into the poor man's corn To see if the birds were the, the, the, the, there, me lads To see if the birds were there Then out comes the bonny wee lad And he was a fisherman's son And he went into the poor man's corn, To see if the lass were the, the, the, the, there, me lads To see if the lass were there He put his arm around her waist And kissed her cheek and chin Out spoke the bonny wee lass I fear it is a se, se, se, se, sin, my lad I fear it is a sin. He kissed her once and he kissed her twice He kissed her ten times o'er O it's nice to be kissing that bonny wee lass That's never been kissed befe, fe, fe, fe, fore, my lads That's never been kissed before. Then out comes the poor old man, and he was tattered and torn, If that's the way you're mindin' the birds, I'll minding myself in the mo-mo-mo-mo-morn, me lads I'll minding myself in the morn!"
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Herbert Hughes (1882 - 1937), "The Stuttering Lovers", arrangement [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-11
Line count: 30
Word count: 235