by Allan Ramsay (1686 - 1758)
The wawking of the fauld
Language: English
My Peggy is a young thing, Just enter'd in her teens; Fair as the day, and sweet as May, Fair as the day, and always gay; My Peggy is a young thing, And I'm not very auld; Yet well I like to meet her at The wawking of the fauld. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, When e'er we meet alane, I wish nae mair to lay my care, I wish nae mair of a' that's rare. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, To a' the lave I'm cauld; But she gars a' my spirits glow, At wawking of the fauld. My Peggy smiles sae kindly, When e'er I whisper love; That I look down on a' the town, That I look down upon a crown. My Peggy smiles sae kindly, It makes me blyth and bauld; And naething gi'es me sic delight, As wawking of the fauld. My Peggy sings sae saftly, When on my pipe I play; By a' the rest it is confest, By a' the rest she sings the best. My Peggy sings sae saftly, And in her sangs are tauld, With innocence, the wale of sense, At wawking of the fauld.
GLOSSARY
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Fauld = the act, or custom, of watching the sheep-fold towards the end of summer, when lambs are weaned and the ewes milked
Lave = rest, others
Gars = makes
Bauld = bold
Wale = choice
Authorship:
- by Allan Ramsay (1686 - 1758) [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), "The wawking of the fauld", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 40, Hob. XXXIa no. 40. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-04
Line count: 32
Word count: 194