by John Dunlop (1755 - 1820)
O, dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye
Language: English
O, dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye: Troth, I daurna tell! Dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye,- Ask it o' yoursel'. O, dinna look sae sair at me, For weel ye ken me true; O, gin ye look sae sair at me, I daurna look at you. When ye gang to yon braw, braw town, And bonnier lassies see, O, dinna, Jamie, look at them, Lest ye should mind na me. For I could never bide the lass That ye'd lo'e mair than me; And O, I'm sure my heart wad brak, Gin ye'd prove fause to me!
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Authorship:
- by John Dunlop (1755 - 1820), "Dinna ask me" [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 Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "Dinna ask me", op. 33 (Three Scotch Poems) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "O dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye", from Six Scottish Folksongs (Sechs schottische Nationallieder), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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