by Jean Glover (1758 - 1801?)
O'er the moor amang the heather
Language: English
Coming thro' the craigs of Kyle, Amang the bonnie blooming heather, There I met a bonnie lassie Keeping a' her ewes thegether1. O'er the moor amang the heather, O'er the moor amang the heather, There I met a bonnie lassie, Keeping a' her ewes thegether. Said I, my dear, where is thy hame, In moor, or dale, pray tell me whether? She said, I tent2 the fleecy flocks That feed amang the blooming heather. O'er the moor amang the heather, O'er the moor amang the heather, She said, I tent the fleecy flocks That feed amang the blooming heather. She charm'd my heart, and ay sinsyne3 I cou'dna think on ony ither: By sea and sky! she shall be mine! The bonnie lass amang the heather. O'er the moor amang the heather, O'er the moor amang the heather: By sea and sky! she shall be mine! The bonnie lass amang the heather.
Authorship:
- by Jean Glover (1758 - 1801?) [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), "O'er the moor amang the heather", Hob. XXXIa:122bis, JHW XXXII/4 no. 280. [text verified 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-06-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 152