by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
I am my mammy's ae bairn
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Language: Scottish (Scots)
Our translations: FRE
I am my mammy's ae bairn,
Wi' unco folk I weary, sir;
And lying in a man's bed,
I'm fley'd it make me eerie, sir.
I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young,
I'm o'er young to marry yet;
I'm o'er young, 'twad be a sin
To tak me frae my mammy yet.
My mammie coft me a new gown,
The kirk maun hae the gracing o’t;
Were I to lie wi’ you, kind Sir,
I’m feared ye’d spoil the lacing o’t.
I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young... etc.
Hallowmass is come and gane,
The nights are lang in winter, sir,
And you an' I in ae bed,
In trowth, I dare na venture, Sir.
I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young... etc.
Fu' loud and shill the frosty wind
Blaws thro' the leafless timmer, sir;
But if ye come this gate again,
I'll be aulder be gin simmer, sir.
I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young... etc.
J. Haydn sets stanzas 1, 3-4
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Burns, Robert, Poems and Songs. Vol. VI, The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909–14; Bartleby.com, 2001. www.bartleby.com/6/207.html.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song -- I'm o'er young to marry yet" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Word count: 156