by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
This is no mine ain house
Language: English
O, this is no mine ain house, I ken by the rigging o't; Since with my love I've changed vows, I dinna like the bigging o't: For now that I'm young Robie's bride, And mistress of his fire-side, Mine ain house I like to guide, And please me wi' the trigging o't. Then farewell to my father's house, I gang where love invites me; The strictest duty this allows, When love with honour meets me. When Hymen moulds us into ane, My Robie's nearer than my kin, And to refuse him were a sin, Sae lang's he kindly treats me. When I am in mine ain house, True love shall be at hand ay, To make me still a prudent spouse, And let my man command ay: Avoiding ilka cause of strife, The common pest of married life, That makes ane wearied of his wife, And breaks the kindly band ay.
GLOSSARY
Rigging = ridge of a roof
Bigging = building
Trigging = tidiness
Ilka = every
Band = bond
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Rigging = ridge of a roof
Bigging = building
Trigging = tidiness
Ilka = every
Band = bond
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "This is no mine ain house", JHW. XXXII/5 no. 402, Hob. XXXIa no. 14bis [text verified 1 time]
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "This is no mine ain house", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 14, Hob. XXXIa no. 14. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 151