by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
I love my love in secret
Language: Scottish (Scots)
My Sandy gied to me a ring, Was a' beset wi' diamonds fine, But I gied him a better thing, I gied my heart in pledge o' his ring. My Sandy O, my Sandy O, My bonny, bonny Sandy O; Tho' the love that I owe To thee I dare na show, Yet I love my love in secret, My Sandy O! My Sandy brak a piece o' gowd, While down his cheeks the saut tears row'd, He took a hauf and gied it me, And I'll keep it till the hour I die. My Sandy O...
Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 216.
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
GLOSSARY
Gowd = gold
Saut = salt
Hauf = half
Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "I love my love in secret" [author's text checked 1 time 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), "I love my love in secret", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 3, Hob. XXXIa no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "J'aime mon amour en secret", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-14
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Word count: 97