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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Birthday Song
Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Health to our well-lo'ed Hielan Chief!
Health, ay sour'd by care or grief:
Inspir'd, I turn'd Fate's sibyl leaf,
This natal morn,
I see thy life is stuff o' prief,
Scarce quite half-worn: 

All hail, all hail, auld birkie!  Lord be near ye,
And then the De'il, he daurna steer ye:
Your friends ay love, your faes ay fear ye,
For me, shame fa' me,
If neist my heart I dinna wear ye,
While BURNS they ca' me.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Birthday Song", op. 92 no. 1 (1975), from A Birthday Hansel, no. 1. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Jean Branch

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 78

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